I wrote a review of iBank 3: iBank – Your Quicken Alternative. I was looking for alternatives to Quicken, and iBank seemed like a good choice. You can read about that interview in my article Intuit Responds – Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac. I ended up interviewing Aaron Patzer, the GM/VP of Personal Finance at Intuit, and the founder of, which had just been acquired by Intuit. So much so that I got the attention of senior people inside the Intuit organization. Why Bother? I fired up the Macintosh Quicken community. I vented that frustration in my article titled, Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac. Back in February of 2010, I was terribly frustrated with the direction that Intuit was taking with Quicken for Macintosh, or the lack thereof. Some quick background for any readers who are experiencing my personal saga with Macintosh Finance software for the first time.

That’s not something anyone likes to admit, but when I’m wrong, I’m wrong, I’ll admit it.