Buy Quicken for the Mac. You can get it most anywhere software is sold, or by downloading it from the Intuit Website. If you have a previous version, you'll be able to get an upgrade at a Subjects of his writing include the business and technology fields, consumer products and home repair/improvement. Although there is no Quicken 2017 for Mac free trial, you do get a 60 day money back guarantee if you’re dissatisfied. Note that Quicken for Mac is the only version of Quicken available for Mac: Quicken Starter Edition, Quicken Deluxe, Quicken Premier, Quicken Home & Business.

Features QuickBooks keeps all the information about your business in one application so you can manage the finances of your company. It provides double-entry accounting, inventory management, banking tools including reconciliation, invoicing and vendor management.

New in 2013 is Intuit Payment Network for customer payments, documents attachments, updated reconciliation tools and being able to copy from a spreadsheet directly into a QuickBooks space. You can use QuickBooks for Mac with a single user or multiple users. 2013 System Requirements To run QuickBooks 2013, you need an Intel-based processor, Core 2 Duo or higher computer running Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8. If you plan on running the program with multiple users you need an Intel Core 2 Duo or higher processor. You need at least 2GB of RAM -- 4GB of RAM recommended -- and at least 250MB of available disk space. To print from the program you need a 100 percent Mac-compatible printer.

You need Apple Numbers '09; Microsoft Excel 2008 or 2011 for Mac if you want to export data from QuickBooks to a spreadsheet program. Email requires Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage 2008 or Outlook 2011 for Mac. Limitations Intuit’s QuickBooks for Mac has fewer features than the PC versions of QuickBooks including no Premier or Enterprise versions. You will also find problems with employees working on a PC needing to access QuickBooks for Mac files, according to MacWorld’s Jeffery Battersby. If you want the PC user to use the Mac QuickBook files, the Mac user has to save the file as a QuickBooks for Windows file. Battersby also points out Intuit has not fixed an old toolbar bug and the program contains some new glitches like a check register button that does nothing.

None of the Home and Business-specific data would exist on the Mac, because the Mac program isn't built to hold that data. Your basic Quicken data -- your banking accounts and investments -- would all transfer to the Mac. But if you need the Home and Business features, you might be better off getting a program that lets you run Windows on your Mac, like Parallels.

There are many Quicken Windows users running Quicken Windows in such a virtual machine inside their Mac while they wait and hope for the Mac version to reach parity with the Windows versions. Also, you might find it best to try for yourself. Since you have Quicken 2018, your subscription allows you to rub both the Windows and Mac products. Download the Mac version and try it on your MacBook Air so you can see what does and doesn't transfer over and how it works. If you decide to migrate your data, you do need to convert. Since your data is from QW2010 or newer, the mechanics are quite simple.copy data file over to Mac.

Open data file with QM2018. The built-in conversion process will step you through but there are a few things you need to know; here is the entire process: In your case, you can skip steps 1 and 2 but review all the prep and background info before: NOTE: Be aware that at this time, it is very difficult to convert back from Mac to Windows, as there are many problems with the reverse conversion process. I also suggest that you make sure that Quicken 2019 for Mac will meet your needs, since it was re-written from the ground up (first with Quicken Essentials in 2010, then again with QM2015 onward) and is not the same product as the Windows version, so there are some features that are still not there e.g. Full loan amortization*, 2-line display, QuickMath, or are not as fully developed yet, e.g. Customized Reports, some investment performance reports and stats (therefore some data may not carry over). You can start here: *NOTE: Support for fixed rate loans has been released as of QM2017 v4.5.x but there is no announced timing for support for variable rate or simple daily interest loans.