Are there any similar programs to Sage on Mac ?

Are there any similar programs to Sage on Mac ?

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sinizter

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3,348 posts

187 months

Saturday 17th November 2012
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Are there any accounting suites that does the same job as Sage, preferably as well, which works on Mac ?

My accountant is looking into it right now, but I thought I might as well check here.

Thanks

Dave 500

6,344 posts

243 months

Sunday 18th November 2012
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If you like sage I would boot camp it smile

Zigster

1,653 posts

145 months

Monday 19th November 2012
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My wife runs Quickbooks on a Mac by using Parallels. I think there is a Quickbooks for Mac but it's not as comprehensive. I'm not too up to speed on accounting software, but I suspect Quickbooks isn't as sophisticated as Sage. However, for the small (10 man) business she does the books for, it's more than sufficient.

That's by the by. The main thing is that Parallels allows you to open a Windows window within a booted-up Mac. That way, any software designed for Windows can be run on a Mac.

I do find Parallels is very memory hungry, though. My wife's old MacBook Air (2GB of RAM) really struggles and takes ages to open Parallels). Our new iMac (less than a year old) copes much better but I have boosted the RAM to 12GB.

sinizter

Original Poster:

3,348 posts

187 months

Monday 19th November 2012
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Thanks for the suggestions.

I think I will just keep our accountant and book keeper on Windows PCs for now.