It's also rather annoying that there is not trial version available with which to assess whether its worth trusting Quicken Essentials with your finances. The way it handles calculations of money in and out isn't as straightforward as it should be and you can't arrange categories in batches very easily has been noted. Quicken Essentials for Mac also leaves something to desired on its much vaunted reporting functions for many users. Annoyingly however, major features such as the ability to pay bills, store investment transaction history and export to TurboTax have been dropped in this version.
It also supports importing of data from earlier versions of Quicken as well as the Windows version. Quicken Essentials for Mac automatically categorizes transactions so you can see where your money is going plus snapshots of upcoming bills and paychecks.
