Currently a Microsoft Money user on PC, need a replacement suitable for Mac
I haven't found a drop-in replacement for MS Money, but I've tried a few of the Mac desktop programs. I settled on Iggsoftware's iBank, which seems to do what I need it to do. It also appears to be able to import transactions from MS Money if you export your accounts as QIF files at the MS Money end, but I never tried it. I switched from Quicken for Mac to Moneydance, and have not regretted it.   I see only one weakness in MD compared with Quicken: its reporting is not very good.  Your information is all there and well organized, but sometimes it's hard work to extract it in a convenient form. Of course a lot depends on what you need from the application, but I strongly recommend you take a look at MD before deciding. Long time Quicken user, but I have Bootcamp on my Mac, and one reason is so I can run Quicken Windows. That's one solution. You didn't mention what version of the Mac OS you're running, but Bootcamp is one alternative if you have (or can purchase) a Windows license. Be advised, Bootcamp 4, which is available with OS 10.7 (Lion) and OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion), officially supports Windows 7 only. Quicken running under Bootcamp isn't perfect, but it's better than any Mac version, and Quicken 2013 has a mobile app that allows you to view your data & enter transactions via your mobile. The Mac Version of Quicken has been panned by users. I do use Windows for work-related stuff, so I have a reason for running Windows besides using Quicken. I've read that Intuit has a market share of more than 70% in the personal finance software sector, and at this point it seems pretty clear that they are not interested in pursuing a larger share via Mac users. So if we ever see a highly functional version of Quicken for the Mac OS, it won't be any time soon. I've not used other products, but there are many reviews out there which rank them, and some consistently come to the front. Top 10 Reviews Mac Personal Finance Software 2013; WeRockYourWeb Personal Finance Software Rankings includes many Web-based alternatives; Personally, I'm not real enthusiastic about posting my personal financial data on someone's Web site. I have nothing to hide, but I just can't get comfortable with cloud-based personal finance software providers that are combing through my data, Google-like, to generate revenue. Too, it seems an unnecessary risk giving a third party a list of all my account numbers, user names, and passwords. I know that information is out there, if one has the right sort of access, but to my way of thinking, using a cloud-based personal finance software application makes it more out there.
I had to install Parallels to run another piece of (trading) software, so I typically just use Windows Excel within Parallels when I need extensive statistical analysis--then I get the best of both worlds:  Mac environment on everything but in depth Excel (run of the mill Excel for Mac works fine).  I hate Windows. Not sure you are going to find anything like this in Excel - with the automatic lookup in specific. Microsoft has a template available; but it looks to be a pretty busy page. Why not look at other software?  If you have a PC, Quicken and Microsoft Money are of course the big guns.  You don't mention why you switched away from MS Money... There are many other packages as well.  The one that I use (but have no other financial interest in) is Moneydance as it was the best on Mac at the time I was looking.  It also runs on Windows and Linux. 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PHP can also be used to quickly test ideas to see if it's worth building a full system that will scale. Basically a rough draft of the program to see if it's going to work out. Why? Well in PHP you can get things done very quickly with very little code because a large amount of libraries and functions exist and it's a very easy language to understand. But it's not efficient, and that's why you create the real deal program using C, C#, or java, or whatever.  Scalability of data storage will be important to. You'll need to store a ton of information and you'll need to be able to sort/change/remove/add it quickly. Many databases already exist to do this and I see you know MySQL already a good bit. You'll need to get very familiar with it because the database is going to be your biggest bottleneck in terms of speed. It doesn't matter how well your software works if the database is taking 5 seconds to return a query. Learn to tweak MySQL, learn about MSSQL, look into Firebird. Also learn about at least one NoSQL storage solution (these databases can store a massive amount of information, but they work differently than a sql database does). I would recommend learning MongoDB if you already know PHP. It is a good transition from SQL style databases to Key Storage databases.   Hope this helps... I work at a leasing (financial) company and I completely agree. The only Apple products you will use are the iPhone-if it is bring your own device- or the iPad, if adoption of the Microsoft tablets does not take place. Excel is your best friend in finance and that is why I recommend a PC. No one at our company uses a Mac. Quicken has tools for this, but they have some quirks so i hesitate to actually recommend it on that basis. I use MoneyStrands.com to manage my spending. It's a lot like Mint, but provides support for more banks, and works with most Canadian financial institutions. I can't really compare them fairly though, since I didn't bother with Mint after learning that they don't care about Canadians. If your bank isn't supported by MoneyStrands, or you don't want to trust an online webiste with your account login, you can create accounts for manually uploaded files. It just means you have to log into your bank yourself, download the transactions as QFX, OFX, CSV or other supported formats, and then upload the files to the appropriate account in MoneyStrands. I love the expense tracking and reporting that MoneyStrands offers, but like Mint, their budgeting feature is seriously lacking. Fortunately I don't need to budget month-to-month, I just use it to see how much I spend on various categories, to help create annual budgets and decide how much I can invest or use for a vacation.