Just the thing

After years of using an older version of a popular mass-market personal finance program, I was looking for a simple, Mac-oriented app to keep tax-time-worthy books for my one-person consulting business. I have been using AndyBooks since the start of the year, and I’m completely satisfied. I set up some basic US Schedule C expense categories and a few income categories, and entries have been quick and painless. I do wish the app had built-in capacity to password-protect its data files. Instead, I did a little research and learned how to create a password-protected disk image file, which holds my AndyBooks data file. When I want to enter expenses and income, I mount the .dmg file (which requires a password) and then open the data file inside the virtual disk. When I’m done, I have to remember to dismount the virtual disk. It’s an extra step, but not enough of a problem to deny the app five stars.

Playing koi about AndyBooks