Taking a new Mac out of its box is an experience like no other. Bringing that shiny machine home and setting it up brings a glow to faces young and old. Oh, the possibilities! Maybe a little bittersweet to let the old Mac go and to learn some new ways of doing things? One thing you don’t have to sweat about is how to move your CheckBook Pro data over.

Moving all of your CheckBook Pro data to a new computer requires a process of backing up from the older computer and then restoring.

• First, choose ‘Backup Accounts…’ from CheckBook Pro’s File menu on your old setup.
• Then, save the backup file to someplace accessible, like the Desktop, and use a thumb-drive or CD to copy the Backup file over to your new Mac.
• Next, open CheckBook Pro on there, choose ‘Preferences…’ from the CheckBook Pro menu, and go into the Advanced section.
• After that, hit Restore Accounts, navigate to the copied-over backup file, select it, and hit Restore.

As always, let us know if you have any questions!

Negative campaign ads getting on your nerves? As election season continues to work us up into a frenzy, its important to think about what each of us can do, in addition to voting, to support our country’s growth and development. We all have different perspectives on which are the best ways to move forward.

Perhaps one of the things we all can do is to find some time to give to our local communities.

Located in Splasm Software’s hometown, P.E.E.R, Inc.is an organization that supports its community. According to their website, PEER, Inc. “aims to empower a thriving, diverse community in the eastern area of Birmingham through resources for healthy living, learning, and working.”

They go on to explain how they are working to achieve this mission by saying, “We do this by connecting people to existing resources and creating new resources to meet needs in the areas of community health, economic development, and education. We aim to enrich the lives of those with limited resources and place special emphasis on children and seniors.” PEER has created five programs, including East Lake Farmer’s Market, Senior Market Baskets, Step Up After-School Enrichment Program, East Lake Community Kitchen, and Good HELP.

If you live in or near Birmingham, you can visit PEER Inc’s booth at the East Lake Farmer’s Marketrain or shine until October 13th. Buy some delicious produce and learn more about this interesting organization.

In a recent article about the future of personal finance, Vincent Turner reviewed a number of ways he felt that the internet will continue to change the way we manage our money, including historical transactional data, online payments, offline payments, and banking.What caught my eye was this assessment: “Personal finance is software that the mainstream needs, but doesn’t love. No one loves logging into their bank account but most accept that they need to know how much money they have as a binary indicator of whether they can do whatever it is they want to do next.” This is a message that we have embraced since the early days of CheckBook’s creation. That personal finance should be something that you do in order to clear your mind and make room for all the other things you want to think about and do.

CheckBook came into being when its creators were looking for a personal finance application. Not finding what they wanted, they set out to design something new. Something that would take the guessing out of money management without the feature bloat that can make finances seem so daunting.

Looking at the options that are available now, Turner speculated about the future of personal finance managers. Turner pointed out that currently, “…there is no dominant brand that the Internet associates with personal finance in the same way we think of eBay, Amazon, Google and Facebook when we think of classifieds, shopping, search and social.”

Though I am clearly biased toward CheckBook Pro as a personal finance manager, I wonder if there can ever really be one dominant personal finance application for everyone.As other posts have highlighted, personal finance management is personal.

Each individual has to decide what works for them. We are continuing to add and update as we receive feedback from users (though not at the speed of light, the engines in this ship are working at capacity).

What will the future bring?

Though hiding under a rock can be fun, lots of interesting insects and different colored worms, this pixie has to get some sun now and then.

I took a quick poll of my co-workers opinions regarding the Samsung/Apple verdict and the answer that best sums things up is:

“Ah. Complicated.”

Various journalists have covered this story. In a recent article, the New York Times interviewed a creative director at a design firm in Seattle called Tectonic. The designer’s feelings about the Apple/Samsung verdict were mixed. A potentially good outcome could be that companies may become more innovative by focusing on coming up with original design ideas.

However, concern was expressed over Apple’s patent on the pinch-to-zoom function. The designer worried that products without this common function, “would be like cars with square or triangular steering wheels.”

What are your thoughts? Sound off in the comments 🙂

CheckBook Pro is ready to hit the books with you, your children, or grandchildren. Ease back-to-school jitters by keeping your finances in order!Track money used buying school supplies, set up schedules for reoccurring payments like tuition, and enjoy the peace of mind that comes when you know what’s going on with your finances.

Checkbook Pro is 20% off now through September 16th. Get CheckBook Pro for yourself, or someone heading out into the world, for under $20 today!