I am looking for a software for macs. I have looked online at the major brands and they seem to be for pcs. Most of them, i.e. forge ahead, ambrit, tell me to try there free trial and see if it works. I was just wondering if anyone has had success using these on there mac, and if they have synced with iphones as well.
Thanks,
Mike Whisler

The folks at forge ahead told me back in October that they were coming out with a program for the iPad and IPhones , never happened I guess.

all my information is based off of web sights, and if they haven't been updated recently then your information may be better than mine.
Thanks
mike whisler

Farriers United is coming out with an I pad app that is going to blow the doors off of everything out there(my opinion). We have had 30 farriers sign up for service seeing it in the last month. You will be able to invoice clients attach products to the invoice and they are dropped shipped straight to the client. It will allow you to take Credit cards or cash. Plus many other features to come. Farriers United is the system that actually pays you. If you don't make more than the service fee something is very very very WRONG. We are dedicated to bring this industry new technology that not only makes your life much easier, but also saves you and makes you a lot of money!

The I pad will be ready very soon. If it stays on track should be end of March!
http://farriersunited.com
If you are a member of the Co-Op you get 3 months free!

13puppet wrote:
Forge Ahead is working on this product, which will work on Macs, PCs and Smartphones. Should be available in a couple of months.

I hope you also code the mobile versions of this software for the more superior (than the the iphone/ipad) android devices.

Will the iphone app for the forge ahead software be priced like the current pda versions? Will there be a package deal for both desk top, and mobile versions?

The next generation of Forge Ahead will be one product that will work on PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, Droids, Blackberrys, etc. It will be priced as a monthly charge, which hasn't been determined yet but will be very reasonable.

Everything's going to the cloud these days. . . looks like farrier software's no exception.

Yep, cloud is the way to go. I use xero for my accounting, but I use a database app called bento for my customers and other info on my iPad. It takes a bit of setting up, but it is coming together well for me. If you want I can send you my setup but you would probably still modify it to suit your needs. I also take photos on my iPhone and use an app called photoshare to transfer them to my iPad ( no cables involved) and store with the customer info. I have not found anything better.

you know, I would be interested in your Bento setup. . . I love my iPad WAY more than I ever wanted to admit would be possible.

I consider my self a pretty techi guy, but what is this cloud you speak of? I thought it was just pc based, but it sounds like it might be mac accessible as well? Please give further info thanks.

hoosiershoer wrote:
Mike the cloud is the internet. Services like Google calendar are cloud based Calender services.

Forge Ahead wrote:
I think people like myself will seek alternate software if thereis a monthly fee involved. With so many free, one time purchase or add supported applications available why chooseba subscription based?

SlowShoe wrote:
The problem with being in the farrier industry is that it is such a small market. If I have a program built, it may cost $100,000. I would have to charge the kind of price that Ontrack gets. With Farriers United system we have to charge a monthly fee since we do process credit cards for you and direct deposit the money into your account. These things all have fee's involved. Its like we don't think nothing about a farrier hammer costing $160 but you can go to Home Depot and get a nice east wing for $20. Its just a small market and the cost of having software developed is crazy expensive. I try hard to keep my cost as low as possible. If farriers were to go else where and get all the features we have, they would spend at least $80-$100 per month. My Farriers United is $24.95 for everything or all the business tools for just $14.95 per month. Most merchant accounts cost this much and our Ipad app is included with the membership too.