Checkout Blog - Point of Sale for Mac: Archive

Checkout 3.1 is now available

Read on at The Checkout Blog Today, Checkout 3.1 was released. This update includes minor enhancements and resolves several issues, including: Resolved an issue where a crash would occur in the Stock Room, when working with newly created Products We now support rounded product prices amounting to 6.99 including tax (as an example). At the same time, we addressed rounding throughout Checkout to...

Feb 27th

Checkout 3.0.8 (build 7093) update released

This update includes a unified build that works on 10.5.8, 10.6.x and 10.7.x Notes: If you use Checkout on multiple Macs, you will need to update it on all of them. Safari 5.0.6 (or greater) is now required to ensure that invoices and receipts render properly. Improvements Fixed issues regarding MacOS X 10.7 (Lion). Fixed an issue where receipts were printing smaller after upgrading to...

Nov 17th

Checkout Heads West

The birthplace of Checkout, as many of you know, is (and always will be) beautiful Amsterdam. But events of the past few months have led us to assemble a new team in a new place. We’ve recently launched Acclivity NYC in Manhattan and we’re decidedly enthusiastic about this new chapter in Checkout’s history. The impact for customers? Initially, very little. You’ll continue to be supported by...

Oct 19th

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Thank you Steve Jobs

Today, we all lost an inspiration whose vision helped shape the way we interact with the world around us. Thank you Steve.

Oct 6th

Lion Compatibility of Checkout 3

Read on at The Checkout Blog A Lion compatible version of Checkout is available from this link. Please note that this version is not yet compatible with Leopard and Snow Leopard. If you are running 10.5.8 or 10.6.8, please download Checkout from this link. We will be releasing a version of Checkout that is compatible with 10.5.8, 10.6.8, and 10.7 in the near future. When this update is...

Aug 17th

Lion Compatibility of Checkout 3

Read on at The Checkout Blog We are aware of several issues that will prevent you from running Checkout on Lion, and are in the final stages of testing a Lion compatible Checkout update. We recommend that you delay migrating to Mac OS X Lion until this update is available. If you would like to receive this update, before it is released to all Checkout users, please contact Checkout Support. When...

Jul 28th

New Enstore Manager released

Read on at The Checkout Blog After months of hard work, the Enstore team rolled out a major update today. Details are available in the Enstore blog. Most of the Enstore documentation was also rewritten.

Jul 28th

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Lion Compatibility of Checkout 3

Read on at The Checkout Blog As many of you might know, Mac OS X 10.7, aka Lion, is rumored to be released in the next few weeks. We’ve been testing Checkout’s Lion compatibility and are aware of some issues that will prevent you from running Checkout on Lion. As we’re working on a Lion compatibility update, it is highly recommended that you hold off from upgrading to...

Jul 7th

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Big news from Amsterdam

Read on at The Checkout Blog Our friends and partners at Sofa have been acquired by Facebook. Yes, that Facebook. It seems Facebook recognizes world-class design when they see it. The Sofa team will be relocating to Silicon Valley in the coming months and working at Facebook HQ full-time. So what of Checkout and Enstore? Acclivity and (an affiliate of) Sofa have simultaneously agreed, in...

Jun 10th

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How's your store doing?

Read on at The Checkout Blog While Checkout helps you keep tabs on your sales, stock, and customers, how is your store really doing? You have other expenses, such as rent, utilities, payroll, and insurance. Checkout helps you determine how healthy your bottom line really is by exporting General Journal entries to AccountEdge, so that you can run financial reports and get a better understanding...

May 9th

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We're looking for new Checkout Resellers

Read on at The Checkout Blog We’re actively seeking resellers to join our growing list of world wide consultants. If you would like to join our Checkout Reseller Program, drop us a line, and a member of our reseller team will be in touch to get you started. You’ll find reselling Checkout to be a rewarding way to grow your business. We look forward to adding you to our family of...

Apr 26th

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Helping Japan

One day of Checkout sales will go to help in Japan. Read on at the Checkout blog We were shocked to hear about the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. Our thoughts are with everybody who was hurt in this horrible event. To try and help, we will donate all of today’s Checkout sales to charities that are making a difference in Japan right now. If you were ready to buy a copy of...

Mar 22nd

Additional reports available for download

Read on at The Checkout Blog We now have some additional reports available for download. These are in addition to the reports made available in the July 13th, 2010 blog post, and those available on the Extras page. To install a report, launch Checkout and then double-click the uncompressed report. The first two will help you evaluate sales by Brand and by Tag. Next some analysis reports to help...

Mar 14th

The importance of backing up your store.

Read on at The Checkout Blog This blog entry is so important, that we’re posting it again. We all have some form of insurance. Life, car, house, apartment, liability, health and maybe even pet. Would you be interested in some insurance that costs nothing? When is the last time that you backed up your Checkout store? Has it been a while? What happens if your Mac had a hardware issue and...

Mar 14th

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Tracking and paying Purchases created in Checkout

Read on at The Checkout Blog Looking to track and pay the Purchases Orders created in Checkout? This document covers how to create the Payables in AccountEdge, so that you can write a check (cheque) to pay your supplier.

Feb 4th

Checkout PCI DSS Update

Checkout 3.0.7 includes mandatory changes to credit card processing. Read on at The Checkout Blog. Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a mandatory compliance initiative driven by VISA and MasterCard to govern the way merchants store, process or transmit cardholder data. One of their primary objectives is to develop a more secure system. Read more about PCI DSS. ...

Jan 17th

Taxes in Checkout

Read on at The Checkout Blog Have a question about how Checkout handles taxes? This brief video covers setting up taxes, and should do the trick.

Dec 17th

Overview of Checkout video now available

Read on at The Checkout Blog Looking for a quick tour of Checkout? We now have a brief video that covers almost every major feature of Checkout. When you have some time, you can also review our other blog posts which cover informative subjects ranging from backing up your store to customizing reports.

Dec 9th

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Importing Products into Checkout

Read on at The Checkout Blog If you’re looking to import Products into Checkout, you should first import them into the Example Store. This is important since if you make a mistake when selecting fields, or there’s an issue with the text file, you will have to manually update each Product, or restore a backup of your store and import them again. We also strongly recommend making a...

Nov 9th

Checkout in Australia

Checkout gains a local focus in Australia. We’re thrilled to make public a relationship that’s been forming over the past several months with our new Australian distributor, MonstaPOS. Over the years, there’s been great interest from Australian stores and, while we’ve tried to service these prospects and customers from our Amsterdam and US offices, the time difference was...

Sep 22nd

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Checkout 3.0.6 update released

Read on at The Checkout Blog Today, Checkout 3.0.6 was released. This update includes a change to the way Taxes are handled. When working with Tax Groups, you can now specify if the Group’s rates will be applied to All Transactions, Sales Only, or Purchases Only. This is an important change for Checkout users who pay a different tax rate when purchasing products than they collect from their...

Sep 16th

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Creating a custom Checkout report

Read on at The Checkout Blog The last blog entry covered customizing Checkout’s templates. This time we’ll take a look at customizing a report. If you’d like to customize a report, you’ll need to know HTML, possibly some Python, and have an HTML editor. TextMate is a great example of a versatile editor. The Checkout online manual has a section on how to customize...

Jul 13th

Creating a custom Checkout template

Read on at The Checkout Blog Checkout’s templates for Invoices, Orders, Purchase Orders, and Thermal Receipts can be customized to meet your needs. If you’d like to customize any of these forms, you’ll need to know HTML, and have an HTML editor. TextMate is a great example of a versatile editor. The Checkout online manual has a section on how to customize templates. We also...

Jun 24th

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July 28th Apple Store Event at the Mall of...

Read on at The Checkout Blog Looking to learn more about Checkout and will be in the Bloomington, MN area July 28th? Stop in at that the Apple Store located in the Mall of America at 6:00pm and meet Terri Zeh Jacobson of Resources Inc. Terri is an Elite Certified Consultant, and will be doing a live demo of Checkout. After the demo, she’ll answer any questions you might have about...

Jun 22nd

A tip on some free insurance

Read on at The Checkout Blog We all have some form of insurance. Life, car, house, apartment, liability, health and maybe even pet. Would you be interested in some insurance that costs nothing? When is the last time that you backed up your Checkout store? Has it been a while? What happens if your Mac had a hardware issue and your current hard drive wasn’t recoverable? How long would it...

Jan 19th

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Checkout Reviewed on TUAW

TUAW Review: Checkout, top notch Point of Sale software for Mac. Josh Carr over at TUAW wrote an excellent in-depth review of Checkout. Go check it out to see how he experienced using Checkout for several weeks – and for a couple of spoilers about some new features we’re working on. Read the full article here.

Dec 1st

Checkout 3.0.2 Released

We have just shipped Checkout 3.0.2, some of the most important improvements are: Better performance when editing orders, sales and quotes (especially noticable when you’re using Checkout in a networked setup) Fixes to stock corrections that would not do anything Much better readability of printed barcode labels There are a bunch of other improvements as well (you’ll find the –...

Nov 24th