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MacPOS Upgrade to v2012 This upgrade is available to all users. Pricing is tiered based on the version you currently are using.               Purchase Std                   Purchase Pro New features in v2012 Up to 30x faster processing Integration to XCart online e-commerce Integrated credit card authorization software for Mercury Payments Time clock function New sales transaction reports Faster sales transaction reporting by a specific date range Instant sales reporting for a past date Much faster Post and print operation Automatic session control by day Faster network database access Daily sales view by hour Database list window for contacts and items New customer lookup and start a sale Improved Physical inventory count  Improved Importing Copy line items on an order Paste items on an order Multiple item selection for deletion on orders Custom label sizes Swipe a ...

An updated trial of MacPOS Café has been posted. This version is compatible with OS X 10.7 Lion and Intel Macs. If you need a PPC version please contact us. Download the  MacPOS Café  trial and take it for a test drive. We are sure you will like the new changes and significantly improved speed.

After receiving several requests for a PowerPC version of MacPOS v2012, we decided to add it back to our product offerings. So those of you still using MacPOSX on PowerPC, still clutching to those G4s and G5s, this will give your Mac a few more years before you need to buy a new one.

Some Tips about accepting credit cards and how the crooks try to intimidate your clerks. Don’t Be Bullied Here, the customer attempts to intimidate the cashier by causing a fuss at the register so that the purchase is rushed, which may lead to improper check out. They may tell you that the card won’t read and not to bother running it through – that you’ll have to key it in manually. In such instances, customers have also been known to complain about the service or length of the line. They may even demand to see a manager – anything to keep the cashier’s attention off the authorization of the credit card. By creating a tense atmosphere, the cashier is often prone to rush the person through the process just to get the customer out of the store. This is when criminal activity takes place. The result is usually a costly chargeback for the merchant. Use only the authorization numbers provided by your Payment Processor. Never call a telephone number given by the cardholder for author...

v2012 of MacPOS brings back the Matrix view that had been missing in our OS X version of MacPOS.  It was a important feature of MacPOS back in the OS 9 days. An example of a T-shirt in different sizes and colors. Clicking on an item in the list will display the details in the item window. Track the stock levels, item sales and purchase history, minimum and maximum stock levels for each size/color variation. An another example showing an iMac in different RAM and Hard drive configurations.

Is your customer's credit card information at risk when using your POS system? Watch this short informative video about the steps you can take to protect your business and your customer's credit card information. Are you at Risk ? Can you afford to not take steps for compliancy? MacPOS and Mercury Payments provides a PCI-DSS compliant solution with high security encryption to protect your customer's private information.