Layered, Inc., was an American

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company based in

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. The company chiefly developed for Apple's

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computer. At the time of its acquisition in 1990 by

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, of

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, Layered was considered the market leader in accounting software for the Mac, with ''

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'' calling Layered "the

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of Macintosh accounting software". It marketed the Insight Expert Accounting family of software in 1985 and atOnce! in 1989, the latter rebranded as Peachtree Accounting for Macintosh after the company's acquisition.

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