Can you use QB for Mac 2016 with 2 users and do entries at the same time? The company is housed on a server. With QuickBooks Desktop, you can only access your data from the computer that you installed the software on, either PC or Mac. If you want the ability to access your data from anywhere like you can with QuickBooks Online, you can add on the Hosting Services that QuickBooks offers.
QB for Windows is far supior to Mac 2010. I want to go to the Mac for many reasons. But QB for the MAC still doesn’t give me several options that I use daily. I have been given many options of running Window and OS. The only one that makes best since to me is to keep my PC for QB only.
NO INTERNETING. I assume this will help prevent attacks. I don’t know if I should add some type of antiv. Program to the Mac. The biggest issue for me in WB for the Mac is I like to sort my bank register so I can see exactly what has cleard every single day.
I found that when some fradulent accitivy occured at my bank I was able to catch it the same day and was able to intervine. You can’t do that if you wait to reconcile at the end of the month. So if anywone know how to select a sort feature in QB FOR MAC, I sure would be intrested. Andrew I agree.
I think it is an anti-trust issue with Microsoft, Intuit, and Canadian financial institutions. I have called several Canadian banks. Bottom line: qbo files from Canadian banks don’t work on Quickbooks pro 2010 for Mac “American” version (even though its use is suggested to Canadian Mac owners on the Intuit website). No one will/can say. Specifically, no one from TD Canada Trust, CIBC, Intuit Canada, or Intuit U.S.A.
(for which you will need an “american” phone number to get through). But some of the banks reps have said that the Canadian banks have an “agreement” with Microsoft and not with Apple. I’ve been a Quickbooks for Mac user since 2003 and for my bookkeeping system to continue working I’m searching the forums for “workarounds”. Thanks for more crap – to Intuit? Canadian Banks?
Sarah Hello Colette Did you install the SP2 for the Windows XP? Also, are you leaving the QB file itself IN the PC? And then just accessing it by the two macs?
I know that you have to leave your PC “Server” on at all times, that includes the file itself. So really, your macs would be logging on and off, not closing it down. However, I do not think that your VM being turned off and on should affect this. I’m curious if you have reached a solution at this point.
For us, I am going to still consider a Mac Server (prob the mac mini server). And then do a VM with the hosted program and file. Colette I am having issues with multi-user access using VMWare. I have two licensed versions of QB Premier 2010 running in VMWare. I have the QB file using the Database server only option. The two users (logged in under separate user names) log in and can work fine. As soon as one or both of the files are closed something seems to happen because the next time one of the two users tries to open the file we get one of a couple of different errors – either the “connection to the network is lost” or there appears to be a firewall.
Neither is the case – I have completely disabled all anti-virus, firewalls, security settings, etc. On my Mac, VMWare, and the PC hosting the file. I also have ensured that all folders involved had full read/write access. In addition, I can still access files and folders through Explorer and Finder just fine after getting that message, so I know the connection is still there. From that point on, the only way that I can open the QB file is to move it to one of the local VMWare folders and use it locally in single user mode. Oh and I should also mention that when I run the QB Database manager software on the host computer, it never shows that the users are connected, even though both appear to be working in the file just fine until we try to close them.
Any thoughts? Has anywone seen this issue and are there tricks to settings and setups that I need to look for/change? Thanks in advance. Will Hi Susan, I’m not sure I understand the solution you propose. What purpose would Remote Desktop Client serve? Would you actually be entering data into QuickBooks on your computer, using QuickBooks for Windows, or on your client’s computer, in QuickBooks for Mac? If you are thinking you would use Remote Desktop Client to connect to the Mac and use QuickBooks for Mac by remoting into it from your PC, you should know that you cannot connect to a Mac using RDC.
RDC is a proprietary Microsoft technology. Macs use VNC, an open standard for screen sharing and remote access. There are numerous (including some free) Windows-compatible VNC clients if you want to do this. However, since you are most familiar with QuickBooks for Windows, I would recommend converting between the Mac and Windows versions so that you can work in the environment you are familiar with and the client can work in their preferred environment.
You can exchange the files using a flash drive or file sharing web service. There are many, including Apple’s own iDisk. Best, Will Lynes Product Manager QuickBooks for Mac. Will Hi Erich, The most recent version of QuickBooks for Mac that is OS 9 compatible is QuickBooks Pro 6.0 for Mac.
Note, however, that Intuit only supports the current version plus 2 versions prior (i.e. QuickBooks Mac 2010, 2009, 2007 this year).
If you run into any issues with 6.0, you may have trouble resolving them. And you won’t benefit from the many improvements made to the product in the intervening years, including better payroll support, online banking, custom form templates, credit card processing, and improved time tracking, to name a few. Given the number of other modern Mac applications that require OS X (and will soon require Intel processors) I’d strongly encourage you to consider upgrading to an Intel Mac. Best, Will Lynes Product Manager QuickBooks for Mac. Will Hi Jamie, Thank you for your question. There is no way to get check numbers to print with the checks. I believe this is because official check paper should have your bank account number, routing number, and check numbers pre-printed on the forms.
In fact, QuickBooks goes to some lengths to help ensure the check numbers in QuickBooks match the check numbers on your pre-printed forms. This is consistent in the Mac and Windows versions of QuickBooks. Best, Will Product Manager QuickBooks for Mac. I am converting everything to Mac and Intuit does not have a Mac version of Quickbooks in Canada. I have installed Parallels and it is working with testing equipment that I also have to run through Windows so I know that it is okay. My problem is that I’ve downloaded my Quickbooks installation and when I put in the license number and product number I’m told it is the wrong one.
I’ve checked with Intuit Canada and actually been on the phone most of the day trying to get this figured out. My license and product numbers are correct so I was told to call support. After about 45 minutes of trying different things I was told that Parallels will not allow me to run Quickbooks. Reading this blog it seems others are running Quickbooks so my question is: is there a trick to getting this to work?
Right now I’m running a business and have no way of invoicing anyone since my old PC died. Will Hi Margo, I am not familiar with the Canadian version of QuickBooks, so I’m speaking purely based on my experience with Parallels. I’ve found that certain applications and activities don’t like “Shared Networking” when connecting to the Internet or networked devicessometimes simply changing to Bridged Networking helps. In Parallels, go to DevicesNetwork AdapterBridged(the method you want to use to connect).
Then try registering again. Alternatively, I believe Parallels can be configured to use a Bootcamp partition.
This would let you get QuickBooks set up and registered in Bootcamp, then use that same partition in Parallels without having to restart your Mac (as Bootcamp requires). Since running Windows via Bootcamp on your Mac is essentially the same as running Windows on any PC, you should be able to successfully register QB this way. Best, Will Product Manager QuickBooks for Mac.
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I’ll caveat this with a lot of people have encountered issues with OS X’s sharing locks and SMB so be sure to backup your company file before you start moving it around. I’ve highlighted a short plan to test your sharing setup. Also below is a link to very detailed setup instructions. Setup SMB share on Mac server. More info here: 2. Copy the QBW company file to that share 3. From each Mac, launch your Virtual Machine software (VM) 4.
Open Windows Explorer and use Windows “Map Network Drive” feature to map to that new mac share using SMB (smb://) 5. Launch QBW from VM. Open the file on the new network share The major issue that you may encounter (2nd link above) are file locks on the QB company file, standard in OS X to prevent multiple people from accessing the same file. Here are a few more links to help you out. Diamond Girl I totally agree that using a virtual machine is the way to go with QB.
I noticed in this article it says for multi-user access to buy a “cheap” PC and use it as a server. What if I want to use the Mac Server I already have to host the files? Right now, I have one “admin” VM that is also a user and another user maps to her computer the QB company file for reports. But her Admin computer has to be powered on. Can I move everything to our Mac server that’s on all the time–if so, what is the best method–VM or CrossOver?
To sync files between two computers, you must connect both to the same network and make sure you've set the correct installation options for each computer. The best way to do this is to uninstall QuickBooks on both PCs and then reinstall with the correct options. Your QuickBooks company file remains on the computer when you complete the uninstall.
Once you've reinstalled and configured QuickBooks on both computers, the primary computer stores your company files and allows you to sync data to other computers on the network. If you have two separate company files that need to be merged, you can use the Data Transfer Utility, a third-party commercial utility for merging company files.