Dec 10, 2018 - Quickbooks for Mac is the desktop version of QuickBooks for the Apple operating system. You may set up QuickBooks in multi-user mode. There’s no additional network setup needed, like the multi-user mode in QuickBooks Desktop. Regardless whether they are using a PC or a Mac, or signing in on their phone or tablet using our mobile apps, each user can log in and get to work.
You can directly connect 2 computers together using a single ethernet cable. Shut down both computers, then plug each end of the cable into a computer's ethernet port. When the computers start up, the Bonjour service should allow the computers to see each other. Verify this by opening a new Finder window, then check if each computer can see the other in the Shared section. Pick one computer to be the host (requires that QuickBooks Server be installed), then open the file and enable multi-user mode ( File Enable Multi-user Mode). Open QuickBooks on the second computer.
From the Shared Files section, open the company file. Here are some important questions to consider if you are troubleshooting multi-user issues:. Did the computer running QuickBooks Server go on Sleep mode?
You can keep this from happening again by changing the System Preferences (choose Applications Energy Saver). Consider setting Computer sleep to Never. Did any of the network settings on your computer or the QuickBooks Server computer change?
Be sure the QuickBooks Server is sharing the company file and avoid changing the network settings ( Applications System Preferences Networking) while the file is being shared. Is your computer using wifi? Your connection to the QuickBooks Server may have been dropped due to a weak signal.
Move to an area with a strong wifi signal or consider using an ethernet connection.