

When you’re ready to return to Office Mac, be sure to log off from the company file in QuickBooks on Shop Mac. When prompted to open a company file, be sure to choose the company file listed in the Shared Files area.Ĩ. In QuickBooks (not QuickBooks Server), choose File > Log Off when you’re ready to use QuickBooks on your Shop Mac.ħ. It also starts the QuickBooks Server app so it can share the company file over your network.ĥ. QuickBooks logs you out and then back in as Administrator. On the Mac with the QuickBooks Server (likely Office Mac), open QuickBooks and open your company file.Ĥ. (If you already installed QuickBooks, but didn’t install the server, you can go back and install it from the CD or DMG file.)ģ. During installation, be sure to also install the QuickBooks Server app by setting up multiuser on the machine you use most often, probably Office Mac. Let’s call these computers “Office Mac” and “Shop Mac.”Ģ. Install QuickBooks Mac 2011 on both of your Macs. With a true multiuser setup, multiple users can be in the company file simultaneously.) Setting up multiuser for just one personġ. (This is the key that makes multiuser use different from single user use. If it’s open on your office computer, it can’t be open on your shop machine, and vice versa.



(If you’ve got your own Internet connection that lets multiple computers surf the web, then you’ve got a network.)
