

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.

Why would you want to do this? Maybe you have a desktop Mac in your back office and a laptop in your storefront. You run QuickBooks in multiuser mode, but there’s only one user allowed: you. QuickBooks 2011 for Mac added multiuser capability, meaning more than one person can work in the same company file at the same time.īut what if it’s just you, and you want to use QuickBooks from two different computers? You can do this, without buying additional user licenses or another copy of QuickBooks.
