Profit and Loss Budget Overview is incorrect when Fiscal Year is not equal to Calendar Year There have been a lot of users affected by a peculiar bug in QuickBooks for Mac 2012, if they were on a non-calendar fiscal year. Intuit released an update today that should correct this. The issue: After creating a […]
The 3 R’s
No not Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic. These are the 3 R’s of Mac file maintenance: REBUILD, RESORT, REOPEN When are these necessary? As part of monthly maintenance, along with Verifying the file and checking your backup When you are upgrading a file, both before and after When Roundtripping a file to QB for Windows, both before […]
Parallels and Windows 8
If you have a Parallels Window 7 virtual machine running on your Mac, Parallels suggests waiting for a while to upgrade to Windows 8; Critical and Urgent Windows 8 Service Advisory Excited about Windows 8? So are we! Below is critically important information to help you successfully enjoy Windows 8 on your Mac. Please read this […]
What’s New in QuickBooks for Mac 2013
QuickBooks for Mac 2013 is available to the public today, and it is really full of substantial improvements and exciting new features. I’m much more excited about the changes to this version than I am about the improvements in the Windows version, especially at the Pro and Premier level. Below are highlights of the new […]
Finding the QuickBooks Log in QB for Mac
Even many ProAdvisors don’t know that the Mac version of QB includes a Data Verification and rebuild utiity that works in the same way as the Windows version. However, finding the QuickBooks log file, if the verification and rebuild doesn’t work is difficult. It is stored in the USer level Library/Logs folder, but starting with […]
QuickBooks for Mac and Mountain Lion
I’ve installed Mountain Lion (ML) on my test computer and have been playing with different versions of QuickBooks for Mac as I have free time. Here’s a list of what does and doesn’t work at present – to be updated as I get more info. Note that the issue with the keychain has been addressed […]
QuickBooks for Mac and Mountain Lion
Wait to Update First – a word of advice – Don’t update the OS on your business’ computer the day, or even week, it comes out. As much as I love Macs, I only do that on my test computer for the first couple of months. I prefer to let everyone else be the guinea […]
QuickBooks for Mac 2012 R10 update released
07-27-2012 NOTE – this Release has been pulled due to an Apple bug with the Keychain that affects Merchant Services and online Banking. If you have upgraded to ML, you may want to revert to R9 Details of the release are below. If you are going to update to Mountain Lion*, you’ll want to make […]
QuickBooks for Mac 2012 R9
There are some good fixes in this release! If you are in the Multi-User version, don’t forget to upgrade QuickBooks for Mac Server first. And if you have sent a file off to your accoutant, don’t install this upgrade until your file comes back. Accounts Payable You can now choose previous transactions in Enter Bills […]
Adjusting Sales Tax in QuickBooks for Mac
QuickBooks does a really good job of keeping track of Sales Tax owed. But sometimes when you fill out the Sales tax form you end up with minor adjustments due to rounding or errors. Some states allow a discount for paying on time or early. So you often need to adjust your Sales Tax Liability […]