List damage: Symptoms and cures
Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2010QuickBooks for Mac keeps all the individual records for your customer jobs, vendors, employees, other names, accounts, and items in lists—the master Name list,...
View ArticleDouble-entry accounting: Why are my transactions entered twice?
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 28, 2010QuickBooks newcomers who enter transactions for the first time are sometimes mystified by what looks a bit strange. They write a check and see an offsetting...
View ArticleConverting a QuickBooks file from Mac to Windows
Last Updated: Monday, December 20, 2010Let’s face it. Every computer in the whole world is not a Mac. There may be a time when you will need to use your QuickBooks company file on a Windows computer....
View ArticleOne user, two computers: Using QuickBooks on more than one Mac
Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013QuickBooks 2011 for Mac added multiuser capability, meaning more than one person can work in the same company file at the same time. But what if it’s just you, and...
View ArticleDear Addy: Sharing my Mac file with my Windows accountant
Last Updated: Monday, December 20, 2010Editor’s note: Dear Addy is a new advice column on using QuickBooks we are launching here on Little Square. This is a place to answer your direct questions about...
View ArticleAccount registers: Save time, see everything
Last Updated: Monday, December 20, 2010As a freelance writer, I thought my accounting would be simple. After all, I’m a service provider—an editor calls, I write a story, the editor pays me. I don’t...
View ArticleWebConnect vs. DirectConnect
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 28, 2011QuickBooks for Mac offers two ways to hook up your accounting to your accounts—WebConnect and DirectConnect. Whichever of these you choose, you’ll save tons of...
View ArticleIs your business overweight?
Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012It’s common for small business owners to measure their financial health based on their income statement or bank account balance. They deem their business “fit” if...
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