{"id":669,"date":"2019-06-20T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2019-09-17T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T16:35:13","slug":"convert-a-quickbooks-for-windows-file-to-quickbooks-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/convert-a-quickbooks-for-windows-file-to-quickbooks-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert a QuickBooks for Windows file to QuickBooks for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn how to change your company file from a QuickBooks for Windows file to QuickBooks for Mac. Moving from QuickBooks for Windows to Mac? You don\u2019t have to start over\u2014Just Convert a QuickBooks for Windows file to QuickBooks for Mac<\/p>\n

\"Convert<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 1: Get your company file ready<\/h2>\n
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  1. Remove any memos longer than 50 characters or that contain special characters such as !@#$%^&*.\n
      \n
    1. Go to the\u00a0Reports<\/strong>\u00a0menu. Select\u00a0Custom Reports<\/strong>, then\u00a0Transaction Detail<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. From the\u00a0Dates<\/strong>\u00a0drop-down, select\u00a0All<\/strong>. Select\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Double-click on a transaction with a memo.<\/li>\n
    4. Delete the memo, then select\u00a0Save & Close<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    5. Repeat steps c and d for all the other transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    6. Re-sort lists.<\/li>\n
    7. Run verify and rebuild on your company file.<\/li>\n
    8. Close QuickBooks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Step 2: Convert your company file<\/h2>\n

      Note:<\/strong>\u00a0You can only move company files from QuickBooks Desktop Pro or Premier.<\/p>\n

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      1. Update QuickBooks for Desktop to the latest release.<\/li>\n
      2. Open the file as the administrator.<\/li>\n
      3. Go to the\u00a0File<\/strong>\u00a0menu, then select\u00a0Utilities<\/strong>. Select\u00a0Copy Company File for QuickBooks Mac<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      4. If you see “It looks like \u2018QuickBooks for Windows\u2019 might be a better fit for your company,” you may want to consider staying in QuickBooks for Windows. If you’re sure you want to continue, select\u00a0Yes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      5. Go to the folder you want to save the file in. Name the file, and select\u00a0Save<\/strong>. Make sure you don’t add special characters in the file name.<\/li>\n
      6. Move the file to your Mac by using any storage device such as DVD, flash drive, etc.<\/li>\n
      7. Restore the file in your QuickBooks for Mac.<\/li>\n
      8. Voila! Now you are an Expert to Convert a QuickBooks for Windows file to QuickBooks for Mac<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Learn how to change your company file from a QuickBooks for Windows file to QuickBooks for Mac. Moving from QuickBooks for Windows to Mac? You don\u2019t have to start over\u2014Just Convert a QuickBooks for Windows file to QuickBooks for Mac Step 1: Get your company file ready Remove any memos longer than 50 characters or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-questions","category-quickbooks","category-quickbooks-desktop","category-quickbooks-mac-desktop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickbookexperts.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}