Multiple Mac Users

Chillatcs

Can anyone tell me if there is a way I can have multiple Mac users on the same iMac access the same Quicken account (registers, calendar, etc.) on a single iMac? I want to have separate user accounts for myself and my spouse, either of which can open Quicken and access our Quicken data. Whenever, I open Quicken for the secondary user, I get a new user setup menu but cannot determine how to simply grant access to the current Quicken data.

jacobs

Another approach would be to treat the two different users on the Mac the same way someone who wants to use Quicken on two Macs would do it. This involves compressing the data file and moving it to a storage location after each use of Quicken, and copying that .zip file back to the Mac each time prior to using Quicken. In the case of a single Mac, you could used the Users called Shared as the location of your repository for the .zip file.

So: User A finishes using Quicken, quits, compresses the data file, and moves the .zip file to User > Shared. Then, the next user who wants to use Quicken, whether User A or User B, copies the .zip file from User > Shared to their own desktop or Documents folder, double-clicks the .zip file to de-compress it, and double-clicks the data file to launch Quicken. At the end of the session, repeat the process of quitting, comprising and copying back to User > Shared. In this way, the data file is protected each time it's moved, and either user can use Quicken without being concerned who used it last or where the current file resides. This move-decompress-use-compress-move process may sound complicated, but after you've done it a few times, you'll likely find it adds only a few seconds when you start and finish using Quicken.

Greg_the_Geek

Wouldn't they eventually exceed the Max Dataset limit? I thought each restore created a new Dataset.

Greg_the_Geek

Max Datasets on Mac

jacobs

@RickO @Greg_the_Geek Yes, I usually suggest moving a .zip file rather than using backups because of the issue Greg brought up. I recall one of the moderators digging into this and saying it can be an issue for Mac as well as Windows, but I'm hazy on the details. As I recall, resolving the issue wasn't as simple as just deleting the Cloud files visible in Preferences. (But to Rick's point, we've been directing people using two Macs to apply these approaches to move the data file back and forth for years, and I never recall anyone coming back and saying they ran into a problem because they were always starting their Quicken sessions from a backup.)