How to run Quicken on 2 Macs, each with own datafile
I run the latest version on my Mac My understanding is that I can install this on a second Mac. My wife manages her father's finances. Can I install Q on her Mac where she can use a separate datafile without issues? I know I need my Quicken ID for both Macs but I'm not sure about the Cloud sync. It's not needed for my wife's but I find it useful and for me it works. I don't know if the Quicken cloud sync is just by Quicken ID or if it also uses the file names so that the data does not get commingled (in other words I the files are totally unrelated and I don't want the sync to mess it up). If it is just by ID, other than turning off sync, does anything else need to be done? Thanks.
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You can run Quicken on two different Macs using different data files without them interfering with each other. Just make sure that each file has a different cloud account nickname in Settings → Connected Services.
(And just to be clear, you can even have two different data files on the same Mac that way; they don't have to be on different Macs.)
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Thanks Jon. I wasn't aware the nickname came into play. To be clear, I can leave Sync on as long as the nicknames are different, correct?
My wife and I both have Macs so my plan would be to install it on hers; I do our finances on mine.
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