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Last Updated: Thursday, November 10, 2011

Whether you’re totally new to QuickBooks or just new to QuickBooks for Mac, we’re glad you’re here. Change isn’t always easy, so we’ve created Square One just for you. This is where you get started with QuickBooks for Mac.

New to QuickBooks?

You’re probably wondering where to start. Here’s some directions for you.

  • First, go to New to QuickBooks for advice on how to get started.
  • Check out the articles and videos here on Little Square for ideas about where to go next.
  • We also have a comprehensive User’s Guide you can look through that has great information getting started with QuickBooks. You can also access this ebook in QuickBooks. Choose Help > User’s Guide.

Switching from Windows?

If you’ve switched from QuickBooks for Windows to QuickBooks for Mac, you probably have two big questions.

Upgrading?

Welcome back! You’re probably wondering about the new features for QuickBooks for Mac.


Most recent articles


Making the move, Part 4: Bank and credit card transactions

March 9, 2011 by

Part 1: Overview |  Part 2: Vendor transactions | Part 3: Customer transactions | Part 4: Banking and other This is the last article in a series about moving your historical data into QuickBooks. In previous articles, I gave you an overview … [Read more...]

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Making the move, Part 3: Enter customer transactions

March 7, 2011 by

Part 1: Overview | Part 2: Vendor transactions | Part 3: Customer transactions | Part 4: Banking and other This is the third in a series of articles about how to get your historical data into QuickBooks. In my first two articles, I gave you a … [Read more...]

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Making the Move, Part 2: Entering vendor transactions

March 4, 2011 by

Part 1: Overview |  Part 2: Vendor transactions | Part 3: Customer transactions | Part 4: Banking and other This is the second in a series of articles about how to get your historical data into QuickBooks. In my first article, I gave you a … [Read more...]

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Making the move, Part 1: Entering historical transactions into QuickBooks

March 2, 2011 by

Part 1: Overview |  Part 2: Vendor transactions | Part 3: Customer transactions | Part 4: Banking and other Author's Note: This is the first—a brief overview—in a series of articles explaining how to get your business history into … [Read more...]

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Tips for avoiding some newbie mistakes

January 31, 2011 by

Editor's note: Our friends over at QuickBooks for Windows wrote this piece for Windows users. Seeing a great idea, we ripped it off and Mac-ified it for you. Here's a shout out to the awesome Jonathan Brubaker who created the original article for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accounts, Banking, Bills, Checks, Deposits, Did you know?, Featured Articles, Items, New to QuickBooks, Paying Others, Purchase orders, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One, Tips and Tricks

Video: Overview of the Customer Center

January 26, 2011 by

In this video, I show you how to add customers and jobs using the Customer Center. In QuickBooks, a customer is anyone who pays you for goods or services. A job is a specific project or scope of work that you want to track. We’re going to dig into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Customers and jobs, Customers and jobs, Featured Articles, Getting paid, Getting Paid, Let us show you, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Square One, Square One, Videos Tagged With: , ,

Video: Introduction to Jobs

January 24, 2011 by

QuickBooks for Mac has partnered with Ben Hess of Bay Area Pictures for a series of videos on how he uses QuickBooks. In this video, Ben talks about how jobs help him organize his transactions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyVLHiiW9Xo Video … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Customers and jobs, Customers and jobs, Getting paid, Getting Paid, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Square One, Square One, Videos Tagged With: ,

Video: Which form do I use? (estimates, invoices, and sales receipts)

January 18, 2011 by

Ever wonder what the difference is between estimates and invoices? And when do you give a customer a sales receipt? Follow Charlie the Web Designer as he uses all three forms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwbFuExIAmQ Video script: The QuickBooks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Customers and jobs, Estimates, Estimates, Featured Articles, Getting Paid, Getting paid, Invoices, Invoices, Let us show you, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Sales receipts, Sales receipts, Square One, Square One, Videos Tagged With:

QuickBooks 2010 Tutorials: Basic Tasks

January 18, 2011 by

These videos were included with QuickBooks 2010 for Mac. If you're using the latest version, QuickBooks 2011 for Mac, these videos may still be useful for you. There were only minor changes for Quickbooks 2011 for Mac in these areas. Creating an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, Banking, Bills, Bills, Checks, Checks, Deposits, Deposits, Getting Paid, Getting paid, Invoices, Invoices, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Paying others, Paying Others, Receiving payment, Square One, Square One, Videos Tagged With:

Video: Creating an Invoice in QuickBooks 2011 for Mac

January 17, 2011 by

It's video week on Little Square! We'll be posting lots of videos during the week specifically for QuickBooks 2011 for Mac. In this video tutorial, I show you how to create an invoice. This is for all you newbies out there who told us you wanted more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Getting paid, Getting Paid, Invoices, Invoices, Let us show you, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Square One, Square One, Videos Tagged With:
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