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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


Preparing for Year-End

March 26, 2012 by

Checklists make work faster and easier, and even a simple checklist can save you hours of time at year-end. A Year-End Checklist Saves time:  Your checklist helps you do each step in order, keep from back-tracking, duplicating work, or doing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, From the experts, Paying Others, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One, Taxes, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: ,

So many choices, Part 2: Vendor transactions and more

January 19, 2012 by

This article is Part 2 of a two-parter on the transactions you can use in QuickBooks. Part 1 covers customers. This one covers vendors. With vendors, it's all about spending money. You need stuff to run your business, whether that's new inventory … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bills, Did you know?, Featured Articles, New to QuickBooks, Paying Others, Purchase orders, Square One, Taxes, Vendors Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

So many choices, Part 1: Customer transactions

January 11, 2012 by

This article is Part 1 of a two-parter on the transactions you can use in QuickBooks. Part 2 covers vendors and other transactions. This one covers customers. QuickBooks has lots of different transactions you can use to run your business. Which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Customers and jobs, Did you know?, Estimates, Extending credit, Featured Articles, Getting Paid, Invoices, New to QuickBooks, Receiving payment, Sales receipts, Square One, Statements Tagged With: , ,

Video: Keyboard shortcuts for entering names and numbers

November 1, 2011 by

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to enter names and numbers quickly and efficiently. With most software programs, I tend to look for keyboard shortcuts to speed things up, and Quickbooks is no exception. If you’re not currently using keyboard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Did you know?, Featured Articles, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One, Switching from Windows, Switching from Windows, Tips and Tricks, Tips and tricks, Videos Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Online banking: Setting up Direct Connect

October 26, 2011 by

Direct Connect is awesome. Once you set it up, you can just automatically download your bank transaction into QuickBooks. Two important things you need to know before you start Not all financial institutions support Direct Connect for QuickBooks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, Online banking, Square One

Video: Receiving payments in QuickBooks 2012

October 19, 2011 by

Your customer has sent you a payment. Sweet! Now it's time to record that payment in QuickBooks. In this video, I'll show you how to use Receive Payments to enter money a customer has paid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Getting Paid, Getting paid, Let us show you, New to QuickBooks, Receiving payment, Receiving payments, Square One, Videos

Video: Creating a sales receipt in QuickBooks 2012

October 17, 2011 by

You're probably already familiar with sales receipts. Just about anytime you buy anything, you get a record of what you've bought and what you paid for those items. In QuickBooks, you can create sales receipts for your customers to track a sale when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Getting Paid, Getting paid, Let us show you, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Sales receipts, Sales receipts, Square One, Square One, Switching from Windows, Switching from Windows, Videos

Thanks for everything, Steve

October 5, 2011 by

Update: We published this article several weeks ago when Steve Jobs stepped down from his day-to-day position at Apple. And today, so many of us here at Intuit, and especially the Apple team, were saddened to hear about his death. I thought I'd … [Read more...]

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Video: How to Search Your Data in QuickBooks Desktop Mac

September 26, 2011 by

Searching is a great feature that you can use to find anything in your company file. In this video, you'll see more of how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ1NU7U-EGI&feature=youtu.be Video script: QuickBooks Desktop Mac provides a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Let us show you, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One, Square One, Switching from Windows, Switching from Windows, Tips and Tricks, Videos Tagged With: , ,

Writing a check in QuickBooks 2012

September 20, 2011 by

This content will be a available soon. Find out when by following us on Twitter or liking us on Facebook. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Square One
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