I have a simple wireless set up with an AirportExpress connected directly to my dsl modem and two Macs wirelessly connected to the AirportExpress. One Mac is a Flat iMac and the other is a MacBook. Both are connected wirelessly to the AirportExpress. Both have Quickbooks Pro 2005 (aka version 7.0F1). I understand that Quickbooks is not 'networkable' in the sense that two users can not use the same data at the same time, however I am told that I should be able to put the 'company' data file in a public folder where is can be used by either of the two computers one at a time. I moved the data into a public folder and was able to see it from the other machine but i could not open the file - Quickbooks gave an error message about the file being in use, or the path having an invalid character, or a permissions problem. When I discovered that I could only read and drop files to the public folder I looked at 'show info' on the public folder and added 'read/write' for the group and was then able to delete files in the public folder as well as drop them and read them... but the error persists. What are the likely things to be at fault here? Do I need to enable file sharing on the computer that I am only reading from (and not just the computer that is sharing the file)? Do I need to have exactly the same level OS on both machines (both OSX but different versions). Do I need to have Quickbooks Service Pack 2 installed (I only have 1). Any insight or suggestion is greatly appreciated. I have looked all over and only find an occasional complain like mine that end up unanswered... Thank you!
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17 years ago