The most well-known system for doing this are VMware, although there are a couple others such as Parallels, and Fusion that will allow you to accomplish the same goal. In this case, the second operating system would be Windows. Using Virtual Machines For QuickBooks EnterpriseĪ virtual machine allows you to run a second operating system on you Mac computer. The only downside to this is that you can’t network multiple computers together if you have more than one user and you have to restart your computer each time that you want to switch your operating system. This is probably the most simple and cost effective way to have you Mac work as a “Windows PC” so that you can successfully install your Enterprise Software. Using BootCamp With Enterpriseīoot Camp is already installed in your Mac system and will allow you to install Windows onto the hard drive.
Although there is no Intuit supported way to have QuickBooks Enterprise on a Mac, there are a couple workarounds that can have you up and running with Enterprise on your Mac in no time.