Screen Sharing
Screen Sharing is a feature of Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, allowing remote access to your computer from another Mac, or any VNC Viewer running on a PC, iPad, iPhone, etc..
This Solution provides basic setup information. (6203)
Allowing Remote Connections
If you want to access your Big Business workstation from a home computer, or portable like your iPad, tablet, iPhone, etc., you may need to configure your router or to allow the remote connection.
This Solution provides basic setup information. (6204)
Introduction to Server
This Solution provides an introduction to Big Business Server for Mac OS and a brief description of client / server architecture and benefits. (3231)
Getting Started
This Solution describes Getting Started with Big Business Server for Mac OS X. (3248)
Before You Start
This Solution provides the System Requirements for Big Business Server for MacOS X. (3232)
Installing Server for Mac OS X
This Solution desribes installation (installing) of Big Business Server for Mac OS. (3233)
Installing Client for Mac OS X
This Solution describes the installation (installing) Big Business Client for Mac OS X. (5820)
Installing Client for Windows
This Solution describes installation (installing) Big Business Client for Windows. (5821)
Building a Data File
This Solution describes building a Company File (data file) for use with Big Business Server for Mac OS X. (3253)
Moving Data to the Server
This Solution describes moving your Data File to Big Business Server for Mac OS X. (3255)
Launching Server
This Solution describes launching Big Business Server for Mac OS X and selecting a Data File. (3256)
Server Administration Window
This Solution describes the Server Administration Window (3260)
Quitting Server
This Solution describes Quitting Big Business Server for Mac OS X. (3259)
Applescript to Quit Big Business Server
When you Quit Big Business Server a dialog asks how much time to allow Clients to Quit. When you choose Shut Down, to shut down your computer, click Restart to allow Software Update to install updates, or you have an uninterruptible power supply than can tell the computer to shut down, this dialog prevents Big Business Server from being shut down automatically.
Big Business Server for Mac installs an Applescript which can automatically Quit Server, or be copied for your own script. (6174)
Launching Client
This Solution describes launching Big Business Client for Mac OS X to connect to Big Business Server (3257)
Turning Off Sleep (macOS)
Allowing your client or server computer to go to Sleep may lose the connection, and you may lose work in progress.
Sleeping Clients is a new feature in Big Business 11 that does allow Clients to Sleep and resume without restarting the application.
This solution describes turning off Sleep on macOS computers to avoid problems. (3524)
Connecting to Remote Server
When you launch Big Business Client it displays any locally available Big Business Server on the Available tab. To connect to a remote Server enter a Name and IP Address on the Custom tab.
This Solution provides instructions for connecting to Big Business Server from a remote Client. (5528)
Alert for Mac Service
Big Business Server for Mac OS X will display an Alert if it has been Registered as a Service. (6208)
In Use Objects
This Solution describes how Big Business Server for Mac OS handles multiple users and displays in-use objects, like a Customer Card which is locked In Use when another user is modifying it. (3237)
Single Instance Objects
This Solution describes how Big Business Server for Mac OS handles multiple users and single-instance objects, like a Deposit when another user is already using it. (3238)
Updating Lists
This Solution describes how Big Business Server for Mac OS handles multiple users and can update lists, like the Customer Listing when other users jhave modified it. (3242)
List Up To Date
Big Business Client (used with Big Business Server) includes buttons to update lists (Customer, Vendor, Item, etc.) to check for new entries made by other users since you started your Client. (3243)
System Maintenance
This Solution describes how Big Business Server for Mac OS handles multiple users and exclusive objects, like the Maintenance Prefs when other users are signed-in. (3240)