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Brose's avatar
Brose
User
9 months ago

How do I access myob "prm" backup files on Mac?

Hello community,    I have a small business and my outsourced bookkeeping and accounting person uses MYOB 7.5 to do the work.  I know this is a VERY old offline version of MYOB. Every month they se...
  • Liz_A's avatar
    Liz_A
    9 months ago

    Hi Brose 

     

    I'm not too familiar with Mac systems but there are "Virtual Machine" programmes you can use that mirror Windows on a Mac computer so this may be an option. You then have the problem of finding a MYOB Premier v7.5 to put on your system. Do you plan to do your own entries or just to look at entries and reports? If you are planning to enter transactions, then you would need try to COPY the programme folder from your bookkeeper's system on to the "Windows" version on your computer and find the Myobp.exe file to open the file. If you only want to "read" the file, then some of the earlier versions of Edge (Mac) and MYOB were able to be used across platforms, so you could try downloading the oldest version of Edge and upgrading the file to a newer Edge version to at least look at the info. I have partner CD's back to 2005 that include Mac versions (not sure which ones as I don't have a Mac machine), that I could upload for you to try so if you think this is an option, then contact me at majubawest@hotmail.com 

     

    There are other users on here who may have more ideas about Mac so keep trying if this doesn't solve your issue.

     

    Cheers

    Liz

Liz_A's avatar
Liz_A
Valued User

Hi Brose 

 

I'm not too familiar with Mac systems but there are "Virtual Machine" programmes you can use that mirror Windows on a Mac computer so this may be an option. You then have the problem of finding a MYOB Premier v7.5 to put on your system. Do you plan to do your own entries or just to look at entries and reports? If you are planning to enter transactions, then you would need try to COPY the programme folder from your bookkeeper's system on to the "Windows" version on your computer and find the Myobp.exe file to open the file. If you only want to "read" the file, then some of the earlier versions of Edge (Mac) and MYOB were able to be used across platforms, so you could try downloading the oldest version of Edge and upgrading the file to a newer Edge version to at least look at the info. I have partner CD's back to 2005 that include Mac versions (not sure which ones as I don't have a Mac machine), that I could upload for you to try so if you think this is an option, then contact me at majubawest@hotmail.com 

 

There are other users on here who may have more ideas about Mac so keep trying if this doesn't solve your issue.

 

Cheers

Liz

Brose's avatar
Brose
User
9 months ago

Thank you Liz. We used one of the virtual machine programs. Once we set it up, we could then install the old version of MYOB in one of their "bottles" and it started working just fine. We used a program called CrossOver for Mac - https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/

 

 

  • Leneth_A's avatar
    Leneth_A
    MYOB Moderator
    9 months ago

    Hi Brose, 
     
    Thanks for the update on this and for providing the solution. We are glad that you have managed to resolve your concern. I am sure other users will benefit from that information. I would also like to thank our valued user Liz for her contribution here in the community. 
     
     
    Please do not hesitate to post again if you need help in the future. 
     
    Cheers,   
    Leneth

  • Liz_A's avatar
    Liz_A
    Valued User
    9 months ago

    Hi Brose 

     

    Great - glad to hear you solved it.

     

    Cheers

    Liz