Go to the File menu on your Mac platform.You'll want to open the file location of your company file and copy it to your hard drive. I appreciate you for sharing an update with us, me to chime in and provide additional steps to move your files to your hard drive. You may tag me in your reply if you have other follow-up questions about transferring your company file. You can refer to this article to see details on how to run the Rebuild and Verify Utility to easily troubleshoot unusual error messages: Resolve Potential Data Issues in QuickBooks Desktop. Browse your computer for the folder you just copied and open the copied company file. Then, open QuickBooks and select Open or Restore an existing company. You can move it to your new computer/laptop. You now have a copy of your entire folder. Open the external device you'll use to move the files.Right-click the folder and select Copy.Find the folder that has your company file.Open the Windows Start menu and click open File Explorer.This tells you where your company file is saved. Press F2 (or Ctrl+ 1) to open the Product Info window.Open QuickBooks and the company file you want to move.Then, you may follow the steps below on how you can move the file to a hard drive or transfer your entire QuickBooks data folder. However, it is recommended that you save it first to a hard drive because if your computer crashes or you need to undo recent changes, you can restore your accounting data using a backup company file. This is done to save your data and supporting files so that you can simply copy and paste your QuickBooks folder to a new location.

It's the best way to create and restore a backup company file when moving a company file to another computer or laptop. Then, make sure that you'll be able to move your data in the right spot. I'll be sharing details about transferring data to another place. I'm glad to see you posting here in QuickBooks Community.

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