I don't have anything showing under shared files.  I have re-installed the r7.1 version.  I can file -> open company and open it locally. The company file shows under shared for other workstations and they are able to open the company file and show as connected on the server ui.  It iss just this machine that has both server running and quickbooks user. I've had a known working user sign in on this mac to rule out a user account issue with same results.  A workaround is to keep the server on its own computer but I'd like to figure this out. thank you!