When you import a QBO file from your financial institution to QuickBooks for Mac, you may witness the QuickBooks error code OL 222 pop-up. This error affects your accounting activity on the software badly bringing your critical accounting project to a halt all of a sudden. You might want to contact your financial institution in this case or, simply, refer to this guide on tried and tested ways to fix error code OL 222 in QuickBooks.
QuickBooks OL 222 error may pop up on your screen due to the following reasons:
You can create a backup of QuickBooks company files, update QuickBooks Desktop, change the file format of the QBO file, and replace the FIDIR.txt file with a new one on QuickBooks for Mac.
For better understanding, we are here listing each method with a manual procedure. Let’s check them all out:
Before jumping on to anything, it is recommended to update the QuickBooks Desktop manually. Thereafter, you can backup your QuickBooks company files.
Once you are done updating your QuickBooks software and creating a backup for company files, you can start importing QBO files. However, if you still face the same OL 222 in QuickBooks error, try another method.
Having one or more characters in the QBO file name is one of the common reasons why you are receiving QuickBooks error OL 222. These characters go against the OFX rules. Hence, it is important to correct the format of the QBO file.
After following these steps, you can close the edited file. Later, you can try importing QuickBooks Online file to verify if the QuickBooks error code OL 222 is fixed.
If no above method works effectively then you can delete the old FIDIR file and replace it with a new one. Before doing so, make sure that you create a backup of your company files. Also, it should be noted that all the QuickBooks windows are closed.
Here, you can select the old FIDIR.txt file to the Trash. This can be done in two different ways on Mac PC.
Way 1: Remove FIDIR.txt File from Download Folder
Way 2: Remove FIDIR.txt File from Resource Folder
Once you are done following these steps, you can copy the FIDIR.txt file that you saved on your desktop and paste it to both Download and Resources folder. This will surely fix the QuickBooks OL 222 error and then you can import your QBO file.
Hope the aforementioned guide helped you deal with the error code QuickBooks OL 222 effectively. However, in case, you are still facing any issue fixing the error you can get in touch with us or drop your query in the comment box. Our representatives will get back to you with a solution shortly.
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