TurboTax 2020 conundrum re Mac High Sierra O/S

agreed, & forced obsolecense

I have quickbooks, old version, if I update to Catalina, then I must first update QB.

now, an extra download today adding more procrastination getting the taxes done. Should have come here first & tried the online option.

Turbotax online lets you do complicated returns. Same as downloaded options. Works fine except does not let you view forms until you pay. I guess this is because you could print the forms before paying for the service.

I guess there is still a market for TT Deluxe, but we are talking about TT Premier and Small business versions, none of them are available for free or online.

1040EZ can be done online for free for sure, not just from TT site.

Yes, TurboTax told me last year that I would have to upgrade to Mojave to use it this year. I just spent hours upgrading to Mojave, and TurboTax now tells me that I will have to upgrade to Catalina to use it next year. If I upgrade to Catalina, I will likely have problems using my old Dell color laser printer, which is 32-bit. I’m getting tired of TurboTax always wanting me to upgrade my operating system.

I have a Windows computer that I bought solely to run Quicken, as Quicken Essentials could no longer run on my Mac when I upgraded to High Sierra three years ago. I guess I will have to use it for TurboTax after this year. I used TurboTax for Windows for years before I bought my Mac, and TurboTax never made me upgrade Windows.

I am in the situation! I have iMac OS High Sierra Version 10.13 ( 2018 ) was purchased and I can’t do my taxes . I got my TurboTax Home & Business at Costco for a total of 85.29 and it couldn’t be installed . It has to be Mojave 10.14 or higher. I end up paying to TurboTax 177 . 00 for the online version and let me tell you something that you have get individually, no any family member or friend can use it ! Getting a new computer is not the solution !

Well, just an fyi, my computer did an update to MacOS Big Sur last week, and my 2019 and 2020 Turbotax don't load any longer. Big, big problem to finish with what I was doing since I do taxes for family and friends. I sat on the phone for about an hour plus with someone from Apple and she couldn't help me other than to tell me to create a "new user" on my computer. I then, for some reason, was able to load the 2020 from there, but had to start from scratch with the tax return I was working on. I know there's a way to share "files" from user to user on a computer, but for the life of me, I just can't figure out how to get all the files from the taxes I already did, over to my "new user" area. I've tried to google, youtube, etc. with no luck. I think I need to take a class but someone is responsible for this!!!! (Meaning Apple or Turbotax) Just wondering if I buy a new Turbotax program, and try to load it in the user area I'm already using (not the new one) if it would work then and open the taxes I was working on??

Wow! I don’t have an answer for your conundrum. It seems that the Apple software writers don’t consider TurboTax, Quicken, and Intuit when they write their upgrades. Vice-versa also applies.

Three years ago, after upgrading to High Sierra, I could no longer open my Quicken Essentials program. I had backed up my data but couldn’t open the program. The people at the local Apple store were useless, even though I had purchased Quicken Essentials from them three years earlier. I tried upgrading Quicken, to no avail. I ended up having to back up my hard drive and then reformat it with plain old Sierra. Then I could install Quicken Essentials again.

By then, I had decided to buy a Windows computer so that I could run Quicken. Getting my data from the Mac to a Windows-based Quicken was difficult and time-consuming. I finally got it there, and I mainly use that computer for Quicken. I have used Quicken since 1994. It looks like, in the future, I’ll also have to use that computer for TurboTax.

Another option would be to use the online Turbotax do do your taxes this year. Won't need to upgrade the system.

+1 to what rkaufmann87 say's, only I would shoot for Mojave instead of Catalina. That will give you time to look into finding and replacing any 32bit app's that no longer run in Catalina.

+1 OT.

My wife always picks up a disc at Target when they go on sale and I completely forgot about that.

If I install Parallels on my Mac High Sierra desktop would I use turbotax for mac or for windows?

TurboTax has been getting more aggravating to use every year. I'm having the same problem you are and I think that it is time to try another product.

Agreed ...nothing wrong with our 2011 Macs, even for security. I will finally have to use TaxCut!

I meant OS X High Sierra 10.13

I understand your dilemma. My mid-2011 has 16GB which is sufficient even when Parallels partitions a Windows portion. That said RAM is now dirt cheap and installing on an iMac easy.