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Turbotax canada 2014 mac1/12/2024 ![]() ![]() The fact that Block supports the older MAC systems a couple years longer than TT doesn't mean they will do it forever. Intuit is being hostile to (and hence alienating) their customers by failing to take advantage of Apple's supported development tools to produce versions of TurboTax that can run on all the versions of macOS that Apple's latest version of their development tools support as deployment targets. (In fact, Apple's very latest version of their development toolset, which is required to support their not yet released version of macOS, continues to support deployment targets as far back as OS X Mavericks.) It is true that Apple only supports the three most recently released versions of the operating system, but Apple fully supports development tools that produce software to run on older versions of the operating system. On the Apple webpage under the heading "Minimum requirements and supported SDKs" it says that Xcode 13 beta supports producing applications that can run on macOS 10.9 (OS X Mavericks, released on October 22, 2013) through macOS 12 (macOS Monterey, set to be released before the end of 2021). The latest version of Xcode is Xcode 13 beta. ![]() Xcode is Apple's software development toolset. "The reason is that the Apple developer tools that must be used to produce new Mac software only supports the last 3 Mac software years and Apple will not support 10.14 after 2021, so software for 2022 (which is when the 2021 tax returns are filed) can only support what the Apple tools support." although not posted the 2021 will require 10.15. You can use the online program instead if you don't want to spend a fortune getting a new Apple. Windows 7 users had to upgrade 2 years ago so they are not immune. There are several things they don't support due to lack of need and unfortunately this is one of the items on the chopping block. Intuit doesn't support older years because it is not cost effective to do so. although not posted the 2021 will require 10.15 with all other things it is the cost factor that is the deciding factor. complain to them since th ey are the ones setting the bar.Ĭurrently block currently supports 10.13 and up only. The aggressive forced retirement program that MAC employs makes their OS obsolete every three years. your system will either need to be upgraded or replaced eventually. It's greatest strength is the ease of use and ability to switch between the interview and the form, something TaxCut is very, very weak in (you often can't manually enter information in a form).As with all other things it is the cost factor that is the deciding factor. Overall the continued lack of support for Mac users or fixing problems that are known to exist is why I rated the program poorly. TurboTax did not have the embarrassing problem with forms that TaxCut did this year, so I reverted back to TurboTax (after having to manually enter all 2011 information needed for 2012 since IMPORT does not work). Manually doing it leads me to trust TaxCut over TurboTax. It continually came up with different results for the AMT than TaxCut, even though the data was the same. TurboTax is better at Schedule C forms and the 2106. The update just released on 29Mar doesn't even tell you what was fixed, patched, or changed and if it would have any impact on a return already filed.įinally, they keep pushing via their ads different (and more expensive) versions even though they have no applicability to your current tax filing status or situation. Second, no information is provided on any of the updates. Yet they never stopped advertising that feature. After 6 weeks of repeatedly contacting them, they basically said to enter things manually as they were not going to fix this known issue. However, it doesn't work and hasn't from day 1 when the 2012 version was released. First, the company falsely advertises the ability to import H&R Block TaxCut files via pdf. Decided to try TurboTax 2012 this year due to a more complicated return. Gave up on TurboTax when they tried to ram through payment for every return filed and switched to TaxCut. ![]()
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