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September 18, 2025
Question

Quickbooks desktop for Mac 2021 and macOS Tahoe (version 26)

  • September 18, 2025
  • 2 replies
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Has anyone who is running Desktop for Mac 2021 upgraded to Tahoe (version 26)? If you have, is it running correctly?

2 replies

QuickBooks Team
September 18, 2025

Hi sys718. Thank you for reaching out to the Community.

 

QuickBooks Desktop Mac 2021 (QBDT Mac 2021) has not been officially tested with macOS Tahoe (version 26), as QuickBooks has officially discontinued the product. While QBDT Mac 2021 may still work, you may encounter compatibility issues when running it with a newer macOS version.

 

QBDT Mac 2021 has specific system requirements. You can refer to this article to learn more: System requirements for QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2021.

 

You may consider upgrading to a newer version of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac to ensure compatibility with the latest macOS.

 

Should you have any other questions, feel free to respond here.

SIAB
Level 2
September 19, 2025

@sys718 

Our clients reported that QB Desktop 2024 supports Tahoe. It seems their engineering team is better prepared to support the latest macOS this year. There are no reports yet for older versions (i.e 2022 and earlier). However, if you're brave enough to be an early adopter, I would welcome it. Worst case scenario, you can use the trial version of 2024 as a workaround.

sys718Author
September 20, 2025

I ended up installing QB desktop on MacOS Tahoe and so far it’s been working fine for the last few days. 

September 21, 2025

@sys718 are you referring to the 2021 version of QB desktop for Mac? I'm in the same boat and am waiting on upgrading to Tahoe.