I just downloaded and opened the 2022 premier turbotax. I cannot find the .tax2021 file in my Mac to transfer to my new file, although the 2021 program opens and still contains all the data. Thus, I know the .tax2021 file is in my computer somewhere, but several hours of searching with the patient help of an Intuit rep yielded nothing. Anybody know how to find this file?
I tried searching with ~.tax. *.tax, with and without the 2021. Nothing. Nothing like it comes up when I search "in my Mac." Yet I know the data is there, again, or the 2021 program wouldn't work. I have .pdf files, of course, but they don't transfer.
Help.
How to find tax files on Mac
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-data-file/help/find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac/00/26206
Here's an idea. Do you still have 2021 installed? Try opening 2021 program and see if you can get your 2021 return to show up in it. Go to FILE - OPEN. Then save it again with a name and place you can find. Go to File - Save As or Duplicate. Then start a new 2022 return and transfer from the 2021 file.
Or did you use the Online version last year?
Thanks, I’ll try it but my expectations are low. 2021 does open and works as I said. You have to find the .tax file, though, to migrate the data. Intuit could make this easy but doesn;t.
For Mac, when you get the window in TT asking you to import, you import that file (labeled YourName.2021). Then everything works fine. But if you try to search for .tax, .tax2021, etc., you get zero. So the problem is a Windows/Mac dichotomy.
I think in MAC there is a way to turn on and show the extensions.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/show-or-hide-filename-extensions-on-mac-mchlp2304/mac