Need TurboTax Premium Desktop download for Macs with Apple Silicon. Why is this not supported?

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February 9, 2026
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I just downloaded the TurboTax Premium Desktop version for Macs. I have a Mac Air running Mac OS Tahoe 26.2. It seems that I need to install some Rosetta emulator before I can run the Turbo Tax Software. Why is this so? I used to have an older Mac Air (2013) running Mac OS Maverick and TT stopped support for it. Now I am stuck in a limbo until I can figure out this Rosetta thingy.

Is it that hard for TurboTax to support Apple Silicon if they are already supporting Mac's? I use Fidelity for Banking and they offered this discounted TT software thru their website. Maybe they can twist Intuit's arm to support Apple Silicons.

Has anyone else run into this problem? Do you have any tips on installing Rosetta?

CatinaT1

Level 15

Here are the minimum system requirements for both Windows and Mac.

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denisegirishAuthor

Level 2

@CatinaT1, Thanks for your reply and the link to minimum system requirements.

My question was specifically a request for TurboTax Desktop software to be supported for Apple Silicon (i.e. Apple processors).

As it stands right now, I had to install the Rosetta app on the Mac to be able to run TT Desktop. I do have the latest Mac and it meets the minimum system requirements. I believe that in later versions of MAC-OS, Apple is stopping support for the Rosetta App. This means that the TT 2025 that I have, will not work anymore, with say MAC-OS 2027, unless it is ported to work on Apple processors.

The Rosetta app is an emulator, that allows software written for Intel processors to run on Apple processors. For many of us MAC users, the TT Desktop currently works on Apple processors, only because the Rosetta app is magically translating it under the hood. It would be great if Intuit would port the TT Desktop for MAC to directly run on Apple processors instead of needing an Emulator.

TAXHELLAGAIN

Level 4

At this time, it looks like once Rosetta 2 is no longer offered, TurboTax will stop having software for the Mac.

Internally at Intuit, the information available to agents, suggests that macOS Desktop support will indeed stop when macOS '28 is released. In addition, many customers are concerned the Windows desktop version will cease as well. It is possible that the Windows version my be discontinued as well since Intuit has said that:

"Intuit has announced that it will stop selling and supporting most versions of QuickBooks Desktop after September 30, 2024."

Currently, Apple says, macOS '27 will be the last version of macOS to offer Rosetta 2 and thus support for an Intel Binary. So, when someone installs macOS '28 around or after September 2027, all currently installed Turbo tax software will stop working.

Intuit has had least 5 years to compile a version for Apple Silicon. They are completely silent on the subject.

Intuit has a history of having software cease functioning on macOS. I had to switch to the Quicken Windows version running under Parallels® until the version for macOS was ready. Now, since Quicken is now separate from Intuit, the Apple Silicon Version was available the same week the first retail Apple Silicon M1 computer was available, more than 5 years ago.

At least currently, when one buys the macOS software one also gets the window's version. So, if nothing changes I will again be forced by Intuit to buy and Install Parallels® which will allow me to run windows software on a Mac. So this is everyone's workaround.