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At this point we should be submitting feedback to: https://investors.intuit.com/corporate-governance/conduct-and-guidelines/contact-the-board/default.a.... This is embarrassing product quality and flat out refusal to change.
Intuit and their software developers should feel shameful for releasing this.
TurboTax 2025 on macOS is still Intel-only, pushing Apple Silicon users onto Rosetta. Apple’s one‑page playbook for Universal binaries has existed since 2020. This results in slower launches, higher memory usage, and avoidable issues on modern Macs.
Xcode 12.2+ includes arm64 in Standard Architectures and will output a Universal app for release builds. Intuit, please ship a Universal build and publish a timeline.
Apple has documentation for Universal binary, it is straightforward and easy to follow....
Apple’s official guidance explains how to build a Universal macOS binary that runs natively on both Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x86_64). In Xcode 12.2 and later, Standard Architectures already include arm64, and release builds produce Universal binaries when projects use standard settings. Apple also states you can build Universal on either an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac.
Apple’s companion ‘Porting your macOS apps to Apple silicon’ document notes that opening your project in Xcode 12+ and doing a clean build will create a Universal binary automatically if you haven’t overridden architectures. If you use custom build systems, add arm64 and verify. This is a routine workflow, not an R&D project.
For non‑Xcode workflows, developers can build arm64 and x86_64 artifacts separately and combine them with the lipo tool into a single Universal binary—widely documented and used across the macOS ecosystem.
Sources!
Building a universal macOS binary — Apple Developer Documentation
Porting your macOS apps to Apple silicon — Apple Developer Documentation
