Feedback: a version native to Apple silicon is sorely needed

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Yes, the Intel version will run under Rosetta, but it seems sluggish. Apple silicon first debuted three years ago. There's no reason why Intuit can't update the software to be "universal" so it also includes a version native to Apple silicon.

Hendrik42

Level 2

This. Please support Apple Silicon. It's very slow to load and sluggish in rosetta emulation.

fixtobreak

Level 2

Given the price of TurboTax, it is completely unacceptable at this point for there not to be a universal download to support Apple Silicon. If the TurboTax developers do not know how to take this easy step, I question their competence. I will be switching to another product next year.

jonahleewalker

Level 2

No kidding. I am running it on my fairly new Mac Studio M2 Ultra with 192 Gigs of RAM and it is basically non-functional. Literally every time I hit continue or try and save I wait a good hour for it to stop beach-balling. I always thought turbo-tax was slow on a mac, but this is insane. I am running Home & Business 2023 and it either takes so long in between hitting continue or crashes, so I might not finish my taxes on time.

user68564Author

Level 3

@jonahleewalker That's not normal. Despite not being optimized for Apple Silicon, it was still usable for me. So you have something else going on.

jonahleewalker

Level 2

It is a fresh OS and new machine, and it is completely useless. I used to have wait on my intel mac when adding things for a while, but this is literally ridiculous. It is completely useless.

pjeski

Level 2

Now that TurboTax doesn't support Monterey, and my intel mac is too old for Ventura, I would really appreciate an apple silicon native TurboTax App this year. I've made it this far without having to install Rosetta, and I really don't want to.

chabig

Level 2

Turbotax 2024 is out! And of course it's still compiled for Intel only. How bad must the code base be for them not to be able to check a box and generate a universal binary?

Sam06754

Level 2

I just downloaded TT 2024 and it says it requires Rosetta to run on my Apple M3 silicon.

As far as I can tell, they have not updated the Mac minimum system requirements to include Rosetta.

The Mac requirements need to be updated (or, preferably, the software needs to be updated).

Proudpaw

Level 2

Amen Brothers and Sisters!

TAXHELLAGAIN

Level 5

Intuit has confirmed:

TurboTax Desktop software for Mac will be updated for tax year 2026 (available starting in November 2026) and will work properly on macOS Sequoia 15 or later, including future versions of macOS (including OS 28)—there’s nothing to worry about. All you need to do is install tax year 2026 Desktop software like you normally would.