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New Member
posted Jun 7, 2019 4:22:58 PM

I am unable to open Turbotax for 2015. I am on a Mac with Sierra OS.

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Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 4:22:59 PM

Do you mean "High Sierra" (10.13.4)?   There is no known problem with Sierra (10.12).

That is a known issue that seems to have been created by Apple with a change in OSX 10.13.4. There was no problem with OSX 10.13.3.

Since this is not a defect in the TurboTax software, but is due to a change that Apple made which causes an internal Apple java script function to crash while reading an embedded java script component in the TurboTax application, TurboTax will not be issuing any update to the TurboTax software. However, TurboTax has issued a workaround to remove the java script from the TurboTax application so that the Apple software will not crash.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4477509-turbotax-2014-and-2015-for-mac-crashes-on-launch

https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/6960641

New Member
Jun 7, 2019 4:23:02 PM

I managed to fix TT2014, but TT2015 wont start, I have macOS Mojave 10.14.3, any ideas on how to resolve this?

Returning Member
Jun 26, 2019 12:48:32 AM

Good luck.  I tried multiple times, spent a ttal of 2 hours on the phone with them, did what they told me, went to the worthless link they sent me in the same email they sent you, deleted it, got a refund, repurchased, still no go.  So I am looking at HR Block.  If you find a solution, please post.

New Member
Jul 14, 2019 4:54:43 PM

I downloaded the Terminal link and ran it--OS Mojave 10.4.5. It worked. Turbotax opened up and my old tax file also opened up. 2015 is the only year I have tried.

Returning Member
Jan 21, 2020 8:38:11 PM

Yup! Run the terminal patch! It works great!

Level 2
Feb 10, 2020 1:55:38 PM

can someone post a good link to the patch? The links from last year resolve to a "TurboTax Support has moved" page, and thread IDs don't seem to help.

Intuit Alumni
Feb 11, 2020 5:32:45 PM

Please see the Customer Support phone number below for further assistance:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number/00/25632

If you would like to reach out through our website, please see the TurboTax FAQ below for contact information: https://support.turbotax.intuit.com/contact/

 

New Member
Jul 16, 2020 8:07:25 AM

I purchased TT 2015 directly from TurboTax on Jan. 17, 2020. 


Won’t  open.  Intuit should provide workaround.  

 

Level 2
Jul 17, 2020 1:10:13 PM

Open up terminal and do the following and restart:

mv /Applications/TurboTax\ Premier\ 2015.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Assets/asset_service.js /Applications/TurboTax\ Premier\ 2015.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Assets/asset_service.js.bak

 

 

This seems to work for me at least.. all i needed to do was amend my return.

Returning Member
Sep 8, 2020 8:34:58 PM

Do you happen to know what will work to get TT2014 Home & Business to open on my mac? I'm running High Sierra 10.13.6.

Returning Member
Oct 15, 2020 2:14:09 PM

Thanks!  This fixed TurboTax Home and Business 2015 (running on MacOS Mojave).  The Intuit links to the fix are indeed circular.