Whenever I try to open TurboTax I get the "TurboTax quit unexpectedly. A report was sent to Apple". I am using macOS Catalina 10.15.7. How do I fix this?

[EbonyA]

Please take a look at the Turbo Tax Minimum System Requirements to ensure that you have all that is required to successfully run the program.

[macuser_22]

First - restart the Mac and see if the problem persists.

Then - Corruption could have occurred in the Application or in an associated preference or support file.

The best remedy is to totally uninstall TurboTax and all associate files and then re-install. That will not delete or change any .tax2020 data file that had already been created with the tax data.

To uninstall the application and all associated files need to be deleted and then the application reinstalled. If there was a state then the state must also be reinstalled.

Here is a FAQ for how to uninstall Mac
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901210-remove-uninstall-turbotax-for-mac
Also if present remove: ~Library/Caches/KSCrash/TurboTax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901209-reinstall-turbotax-mac

[macuser_22]

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@EbonyA wrote:

Please take a look at the Turbo Tax Minimum System Requirements to ensure that you have all that is required to successfully run the program.

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The poster already stated that the system was OSX 10.15.

[CarrieLiz94]

my customer tried all the things and is having the same issue.

[HeatherPLO]

@CarrieLiz94

Please reach out to us directly using this Help Article so that we are able to assist your further.  

[bwtaylor_home]

I am on MacOS Version 12.2.1 and get the same issue. I have  cleaned the ~/Library files as posted. Rebooted and reinstalled multiple time with no luck.  I am including the crash report.

It looks like there is a bug in the client of libdispatch. The lock is not owned by the current thread.

Can we please get this fix!

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Translated Report (Full Report Below)
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Process: TurboTax 2021 [949]
Path: /Applications/TurboTax 2021.app/Contents/MacOS/TurboTax 2021
Identifier: com.intuit.turbotax.2021
Version: 2021.r20.081 (2021.r20.081)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2022-03-05 12:48:24.1657 +1100
OS Version: macOS 12.2.1 (21D62)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 22214F97-C229-53BB-A8AD-8BA66C2BC59C

Time Awake Since Boot: 220 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: [phone number removed]000001, [phone number removed]000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 4 Illegal instruction: 4
Terminating Process: exc handler [949]

ID Vend/Dev
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Application Specific Information:
BUG IN CLIENT OF LIBDISPATCH: lock not owned by current thread

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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Logical CPU: 2
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 6

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thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
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[Katina S]

I apologize for the inconvenience, please contact us at customer support so we can further assist you.

@bwtaylor_home

[macuser_22]

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@bwtaylor_home wrote:

I am on MacOS Version 12.2.1 and get the same issue. I have  cleaned the ~/Library files as posted. Rebooted and reinstalled multiple time with no luck.  I am including the crash report.

It looks like there is a bug in the client of libdispatch. The lock is not owned by the current thread.

Can we please get this fix!

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 Corruption could have occurred in the Application or in an associated preference or support file.   Your crash report seems to confirm that.

The best remedy is to totally uninstall TurboTax and all associate files and then re-install. That will not delete or change any .tax2020 data file that had already been created with the tax data.

To uninstall the application and all associated files need to be deleted and then the application reinstalled. If there was a state then the state must also be reinstalled.

To remove TurboTax from your computer, you'll need administrative rights.

Here is a FAQ for how to uninstall Mac

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901210-remove-uninstall-turbotax-for-mac

To remove TurboTax from your computer, you'll need administrative rights.

Note: Substitute XX in these instructions for the 2-digit tax year of your TurboTax software.

1. Remove the application TurboTax [version] 20XX in the Applications folder.
   • Version is the version of TurboTax you currently have installed, such as Basic, Deluxe, Premier, Home Business.
2. In the Finder, select Go Go To Folder.
3. Enter ~/Library and select Go.
4. Remove the following files and folders (~/Library represents the Library folder in the current user’s home folder):

• ~/Library/Application Support/TurboTax 20XX
• ~/Library/Caches/com.intuit.TurboTax.20XX
• ~/Library/Caches/TurboTax 20XX
• ~/Library/Preferences/com.intuit.TurboTax.20XX.plist
• ~/Library/Preferences/com.intuit.TurboTax.20XX.LSSharedFileList.plist
• ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.intuit.TurboTax.20XX.savedstate
• ~/Library/Cookies/com.intuit.turbotax.20XX.binarycookies
• ~/Library/WebKit/com.intuit.turbotax.20XX
• ~/Library/Containers/com.intuit.turbotax.mac20XX
  • (This folder will only appear if you installed from the Mac App Store instead of a CD or download.)
• ~/Library/ApplicationSupport/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.intuit.turbotax.20XX.sfl
  • (This folder will only appear for OS X 10.11, El Capitan.)
• ~Library/Caches/KSCrash/TurboTax

Once you've removed those files and folders:

1. Empty your Trash.
   • Check first to that there's nothing in Trash you want.
   • If you get any errors deleting the above folders from Trash, restart your Mac and empty Trash again.
2. Install TurboTax again from the CD or download file to the Applications folder.
3. Start TurboTax from the Applications folder and let it run the updates.
4. Empty the Trash again.
5. To make sure everything is working smoothly, restart your Mac again.

[bwtaylor_home]

I can read the forum posts just as well as anyone else and have removed and reinstalled multiple times as  I stated in my original post.

[macuser_22]

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@bwtaylor_home wrote:

I can read the forum posts just as well as anyone else and have removed and reinstalled multiple times as  I stated in my original post.

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Then your Mac user account itself might be corrupted.

You can test that by switching to another User account that is an  administrator or create one using Top Menu Bar -> System Preferences -> Users & Groups   And install TurboTax with that user.   If it works correctly then You Mac User account has problems that you need Apple support to solve (or restore or reinstall the Apple system software).