“TurboTax Home Business 2018” which I just bought online "can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software." Software needs to be updated!!!!

[Critter]

Did you buy the MAC version of the Home & Business program ?  

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/troubleshooting/help/administrator-rights-mac/00/25636

@macuser_22  can you help ?

[Critter]

Did you buy it from Turbotax or another seller ?

[macuser_22]

Also see: https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2899293-turbotax-for-mac-won-t-open-when-installed

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899267-administrator-rights-mac

[OH87]

Ok we all agree the software can't be opened because Apple cannot check for malicious software.  So what do I do ask for a refund?

[macuser_22]

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@OH87 wrote:

Ok we all agree the software can't be opened because Apple cannot check for malicious software.  So what do I do ask for a refund?

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if you get the message "TurboTax cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software" then that is caused by the Apple "Gatekeeper" introduced with OS X 10.15 (Catalina).

That has nothing to do with TurboTax and will happen for any application not purchased from the Apple Store.

See this Apple article on this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491

And this TurboTax help article: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/troubleshooting/help/turbotax-for-mac-won-t-open-when-installed/00...

For older Mac systems when TurboTax will not open.
See:

Be sure that System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General -> Allow apps downloaded from App Store and identified developers is checked.

Go to the Applications folder and select the TurboTax application in the Finder and right click with the mouse (or control click) ans select the top "open". That should force the first open. After that it should open normally.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899267-administrator-rights-mac