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Install the QuickBooks Online for Mac app

by Intuit9 Updated 1 week ago

Learn how to install the QuickBooks Online application for Mac.

Download the new Mac app for QuickBooks Online. The new app has increased reliability, multi-tab support, and an amazing new design.

Install it manually by using the following steps:

Step 1: Quit your QuickBooks app

Before downloading the new app, you need to quit QuickView and all QuickBooks apps.

If you see the green QuickBooks app icon on your dock:

  1. Select the icon to open QuickBooks.
  2. Select QuickBooks, then select Quit QuickBooks.

If you see the QuickBooks icon (for QuickView) on your menu bar:

  1. Select the icon to open QuickView.
  2. In QuickView, select Settings , then select Quit QuickView.

Step 2: Download and install the new QuickBooks app for Mac

Download the new app for Mac.

  1. Sign in to your QuickBooks Online account.
  2. Select Settings ⚙.
  3. Select Get the desktop app.
  4. Select Download for Mac.
  5. Double-click on the QuickBooks icon.
  6. Enter your QuickBooks Online credentials. You're ready to go!

Step 3: Open the new QuickBooks app for Mac

Open the new app.

  1. Select the Finder icon on your Mac.
  2. Select the Applications folder, then open QuickBooks.
  3. You might see the message, "QuickBooks wants to use your confidential information stored in Intuit ID... in your keychain". This is just macOS validating the new application.
  4. To avoid seeing the message again, enter your login password, then select Always allow.

If you don't want to download the new app, you can always access QuickBooks Online using your browser at qbo.intuit.com.

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