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sgtaylor500
Level 2

QuickBooks Mac pure 64 bit application for Catalina?

Hi,

 

Happy customer of QuickBooks 2016 Mac. Running Mojave 10.14.6 with no problems. Love how the Mac version is more streamlined than the Windows version (one company file in ONE file, and not 6 files and two folders, backups are in a dmg file, PDF's are generated with system processes and Mail is used cleanly for invoice mailing, etc.).

 

Is macOS Catalina going to be a problem wrt 64 bit-ness? In other words, are there obscure 32 bit processes in QuickBooks that need to be refactored so QuickBooks will run in 10.15 and beyond? I'm not talking about other bugs that have to be fixed; I know those take time.

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MirriamM
Moderator

QuickBooks Mac pure 64 bit application for Catalina?

Hi there, sgtaylor500,

 

I'm happy to share with you the system requirements for QuickBooks Desktop for Mac.

 

Right now, macOS Catalina is not yet supported for QuickBooks Desktop for Mac. To know more about the system requirements for QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2016. You can check out below other requirements:

  • QuickBooks for Mac 2016 R5 or earlier - Mac OS10.10.2 (Yosemite), Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan)
  • QuickBooks for Mac 206 R6 or later - Mac OS X v10.14 (Mojave), 10.13 (High Sierra), Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan), and Mac OS X v10.12 (Sierra)
  • Intel Processor - Core 2 Duo or higher
  • Multi - user Server - Intel Core 2 Duo or higher processor to run server
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB RAM recommended)
  • 250 MB of available disk space
  • CD/DVD drive (or Internet connection for installation)
  • Printer - 100% Macintosh - compatible printer if you plan to print invoices, checks, deposit slips, lists, purchase orders, mailing labels, reports or graphs
  • Checks - Use Intuit Checks if you plan to print checks. Canadian Image Ready Checks are not supported
  • Product registration required

I'd also recommend checking out this article which tackles integration/compatibility requirements for QuickBooks for Mac 2016.

 

For future reference, you may find this article helpful: Troubleshoot Crash Catcher.

 

I'm always here for you if you have any other questions. You can always count on me. Have a great day!

sgtaylor500
Level 2

QuickBooks Mac pure 64 bit application for Catalina?

That didn't answer my question.

 

I know what QuickBooks 2016 for Mac will run on at the present; wouldn't think of asking a question before doing my own research first. What I'd like to know is QuickBooks fully 64-bit, side processes and everything. Just because the main application reports as 64-bit in the System Report doesn't mean that everything is 64-bit. MacOS Catalina won't run 32 bit processes, as all the 32 bit frameworks and support Mojave has is totally removed from Catalina.

Rasa-LilaM
QuickBooks Team

QuickBooks Mac pure 64 bit application for Catalina?

Thanks for getting back to us, @sgtaylor500.


As mentioned by @MirriamM, macOS Catalina is not yet supported in QuickBooks Desktop for Mac. The QuickBooks program is 32-bit software that can run on a 64-bit computer.


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Let me know if you have any other concerns or questions. I’ll be right here to answer you. Have a good one.

 

hdzvideo
Level 1

QuickBooks Mac pure 64 bit application for Catalina?

It's a year later -- can I run Catalina on my Mac yet?

 

Kristine Mae
Moderator

QuickBooks Mac pure 64 bit application for Catalina?

This looks like a duplicate post, Hdzvideo.

 

My colleague was able to answer your original post. You can refer to the link below:

 

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/do-more-with-quickbooks/re-quickbooks-mac-2019-mac...

 

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