Upgrading to Quickbooks for Mac 2021

It's good to see you here in the Community, OffLeashArea.

I'll get you to the best person who can assist you in upgrading your data to the latest version of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac.

Upon upgrading your data from 2009 to 2021, it'll be best to contact our Technical Support Team. They have the right tools to conduct a compatibility test to upgrade your data seamlessly.

To contact them:

1. Go to this link: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/help/en-us/contact-us?product=QuickBooks%20Desktop%20for....
2. Select Continue.
3. Choose Search for something else, then enter your concern (For example: Upgrading QuickBooks Mac 2009 to 2021)
4. Hit Search.
5. Click on Start a message.

Here's an article for more information about upgrading QuickBooks Desktop for Mac: Update QuickBooks for Mac to the latest release.

Once you've successfully updated to 2021, you can check this link to see the newly added features: What's new in QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2021.

Just click the Reply button below if you still have other concerns about it. I'll be here to help. Have a wonderful day!

@OffLeashArea 

Install the trial version for QBD 2021 on your machine. Create a backup file on your QBD 2009 and restore it on the new one. If you encounter an error message, you may need to upgrade your file on QBD 2014 as the first step. Which MacOS do you run on your old machine?

Hi - thanks for the reply.

the old iMac is running 10.11.6, and the newer machine is 2019, and is up to date.

We’re running 10.11.6 on the old machine.

thanks!

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@OffLeashArea wrote:

Hi - thanks for the reply.

the old iMac is running 10.11.6, and the newer machine is 2019, and is up to date.

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Do you need to upgrade your data to QBD 2019 or 2021?

I'm upgrading to Mac2021. I want to transfer QB files from QB2009 on a 2009 iMac running 10.11.6 to QB2021 on a 2019 iMac running 11.6.

Our advise is till the same as earlier. Install the trial version for QBD 2021 and restore the backup file created on QBD 2009.