TurboTax

TurboTax for Mac continues to ship as Intel-only software. Intuit has not released a native Apple Silicon build despite more than five years passing since M-series Macs were first introduced, and the company has been publicly silent on plans to do so. The app currently runs under Rosetta 2 emulation on Apple Silicon Macs, which requires users to install Rosetta as a separate step. However, Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), at which point any Intel-only build of TurboTax will stop launching entirely on M-series Macs. Given that we are now in May 2026 and Intuit has shown no indication of delivering a native build, you have roughly 28 months to plan your next step. The most reliable workaround if you wish to avoid Rosetta is to use TurboTax Online (the web-based edition at turbotax.intuit.com), which runs natively in any browser on Apple Silicon without emulation. Alternatively, you may run the Windows desktop version via Parallels Desktop, though that requires purchasing both Parallels and the Windows TurboTax edition. If you continue to rely on the Mac desktop version, contact Intuit directly to ask whether a native build is planned before macOS 28 ships — if they have no such plan, you will need to transition to another tax preparation method before September 2028.