QuickBooks

QuickBooks Desktop for Mac is currently Intel-only and runs on Apple Silicon Macs only under Rosetta 2 emulation. Critically, Intuit has discontinued the QuickBooks Desktop Mac Plus product line for new customers as of 2024, and the 2023 version will reach end-of-life on May 31, 2026 — less than five months away. After that date, you will lose access to online banking, payroll processing, merchant services, and technical support. Intuit has no announced plans to ship a native Apple Silicon build of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac, and the removal of Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028) will render the Intel version completely unusable. You have two practical paths forward. First, switch to QuickBooks Online, a browser-based, fully cloud-hosted accounting solution that requires no installation and runs natively on any Mac through Safari, Chrome or Firefox, with automatic backups, real-time collaboration, and dedicated iOS apps for mobile access. This is Intuit's primary product going forward and is actively maintained. Second, if you specifically need the Windows version of QuickBooks Desktop with industry-specific features only available there, you can run it in a virtual machine using Parallels Desktop (the most user-friendly option) or VMware Fusion on your Mac, though this adds cost and complexity. Given the May 2026 end-of-life date for the Mac version and September 2028 Rosetta deadline, transitioning to QuickBooks Online is strongly recommended sooner rather than later to avoid data migration pressure under time constraints.