Have Quickbooks for Mac 2013 and installed Os X Sierra yesterday without knowing my Quickbooks isn't compatible. What can I do to access my Quickbooks data? If you have purchased QB Mac 2016 you should be on R6 to launch and run on the Sierra OS. QB Mac 2015 will not launch and/or run on Sierra until Intuit releases the update.
I've told you more than once that it's a bad idea to upgrade your Mac's (or any device's) operating system immediately after its release. Sadly, that's not an option for me because of my vocation. I had to disobey my own advice (yet again) and install macOS Sierra 10.12 on my main Mac the day it was released. If you haven't upgraded to Sierra yet, I've got good news and bad news. First, the good news: The macOS Sierra upgrade was painless for most users, with few reports of apps becoming unusable after the upgrade.
The bad news is there were still several popular Mac applications that cease to function under Sierra and several more that work, but with problems or issues they didn't have under El Capitan. For me, that means I have to exercise caution whenever I use my ScanSnap ix500 scanner. While it still works, Fujitsu has warned that under Sierra, some scanned pages may become blank; black-and-white scans may spontaneously turn into larger color files; and pages may be deleted from PDFs during merge operations. A fix is promised by mid-October, but the issue affects all Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners, so if you depend on your scanner, you should probably wait for the fix before upgrading to Sierra. Another problem is that my beloved Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 has gone completely wonky under Sierra with the 'a' key completely dead and the 'i' key typing an 'h.' At first I thought the keyboard itself had died, but it works fine with El Capitan. Fortunately, my second favorite keyboard, a Matias One, has no such issues, so I'm using it until I can find a way to make the Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 work properly with Sierra.
Last, but not least, my screenshot utility of choice, Snapz Pro, works under Sierra but has issues so annoying that I disabled it. Because I have other scanners, keyboards and screenshot utilities, the transition from El Capitan to Sierra wasn't too bad. But I know others who weren't so fortunate. For example, I heard from a nice lady who upgraded only to discover that QuickBooks 2012, which her business relies upon, broke under Sierra and was unlikely to ever be updated. Her choices were: Back up her hard disk, then erase it, reinstall El Capitan, and finally, restore her data from the backup, or pay for a QuickBooks upgrade.
Another friend was still using an ancient version of Microsoft Word (Office 2004); when he upgraded to Sierra he faced the same unpleasant choice. The moral of the story is that if you haven't pulled the trigger already, it would behoove you to take a moment and visit the crowdsourced Roaring Apps compatibility table website at to ensure that the apps you rely upon work properly with Sierra.
Follow these steps to keep it up to date:. Choose System Preferences from the Apple () menu, then click Software Update to check for updates. If any updates are available, click the Update Now button to install them. Or click ”More info” to see details about each update and select specific updates to install. When Software Update says that your Mac is up to date, macOS and all of its apps are also up to date.
That includes, Books, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Photos, and FaceTime. To automatically install macOS updates in the future, including apps downloaded from the App Store, select ”Automatically keep my Mac up to date.” Your Mac will notify you when updates require it to restart, so you can always choose to install those later. Such as macOS High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, or earlier,.
follow these steps to keep it up to date:. Open the App Store app on your Mac.
Click Updates in the App Store toolbar. Use the Update buttons to download and install any updates listed. When the App Store shows no more updates, your version of macOS and all of its apps are up to date. That includes, iBooks, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Photos, and FaceTime. Later versions are available. To automatically download updates in the future, choose Apple menu () System Preferences, click App Store, then select ”Download newly available updates in the background.” Your Mac will notify you when updates are ready to install.
If you're using, get OS X updates by choosing Software Update from the Apple menu.