For a company with Intuit's size and reputation, we die-hard QuickBook for Mac users expect more. So this begs to question.why is Intuit ALWAYS days or weeks behind Apple when it comes time to product compatibility updates? Please tell me it is because you do manual testing only, you only have 1 offshore developer, and they had no access to the Apple M1 hardware kit that Apple made available? ankly there is no excuse. As the dates moved closed to GA (general availability) Apple makes available release candidates, aka GM (gold master) and sometimes several weeks and several releases like GM1, etc. Every few weeks Apple would release new versions of Big Sur beta to Apple Registered Developers. Since June 2020 WWDC, Intuit has had access to early releases of Big Sur, and early releases of the M1-based Mac hardware in the form of a $500 Mac Mini M1 Kit.
Lets talk about lack of planning, lack of clarity on the release date for compatible versions:Īs an Apple Registered Developer myself I'm familiar with the access that Intuit has had.
The remainder of my post will be addressed directly at Intuit Mac Team and in particular the Product Owner: What is the value-add of referring to 'Minimum System Requirements'? Anyone attempting to run Mac Big Sur would surely already own a Mac that meet these minimums!
