You have to make sure you have the new release for your version of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac.

The message is QuickBooks was unable to back up your company file.

As a workaround, please make sure to to remove the, or (comma) from their QuickBooks Filename, and you should be able to backup without issue.

Wed always be happy to help you out if ever you need a hand in the future.

Most older stuff is for my older Macs; some stuff is on DVD media, other on camera memory cards that can be used with card reader for most anything.

I am not sure about space on my computer for 2 OS and could that make it take longer (its been 3 hours).

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The update link included inside the above reply may work for you.

Support told me the only option if I wanted to keep the older QB software would be to downgrade to my previous version of OS10, which would entail erasing everything on my computer and reloading from a backup, with no guarantee that I would not lose some files.

Yeah, it was 200, but it downloaded, installed and picked up my QB files from the last input flawlessly and seamlessly.

It was worth the 200 to avoid the hassle and headaches, or worse.

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And if they make us upgrade this year, will it happen again in another year I see this as irresponsible on Apples end.

Enough people utilize Quickbooks, that there should have been a warning.

In addition, Apple could have provided a pre-scan app to tell us which software would be rendered useless.

Cost is irrelevant.

If their OS had rendered Adobe Photoshop unusable, and required users to buy new software, there would have been more of an uproar.

Because it is a less popular software than something like Photoshop, both Apple and Quickbooks let the user deal with the rubble.

If you purchased a version of QuickBooks intended to run in Windows 7, it is unlikely to run well, or at all in Windows 10.

QuickBooks is always designed to run best only for the OS it was targeted for and one newer OS, which theyll patch it for.

So the question then is, were you forced to upgrade to Sierra If not, revert to the version of OS X you were using so you dont have to pay for any software updatesupgrades.

Not on the latest software upgrade that could make other maker software unworkable; especially if that other maker chose to not make new version upgrade.

When you upgrade any OS, you are like shifting gears and changing lanes; in haste to get an engine overhaul and hopefully remember the brakes, could also need help.

With a partitioned hard drive or other bootable drive of suitable connectivity to use if outside the main computer housing, you could try a newest supported OS while not being fully committed to the follow-up.

A new system always implies you have to upgrade (get new) software.

Some Mac users have their old Mac sitting aside fire it up for special tasks or routines that they dont want a newer lesser version of a software that may or may not ever see an equal or better upgrade.

To revert to an older Mac OS X (from macOS Sierra) should be easy if you were prepared.

A Time Machine backup, and a backup clone that can run the system from external HDD.

Those should be minimal for a home user; the more backups of different types, the better.

For most recent Macs a good bit of information on using Time Machine other stuff: Apple OS X Time Machine Tips: That said, I have a few clones in externally enclosed self-powered hard drives sitting around.

And my newest Mac could have four systems installed -- if hard drives were partitioned.

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