System Hardware and Software Requirements

• Mac computer with an Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.7, 10.6, or later
• 512 MB RAM
• CD-ROM drive for installation
• 160 MB of available disk space
• Printer: 100% Macintosh-compatible printer, if you plan to print invoices, checks, deposit slips, lists, purchase orders, mailing labels, reports, or graphs
• Checks: Use Intuit Checks if you plan to print checks. Canadian Image Ready Cheques are not supported.

• Excel integration requires Microsoft® Excel 2004 or 2008 for Mac
• E-mail requires Apple® Mail; Microsoft® Entourage 2004 or 2008 for Mac
• Back up to MobileMe requires paid MobileMe account available separately from Apple, Inc.
• iCal and Address Book are included in Mac OS X from Apple, Inc.
• Accepting credit and debit cards directly into QuickBooks 2010 for Mac requires Intuit Merchant Service for QuickBooks for Mac (sold separately); subject to application approval and debit card transactions are processed as Signature Debit which does not require entering a PIN code. See http://payments.intuit.com/legal.jsp for details.
• Processing payroll, integrated with QuickBooks for Mac, requires paid subscription (sold separately), EIN and Internet access. QuickBooks 2010 for Mac works with Intuit QuickBooks Payroll for Mac.
• QuickBooks Payroll for Mac requires Internet connection and Adobe Reader to print checks and forms. Additional fees apply.

• A high-speed Internet connection (DSL, cable modem, or higher)
• Safari 2.0 or higher
• 2.5 GB free disk space

After installing QuickBooks, you can delete the installations program from your computer to free up disk space. The QuickBooks Pro and Premier installers give you the option to auto-delete those files. Choose that option to free up disk space immediately. ¹

Important: Customers with dial-up connections cannot download QuickBooks, due to the large file size.