Requirements section needs updating. Last version to work with 10.4 was version 2.2.1 (available on developer's site). This app has been free for a long time .... please consider a donation to the developer. Do you really need anti-virus software for the Mac? If you are careful and know what you are doing ... probably not (yet). But, a little piece of mind is worth it.
Last review was in 2009. Probably for the best. The program has only gotten worse. Don't get me wrong. I started way back when using one of the few tax programs for Mac .... MacInTax. Then Intuit threw it into a blender and spit it out as TurboTax. Initially, TurboTax was okay. Unfortunately, Intuit's lack of serious support over the years for anything Mac forced me to switch to H&R Block 4 years ago ... and I have not looked back. Unfortunately, a nearby relative still insisted on using TurboTax. To add insult to injury, he only has a dial-up connection. So, I would manually download the updates for him ... updates which numbered well into the double digits. Many of these updates were to correct program errors ... not to just finalize forms. This year, things are even worse. There were problems which prevented Lion users from downloading updates via the program. Unfortunately, manual updates were not an option either .... and are still not an options. On TurboTax's site, there is a link for Windows users to manually download updates. For Mac users ... only a link to contact Intuit to figure out what to do next. Peruse the TurboTax community forums and you will see tons of problems for Mac users. Again ... to add insult to injury ... you have Windows "super users" advising Mac product owners on how to solve problems! This final straw was enough to make my relative switch top H&R Block. I still have to manually download updates for him ... but it is easy and there have only been 2 (with only 1 more ... probably a final one ... projected for 28 Feb). I really don't know why MacUpdate continues to include TurboTax here .... unless it is at the request of Intuit.
Jay-Q: Glad to hear some are having no problems with TT. The in-software update function was supposedly fixed for Lion users on Dec 15th. However, the community forums still show some occurrences of 10.7.2 users having problems as late as this month (even after following the Intuit fixes). Regardless, it appears that if, for whatever reason, you need to do manual downloads of updates, you are out of luck.
FYI. The links for other versions of Cocktail at the top of the page indicate that the SL version is 4.9.4. Actually, Maintain released version 4.9.5 for SL back in October. The download link above does, however, download the current 4.9.5 version (even though it says it is 4.9.4).
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Zampom reviewed on 07 Feb 2012
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