Thanks so much @maxwellk2 - those steps worked like a charm on a clean install of Sonoma 14.0 with QuickBooks Desktop Mac 2020 version V19.1.16 R17.3.

EDIT: Despite clicking "Reply" on @maxwellk2 's post, my reply has been appended to the last comment on page 7. Here is the link to his answer, which worked for me: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/other-questions/re-crashes-on-sonoma/01/1321241/hi...