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Updating QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2021

On July 30, 2025 I had no problem using QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2021. I have a 2 user license and have the server on my IMac and have the second user on my MacBook. On July 31, 2025 when attempting to open QuickBooks, received a message 'QuickBooks is unable to verify the QuickBooks server.' I checked for updates and found both the server and QuickBooks 2021 have update 20.0.14.1110 available. Upon attempting to update to this version, both QuickBooks and the QuickBooks server I received an error message 'Update Error! an error occurred while running the updater. Please try again later.' Is this a problem on Intuit's end or with my updater software? I have older computers (both my iMac and MacBook) both running Mac OS Catalina. I am a small contractor with no employees. I do not use any of the online features in QuickBooks. I wish to keep using QBDT 2021. I have no need for cloud based Enterprise. How do I update QuickBooks and the QuickBooks Server to continue using my licensed software?

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