once your system meets the system requirements, you can download and install the QBO to your desktop with the help of this below-given guide of downloading and installing QuickBooks online app for Windows as well as for Mac:

Go to your web browser and click on its ‘Search Bar’ to paste this link “http: //quickbooks.intuit.com/apps” in the search text field. Other than this, you can also visit this link “http://http-download.intuit.com/http.intuit/qbowinclient/download/i.......” to directly download QuickBooks Online App.

After reaching the “Intuit Apps.com” website, search for the ‘QuickBooks Mac or Windows App’ section by scrolling down.

Once you are able to locate the QuickBooks Online app, click on the same to open it and then select the ‘Free Download’ option.

That’s it! The process will now take a few minutes to download the QBO app to your desktop.

After this, you need to start with the installation steps, and they are as follows—
Click on the downloaded file or the installer and choose ‘Next.’

Then, choose the ‘Agree and Install’ option.
After that just wait for a few minutes until the installation process completes.

And, once the process finishes, click on the ‘Finish’ button to save changes.

That’s it! Now, sign-in to your QuickBooks Online from your desktop to have the advantage of its significant time-saving features like:

You can now launch the QBO directly from your desktop.

You can stay signed-in to your QBO permanently without the need of typing the password every time you access the QuickBooks account.

You can have keyboard shortcuts for switching between companies and loading different QBO data.

You can switch between multiple tasks from your desktop.

You can work on everything together and sync data automatically from any device.

This way, after downloading and installing the QuickBooks Online to your desktop, you’ll be able to access all your online data easily in no time. Isn’t it amazing!

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