Intuit has issued Release 13 (R13) for the QuickBooks 2018 Desktop product line. The following changes, improvements and fixes were included in this release for QuickBooks Pro 2018, QuickBooks Premier 2018, QuickBooks Accountant 2018 and QuickBooks Enterprise v18.0. Be aware that each new update also includes all the changes from earlier updates. If you have automatic updates turned on, QuickBooks will download the updates for you and prompt you to install it. You can manually download the update from the Official Intuit QuickBooks Downloads and Updates Webpage (product/version specific).
One thing I would note is that they are now including at least the 'release month' as part of the release information in their release notes.
QB Capital:
- QuickBooks Desktop Payments customers now have access to QuickBooks Capital as a business funding option. For more details about QuickBooks Captial see the official Intuit website.
Payments
- QuickBooks Desktop payroll users now have easy access to activating payments services
Find File
- Easily find and open your company files with the addition of a file search option on the No company open screen. This is the same feature that we saw released in our QuickBooks 2020 Desktop.
The new 'Find a Company File' feature makes it easy for users to find and open their Company files even if they don't remember the file's location or name.
QBDT-2020_Find-Co-file
Other updates
- Applying discounts no longer causes a Cash Basis Balance Sheet out of balance issue (this has been needed for a long, long time).
- Users can now activate manual payroll from the Preferences menu (I haven't had the opportunity to look at this one, but it will be one I will be checking out very soon as this has been one of the most requested articles Insightful Accountant has ever written).
- Updated to comply with new Gmail requirements
Bug Fixes
- Company file no longer is changed if Accountant directly copies the .qbw file instead of using the QuickBooks menu option
- Installer no longer crashes when not connected to the internet
While Intuit actually made this release available for manual download late last Friday (just before the long holiday weekend, as they seem to often do), they are just starting to push it out in auto updates.