Microsoft shared an Office 2019 for Mac preview last month. Now the company has announced that all the updates that come with the new software will be heading to Office 365 subscribers as long as they are running macOS Sierra or later.
Detailed in a blog post, Microsoft said that to receive the latest features that come along with Office 365/Office 2019 for Mac next month, users will need to be running at least macOS Sierra 10.12.
- Office for Mac 2011. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook ו- Lync לא נבדקו ב- macOS 10.13 High Sierra, ולא תסופק תמיכה רשמית עבור תצורה זו. מאז 10 באוקטובר 2017 Office for Mac 2011. אינו נתמך עוד. משמעות הדבר שלא יסופקו עדכוני אבטחה חדשים.
- WinBuzzer News; Microsoft Working on Fix for Office 2016 for Mac OS Sierra. Users running Apple’s newest PC platform are reporting Office 2016 for Mac crashes and hangs.
- Microsoft has declared in a help report that Office for Mac 2011 won’t be bolstered under macOS 10.13 High Sierra. It doesn’t venture to state the product won’t work, however indicates this. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Lync have not been tried on macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and no formal help for this arrangement will be given.
As of the Office 365 for Mac September 2018 update, macOS 10.12 or later is required to update to the new version of the Office client apps for Mac and receive new feature updates.
The updates are scheduled to release next month for Office 365 subscribers. Microsoft has yet to announce when it will release Office 2019 for Mac other than in the “second half of 2018.”
To uninstall Office for Mac 2011 move the applications to the Trash.Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process. Before you remove Office for Mac 2011, quit all Office applications and make sure there's nothing in Trash that you want to keep. Leave Office applications closed while you go through this process.
New features coming to the latest Office revision include a new focus mode, morph transitions, new admin tools, and more. Microsoft says that users on macOS 10.11 or earlier will still be supported, but won’t gain the new updates. No word yet if a purchased copy of Office 2019 for Mac will be able to run on macOS versions prior to 10.12.
For individuals, Office 365 subscriptions starts from $7/month or $70/year. For reference, owning a copy of Microsoft Office starts at $150.
FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.More.
Microsoft has given some guidance about Office for Mac support on the upcoming MacOS ‘High Sierra’ 10.13. But not without a little encouragement to buy the Office for Mac.
High Sierra will be publicly released in the (northern) autumn and some testers will have it already. There will be a public beta release later in June 2017.
The new MacOS has one major change so Microsoft’s caution about Office compatibility is understandable.
Microsoft Office For Mac High Sierra
Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft says Office 2016 for Mac version 15.35Â or later will install on MacOS 10.13.
High Sierra For Mac
That’s interesting because the current public release of Office/Mac is v15.34 Â (0.01 less) – even the latest Office isn’t officially ready for the upcoming Mac release.
Microsoft will only say that v15.35 will install. Beyond that there’s a broad level of caution
“Not all Office functionality may be available, and you may encounter stability problems where apps unexpectedly quit. “
That means you’ll have to update your current Office 2016 for Mac before switching to High Sierra.
Sierra Update For Mac
If you try to use Office 2016 for Mac v15.34 or before, you may be stopped.
A detailed and independent look at Windows 10, especially for Microsoft Office.
Fully up-to-date with coverage of the May 2020 major update of Windows 10.
This 1,000 pages, 40 chapter book shows you important features and details for Windows 10 users.
Mac Os High Sierra Support
Source: Microsoft
Office 2011 for Mac.
Microsoft says it hasn’t tested Office 2011 for Mac on High Sierra and no support will be provided.
They point out that support for Office 2011 ends in a few months, on 10 October 2017.
On the other hand, it’s hard to believe that the Office for Mac team hasn’t devoted some effort to testing Office 2011 on the upcoming macOS. Aside from the support deadline, Redmond has a vested interest in getting anyone with Office 2011 to hand over more money for Office 2016/Mac. Staying quiet on compatibility of Office 2011 serves Microsoft’s ends.
macOS ‘High Sierra’ a big deal
Usually macOS upgrades aren’t a major issue for Office compatibility but ‘High Sierra’ is different.
Apple is changing the entire disk/file system which is a major change that needs careful testing for programs like Office. Gone is the 30-year-old HFS+ system in favor of APFS Apple File System.
APFS has many new features but the one of most relevance to Office users is encryption. Unlike most file systems (including Microsoft’s NTFS), Apple File System has been designed with encryption in mind. An entire drive can be encrypted, much like Windows Bitlocker. There’s also a multi-key system with different keys for file and metadata.
Patience, Grasshopper
Microsoft Office For Macbook Pro High Sierra
Because of this fundamental change to macOS, it’s prudent to wait for the public release of ‘High Sierra’ (and even then, maybe a few weeks more).
Microsoft Office For Mac And High Sierra Madre
When you do upgrade macOS, do a full backup first and upgrade Office 2016 for Mac to the latest release before the macOS update