The ‘subscription’ Office 365 for Mac available now needs the MacOS released in the last two years. Office 365 for Mac needs Mojave, Sierra or High Sierra In short: Office 365 for Mac gives you the latest features and updates if you have the latest MacOS (Mojave 10.14) or the two before (10.13 High Sierra or 10.12 Sierra). The situation appears confusing, so we’ll try to break it down for you. Microsoft has a blog post might be accurate, but it doesn’t exactly shine with clarity. Some Office 365 for Mac users might not be getting the latest and greatest features. Oh and YMMV with upgrading from Mojave or Catalina to the next OS like Big Sur or Monterey.Office 365 for Mac users might well be confused about compatibility with their MacOS. Humorously, if some woman can sue Kraft for falsely advertising Mac & cheese (see the pun?) only takes 3 minutes to serve when she says it takes longer, because you have to mix the powder and let it set… well, with Apple’s updates, wisdom shows their legal weight using the word “About…” to protect them from providing a operating system that should, in this era, display accurate estimated time. What showed as “About 35 minutes” from installation actually took over three hours to get to a login screen. While it was mostly uneventful, I am reminded of Apple’s poor “time remaining” display isn’t very reassuring. Speaking of moving from Catalina…I had to move a user from Mojave up, and went right to Monterey. Like me, and my 2012 Mac Mini, we’ll just not.Ītleast those of us who can’t update, can move to OpenOffice or LibreOffice, the latter I use and support. I have to scramble to get some of my users off Catalina, and some can’t as their older hardware won’t support past Catalina. I was told that Catalina support from Apple end’s this month, so this update information is likely related. Some of the supporting details in “ Why You Should Upgrade (On Your Own Terms)” (4 September 2015) may seem dated, but its key points are as valid now as they were 7 years ago. Upgrading is a pain, I know, but it’s a necessity of modern life. At some point, that may become a problem. If you continue to use Catalina, your Office apps will still work fine but won’t receive enhancements, bug fixes, or security updates. The October 2022 update (16.66) was the last build of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote for users running Catalina. macOS 12 Monterey and macOS 13 Ventura are fully supported. That applies to Office for Mac 2019, Office for Mac 2021, and Microsoft 365 (see “ Microsoft Rebranding Office to Microsoft 365,” 17 October 2022). Microsoft has announced that the company’s productivity suite will receive updates only if your Mac is running at least macOS 11 Big Sur. If you use Microsoft Office in macOS 10.15 Catalina, there’s yet another reason beyond the lack of Apple security updates to consider upgrading soon. Microsoft Office Updates Now Require macOS 11 Big Sur or Later #1655: 33 years of TidBITS, Twitter train wreck, tvOS 16.4.1, Apple Card Savings, Steve Jobs ebook.#1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in Ventura.#1657: A deep dive into the innovative Arc Web browser.#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials.#1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCD.
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