Testing for compatibility issues on another Mac before committing yours to High Sierra is a smart move, too.įor now, it looks like holding off on installing macOS High Sierra is prudent if Office for Mac is a critical part of your workflow. If you rely on Microsoft Office and are planning to upgrade to macOS High Sierra when it comes out later this year, be sure to back up your important files first. Yes, I use Microsoft Office 365 on all of my Macs, including my 2013 Air, for compatibility with customers, plus the Office suite has a few features I like more. It also notes that users of Office 2016 for Mac may experience problems with High Sierra Microsoft says that versions 15.34 and earlier are not supported, and you may not be able to. Not all Office functionality may be available, and you may encounter stability problems where apps unexpectedly quit. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote will install and run on 10.13. Updating to version 15.35 will get you up and running-or more accurately, up and limping. Should you update to Monterey Yes, but not yet. That now means: Monterey (v12) Big Sur (v11) Catalina (v10.15) and for the moment Mojave (v10.14) is also supported but won’t be in a few months. Version 15.34 and older aren’t supported in macOS High Sierra, and may not even launch. Microsoft’s general policy is for Office to support the current and last two versions of macOS. Things aren’t as bleak for Office for Mac 2016, although they aren’t promising. As a reminder, after that date there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or technical content updates. The article also makes it clear Office 2011 is at its end of life point.Īll applications in the Office for Mac 2011 suite are reaching end of support on October 10th, 2017. Microsoft posted a support article noting the status of Office for Mac 2011 saying there is no formal High Sierra support, and that no compatibility testing has been done. Office for Mac may not play well with macOS High Sierra Microsoft also announced there will be another version of its on-premises Office servers coming in the second half of next year, but they will require a mandatory subscription for security updates, fixes and patches.Take note, Office for Mac users, Office 2011 isn’t supported in macOS High Sierra and Office 2016 looks sketchy, too. These new perpetual Office clients will likely be branded Office 2022 if Microsoft sticks with past naming conventions. Microsoft recently announced it will be delivering new non-subscription (perpetual) version of its Office desktop clients for Windows and Mac in the latter half of 2021.
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