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Will migrant assistance transfer programs like Microsoft office and Excel from an old Mac to a brand new one?

will migrant assistance transfer programs like Microsoft Office and Excel from my old iMac to my brand new one iMac ?



iPad mini, iOS 9

Posted on Dec 29, 2019 2:23 PM

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Posted on Dec 29, 2019 2:31 PM

If the new Mac is running Catalina (which I imagine it is) understand that MS Office 2011 won't run on Catalina and will need to be upgraded to either Office 365 or Office 2019. If you have Office 2016, there's a free update for that. As far as Migration Assistant, it may transfer the programs but even if it is Office 2016 you'll probably need to deactivate it on the source and activate it on your new one with your license.

https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products-b

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Dec 29, 2019 2:31 PM in response to TlCarman

If the new Mac is running Catalina (which I imagine it is) understand that MS Office 2011 won't run on Catalina and will need to be upgraded to either Office 365 or Office 2019. If you have Office 2016, there's a free update for that. As far as Migration Assistant, it may transfer the programs but even if it is Office 2016 you'll probably need to deactivate it on the source and activate it on your new one with your license.

https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products-b

Dec 29, 2019 3:22 PM in response to TlCarman

Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files…


https://www.libreoffice.org/


Apple macOS (Mac OS X)

The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on a Apple macOS computer are as follows:

• LibreOffice 6.3.x: macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher

• LibreOffice 6.2.x: macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or higher

• Intel processor

• 512 MB RAM

• Up to 800 MB available hard disk space

• 1024x768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)

It is a recommended best practice to back-up your system and data before you remove or install software.

Notes:

• For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is required. Java is notably required for Base.

• Due to an issue, there are the following restrictions with Java: on macOS 10.10 and newer, JRE isn't found, JDK is required

• LibreOffice 4.3 can still run on OS X 10.6+, but please understand that this support ended when 4.3 was retired on May 27, 2015.

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/#Apple



Feature Comparison of LibreOffice v6.3 with Office 365/Office 2019 for Mac

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office

Dec 29, 2019 5:02 PM in response to rkaufmann87

If I may, I would like to offer the following additional information. Technically, the apps will migrate. That is, they don't need to be reinstalled. (Maybe upgraded, though.) What has to be done is to have the Office apps 'activated' on the new computer. Microsoft has directions to how to do this on their web site. I followed their directions and everything worked fine.

Will migrant assistance transfer programs like Microsoft office and Excel from an old Mac to a brand new one?

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