Please help, I can no longer use my microsoft office after I updated my Mac to MacOS Catlina verson 10.15.2. When I click Microsoft Document Connection, says it need to be updated. What do I need to do?
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
macOS Catalina no longer supports 32 bit applications. If you are using Office 2011 or earlier it will not work on Catalina. You need to be running Office 2016 or later. You have two options: 1- purchase a standalone license for Office 2019 or 2- subscribe to Office 365 which requires a monthly or annual payment.
As is recommended by another comment, you might also look into an Office work-a-like such as the free LibreOffice.
macOS Catalina no longer supports 32 bit applications. If you are using Office 2011 or earlier it will not work on Catalina. You need to be running Office 2016 or later. You have two options: 1- purchase a standalone license for Office 2019 or 2- subscribe to Office 365 which requires a monthly or annual payment.
As is recommended by another comment, you might also look into an Office work-a-like such as the free LibreOffice.
Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files…
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
All good advice above. I would add that in the future you pay attention to the notices that Apple (and any other vendors) send to you advising of the need to upgrade your apps. Doing so will allow youth avoid experiencing problems such as the current one you have. When we ignore such advice, it often results in some major inconveniences.
can not use Microsoft ware after updated my mac to MacOS Catalina verson 10.15.2
