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How do I move Office 2011 for Mac to my new Macbook Air

How do I move Office 2011 for my old Mac to my new Macbook Air


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 5, 2021 10:27 AM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2021 10:47 AM

Office 2011 will not run on a new Mac that is running macOS Big Sur (or Catalina).

Microsoft does not provide free upgrades between major versions of their Office products (unless you subscribe to Microsoft 365) and older versions of Office are not compatible with macOS Catalina or Big Sur.


You can either subscribe to Microsoft 365 or you can make a one-time purchase. See: https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac?ms.officeurl=mac-compare-redir


Or use the free Microsoft Office on the web: https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web

or Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/

or the free and very good Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/

or Apple’s Pages and Numbers

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Mar 5, 2021 10:47 AM in response to tburck

Office 2011 will not run on a new Mac that is running macOS Big Sur (or Catalina).

Microsoft does not provide free upgrades between major versions of their Office products (unless you subscribe to Microsoft 365) and older versions of Office are not compatible with macOS Catalina or Big Sur.


You can either subscribe to Microsoft 365 or you can make a one-time purchase. See: https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac?ms.officeurl=mac-compare-redir


Or use the free Microsoft Office on the web: https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web

or Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/

or the free and very good Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/

or Apple’s Pages and Numbers

How do I move Office 2011 for Mac to my new Macbook Air

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