Microsoft Home/Office EOL Question

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Microsoft Home/Office EOL Question

Today my Home/Office version of apps would not update and I was told that the 2019 version had reached end of life. The following notice came up when I clicked on the "more info" icon.

Support for Office 2019 for Mac ended on October 10, 2023.

Rest assured that all your Office 2019 apps will continue to function—they won't disappear from your Mac, nor will you lose any data. However, you could expose yourself to serious and potentially harmful security risks.

I'm tempted (because the 2021 version of Home/Office is $149.99/per machine, and I have two) to just keep using the 2019 version as both my systems are Apple devices.

With all the security built into the latest MacOS releases, should I really worry about continuing to use the 2019 versions?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Jan 19, 2024 7:12 AM

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MartinR

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Jan 19, 2024 7:24 AM in response to MargeHomer

I wouldn't worry about it, especially if you are otherwise careful about keeping your Mac updated and you use great caution before opening anything you may have received via email or downloaded from someplace.

You may want to consider Office 365 instead of Home/Office 2021. A single subscription is $69.99/year and you can install it on both of your Macs (or up to 5 if you have that many of your own). That way you will receive updates as long as you subscribe.

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Old Toad

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Jan 19, 2024 4:43 PM in response to BDAqua

BDAqua wrote:

Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…

https://www.libreoffice.org/

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BDAqua

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Jan 19, 2024 4:12 PM in response to MargeHomer

Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…

https://www.libreoffice.org/

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MargeHomer Author

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Jan 19, 2024 2:24 PM in response to tbirdvet

Thanks for the input. If nothing else, I'm a bit too far into retirement to be learning new software. I remember from my working days, the IT folks would delay any Windows/MS Office product updates for a minimum of six months. Never any issues!

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