

Did Microsoft just take Office 2019 as is, add the Teams app, and then call it Office 2021, not even bothering to update the license year of the individual apps?Ĭan anyone with Office for Mac 2021 please confirm that their About info for Word, Excel, etc. The download file for Office 2021 (Microsoft_Office_1000_BusinessPro_Installer.pkg) is 2.02 GB. The download file for Office 2019 (Microsoft_Office_1000_Installer.pkg) is 1.92 GB. But when I go to my Microsoft account and download/install Office 2021, I notice that I seem to end up with Office 2019 again installed (e.g., the About Word info still says "Retail License 2019").Īfter a bit of investigation, I see that my Microsoft account allows me to download and install each of my two most recent purchases - Office 2019 and Office 2021 - but either such download apparently downloads only the Office 2019 (v.16.60) installer. After uninstalling/deleting (as per Microsoft instructions) all remnants of Office 2019 on my Mac, I redeemed my new product key.

There's only so much of 'Pages' and 'Numbers' I can take before I completely loose my mind.So I just took advantage of this offer and bought Office 2021 for Mac. I'm going around in circles which is driving me absolutely bananas. After getting in touch with Apple support via chat, they told me to talk with Microsoft rather than look into a potential compatibility issue. This is the error I receive in all MS applications: Note that it was a 2017 iMac running Catalina and does not have the M1 chip)

I'm having a very frustrating battle with my new MacBook Pro (M1, 2020 running Big Sur 11.0.1).
