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I have one mac user in my environment and they started to experience this same issue within the past week. This is still an issue. Microsoft should really release a service health update for Office 365 Admins so we are aware that this is an issue. As of September 25, 2017, macOS 10.13 High Sierra is publicly available for all Mac users to install. Office 2016 for Mac is fully supported on High Sierra. For the best experience, we recommend you update Office to version 15.38 or later. For updates regarding macOS 10.14 Mojave, see Microsoft Office support for macOS 10.14 Mojave. Office for Mac 2011. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Lync have not been tested on macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and no formal support for this configuration will be provided. Since October 10, 2017, Office for Mac 2011. is no longer supported. This means there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support. Microsoft has given some guidance about Office for Mac support on the upcoming MacOS ‘High Sierra’ 10.13. But not without a little encouragement to buy the Office for Mac. High Sierra will be publicly released in the (northern) autumn and some testers will have it already. There will be a public beta release later in June 2017. Apr 09, 2018 I have one mac user in my environment and they started to experience this same issue within the past week. This is still an issue. Microsoft should really release a service health update for Office 365 Admins so we are aware that this is an issue.
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Microsoft has given some guidance about Office for Mac support on the upcoming MacOS ‘High Sierra’ 10.13. But not without a little encouragement to buy the Office for Mac.
High Sierra will be publicly released in the (northern) autumn and some testers will have it already. There will be a public beta release later in June 2017.
The new MacOS has one major change so Microsoft’s caution about Office compatibility is understandable.
Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft says Office 2016 for Mac version 15.35 or later will install on MacOS 10.13.
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That’s interesting because the current public release of Office/Mac is v15.34 (0.01 less) – even the latest Office isn’t officially ready for the upcoming Mac release.
Microsoft will only say that v15.35 will install. Beyond that there’s a broad level of caution
“Not all Office functionality may be available, and you may encounter stability problems where apps unexpectedly quit. “
That means you’ll have to update your current Office 2016 for Mac before switching to High Sierra.
If you try to use Office 2016 for Mac v15.34 or before, you may be stopped.
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Office 2011 for Mac.
Microsoft says it hasn’t tested Office 2011 for Mac on High Sierra and no support will be provided.
They point out that support for Office 2011 ends in a few months, on 10 October 2017.
On the other hand, it’s hard to believe that the Office for Mac team hasn’t devoted some effort to testing Office 2011 on the upcoming macOS. Aside from the support deadline, Redmond has a vested interest in getting anyone with Office 2011 to hand over more money for Office 2016/Mac. Staying quiet on compatibility of Office 2011 serves Microsoft’s ends.
macOS ‘High Sierra’ a big deal
Usually macOS upgrades aren’t a major issue for Office compatibility but ‘High Sierra’ is different.
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Apple is changing the entire disk/file system which is a major change that needs careful testing for programs like Office. Gone is the 30-year-old HFS+ system in favor of APFS Apple File System.
What is the point of a game you can’t even play properly let alone play to its full potential. Civ 6 for mac. Annoying but playable. Now that map is is once again crashing every couple of turns. I have other full AAA games ported over that play fine.
APFS has many new features but the one of most relevance to Office users is encryption. Unlike most file systems (including Microsoft’s NTFS), Apple File System has been designed with encryption in mind. An entire drive can be encrypted, much like Windows Bitlocker. There’s also a multi-key system with different keys for file and metadata.
Patience, Grasshopper
Because of this fundamental change to macOS, it’s prudent to wait for the public release of ‘High Sierra’ (and even then, maybe a few weeks more).
When you do upgrade macOS, do a full backup first and upgrade Office 2016 for Mac to the latest release before the macOS update
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Version of Office | Supportability |
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15.35 and later | Office 2016 for Mac is fully supported on macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If you encounter issues using Office 2016 for Mac, please send us feedback so we can address them. In Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, you can click on the Send a Smile icon in the top-right of the app. For Outlook, choose Contact Support from the Help menu. |
15.34 and earlier | These versions are not supported on 10.13. In some cases, you may not be able to launch the Office apps. For example, users will see the following error message when attempting to launch Outlook 2016 ver. 15.34: If you installed Outlook 2016 ver. 15.34 or earlier, and are not being offered an update to 15.35 or later, download the latest Office 2016 for Mac Suite Installer here. |