For the release to the Production channel, customers will see "(64-bit)" in the update title to make them aware that this is a 64-bit update.įor information about how to use the MAU, see Check for Office for Mac updates automatically. Therefore, customers won't experience a sharp increase in download activity.
Also, MAU can deliver a delta update when applicable to update a user from 32-bit to 64-bit applications. The update package size does not change between 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Depending on which version is installed on the local computer, MAU will offer either a delta or full update. Deployment options for the 64-bit update AutoUpdate (MAU)Ĭustomers who use Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) to keep their Office applications up-to-date will see a "regular" monthly update notification when their selected channel is upgraded to 64-bit builds. This affects customers of all license types: Retail, Microsoft 365 for home, Microsoft 365 for business, and Volume License installations. Or, you can use Google Docs or Open Office or something else.Existing Office 2016 for Mac customers will be seamlessly upgraded to 64-bit versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote as part of the August product release (version 15.25). You can just use Pages and Numbers, which you get for free with your Mac. If having Word and Excel aren't important enough to you to spend $70/year, then there are alternatives. But I'd imagine eventually it will be subscription-only. The old method where people bought it as cheap as possible and then didn't update for 10+ years was killing the industry.Īs you can see wit that link they still do offer a "Office Home & Student 2019" one-time purchase for $150 if you really want that. Software subscriptions are the way things are going as the developers need a sustainable way to update software. A regular one is $100 per year, and they have a personal subscription for only $70 per year.
You can use the current versions in the Mac App store with an Office 365 subscription.
Catalina only supports modern 64-bit apps. So it sounds like you were using very old versions of Word and Excel that were 32-bit.
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