![]() But I couldn't find anywhere, on the Microsoft support forums or elsewhere, that said how to do that. I did find references to "reassigning" your product key to a new computer, including in the license agreement itself. (I have the Home and Business Edition that permits installation on one, count it "one," computer.) I did some googling and learned that I was hardly the only person with this problem: apparently replacing my hard disk made it appear to the activation gods as though I were trying to run the program on an entirely different computer - which, of course, my license wouldn't let me do. ![]() No dice, the program told me - I'd already used that key the allotted number of times. ![]() No problem, I figured, and just typed it in. But the next time I tried to run Word, it asked me for my product key again. (The one I had was getting full, and I got a good Black Friday deal on one twice as big.) I used Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer the contents of my old disk to the new one and swapped the two without a hitch. Until, that is, I decided to replace my hard disk. The activation requirement was no more an issue than entering a product key ever is - whatever was going on behind the scenes stayed invisible. The product worked fine - I actually liked it quite a bit, better than Office 2008, and I gave it a good review. I installed the software from the DVD with no problem, entered my product key on first launch, and was off and running. Unfortunately, upgrading your Mac can break that association, requiring a long, complicated reinstallation and reactivation procedure that can grind your business to a halt.I got my copy of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 back in October, when Microsoft kindly gave me one for a review I was writing. If you have this version you can run it on the upcoming macOS 10.13 High Sierra, as long as you install the latest updates in Word’s Help menu.With the latest version of Office, Microsoft has introduced a requirement to "activate" the software, which ties your copy to your computer. Office 2016, the latest version, has icons that look like books. The last system software this will run well on is the current one, macOS 10.12 Sierra. Microsoft Office 2011 icons look like a ribbon. This version hasn’t run reliably on Mac since macOS 10.10 Yosemite. Not sure what version of Microsoft Office you have? They have changed the icons quite distinctively with each release: Office 2008 icons look like balloon animals. You can roll the dice if you want to stick with Office 2011 and just go ahead and upgrade, but be prepared to invest in an Office upgrade if it doesn’t work well. Update: Since macOS High Sierra has come out many people are reporting that it works fine, but others are reporting that it is a little glitchy sometimes. Next month Microsoft is stopping all development on the older version of Office, which means no more security updates for Office 2011 either. Please don’t use this as a reason to not upgrade to High Sierra. Just visit your account to download it. If you use Microsoft Office only occasionally or if you don’t often collaborate with other Office users now would be a good time to check out some free alternatives. If you subscribe to Office 365 you should be entitled to the latest version. This means that if you do depend on Microsoft Office you should upgrade to Office 2016, which starts at a one-time payment of $149.99 or $6.99/month for their monthly plan before you upgrade to High Sierra. However, Microsoft is ending support for Office 2011 in October and as such is not updating it for compatibility with High Sierra. This is largely a refinement update, with lots of exciting new technologies under the hood that should help your computer run more reliably and more securely. Later this month Apple is releasing a free upgrade for their Macintosh operating system, macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
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