
If you haven’t yet watched the webinar, you’ll find it below and in our video resources section at. Those are in their own section toward the end. The main focus of the webinar was to demonstrate how to manage Office using plists and profiles, however, presenter Paul Bowden with Microsoft did have “One more thing…” Office applications are now available in the Mac App Store and attendees had many questions about that too. We couldn’t answer all of your questions fully in the short time we were together, so let’s follow up here with some of your Questions & Answers. These apps are available with your Setapp subscription.Our webinar, How to Manage Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac, generated a lot of interest from the Jamf community and a lot of questions from those who were able to join. If you are feeling adventurous, try out the Microsoft pack app alternatives we’ve mentioned – Ulysses for writing and formatting, Collabio Spaces for co-editing, and NotePlan for keeping track of your daily tasks, projects, and overall schedule. We recommend you keep the default auto update settings for all your apps, including Microsoft Office, as that allows you to get automatic updates for your apps and work with the latest and most optimized features and security updates. You can also update your Microsoft apps from the App Store, so refer to the instructions outlined above. Open Microsoft AutoUpdate whenever you are ready to update and click Update.


If you want to do your updates manually, uncheck the “Automatically keep Microsoft Apps up to date” field in Microsoft AutoUpdate as shown at the beginning of this article. Luckily, your automatic Microsoft Word update, as well as updates for other Microsoft pack apps, is turned on by default. Keeping your Microsoft Office pack updated and ready for your daily tasks is an important aspect of your work, so turning on auto-updates for all your Microsoft apps is probably the optimal solution for most users. Whether you are bored of the same old tools you’ve been using since you were a kid or need more functionality, there are plenty of new and exciting apps you can try to shake up your daily routine and bring in some fresh context to your work and personal projects. Now that you know how to update your Microsoft Office on Mac, let’s consider some alternatives you can use. To check if your autoupdate is on, go to App Store > Preferences:Īnd make sure the option Automatic Updates is checked in your App Store Preferences menu: If there are any updates available, you’ll see them there.īy default, App Store checks for updates to the apps you have installed on your Mac and notifies you when updates are available for your apps. Go to Updates in your App Store menu to see if there are any updates for your apps: To update your Microsoft Office pack from the App Store, click on the App Store icon on your Dock or go to Finder > Applications and click App Store. Whether you are using just one or two apps out of the full MS Office pack or the whole Microsoft 365 bundle, you can keep it updated through the App Store. To stay on top of all your updates, you can use CleanMyMac X Updater.ĬleanMyMac X Updater is a part of CleanMyMac X toolkit, so you can clean your Mac from malware, junk, old files and check for latest versions of the apps on your Mac all with the same app: Updating all your Mac apps helps you have access to all the latest features, have the most optimized versions of your tools, as well as latest security patches. Use CleanMyMac X Updater to stay up to date To enable autoupdate, check “Automatically keep Microsoft Apps up to date”:

Click Update to install available updates. Microsoft AutoUpdate window will pop up and show if any updates are available. To do that, open any Microsoft app, like Word or Excel, find Help in the top menu and click Check for Updates in the drop down list. Next, check if your Microsoft autoupdate is on. In the dropdown menu, choose About Microsoft Excel:Īfter you click on this option, you’ll see the window with all the information about your app, including the version: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and click on its name on the left side of the Menu bar (Excel for Microsoft Excel, Word for Microsoft Word, etc.).

To check the version of your Microsoft 365, open one of the apps in the pack, e.g. If you’d like to find out how to check if your MS Office pack is up to date, how to see if you are running the latest version, and set it to update automatically, read on.
