

The applications still work, but some are just having trouble updating the suite to the latest available build. Multiple users are complaining about their inability to install the latest version of Microsoft’s Office app suite on macOS-powered devices. If you run in to any issues please contact the HUIT Service Desk at 61 or your installation completes please see the directions on How to Set-up your 2016 Outlook on your Mac.Home › News › Installing Office 2021 on macOS will give you a real headache Please do not open any Microsoft Office applications until the installation is complete. The installation will automatically begin after the download completes. Click install under ‘Microsoft Office 2016’ (Figure 3, A) Step 5. Click ‘Microsoft’ under the Categories on the right hand side of the window (Figure 2, A). Click on the ‘Self Service’ application to open (Figure 1, B). Type ‘Self Service’ in the search box (Figure 1, A). Open ‘Spotlight’ by pressing the ‘COMMAND’ and ‘SPACEBAR’ keys at the same time. Please save your work and close all open Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Publisher, InfoPath, and Visio).


Please contact the HUIT Service Desk (61) for assistance if your computer needs the Operating System or RAM upgraded.

Please note that the minimum requirements are that your computer is running MacOS 10.10 or above and contains at least 4GB of RAM. The current version of Microsoft Office 2016 for the Mac is Version 15.x. These directions describe how to install the latest version of Microsoft Office 2016 on a Mac.
