Microsoft 365 includes premium Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps, 1 TB cloud storage in OneDrive, advanced security, and more, all in one convenient subscription. Perhaps we’ll be seeing some major improvements in Get & Transform in Excel for Mac.This application requires a qualifying Microsoft 365 subscription. The mention of Get & Transform/PowerQuery is interesting because the current data link support in Excel for Mac is very poor compared to Excel for Windows. A third-party plug-in that has not been updated to include native support for Apple Silicon.

Excel’s Get and Transform functionality (aka Power Query).

If in doubt, choose the Rosetta 2 option.Īccording to Microsoft, a macOS prompt may appear with: Microsoft itself notes there many be cases where you’re asked by the macOS how to handle a software component. Presumably, a Teams Universal app is on the way. The current Teams app hasn’t been updated to Universal.įor the moment, Teams users on M1 Macs will need Rosetta 2 to run the app. What’s missing from this update is Microsoft Teams. Under ‘Kind’ look for the magic word ‘Universal’. If you want to check, go to any Office app in the Applications folder. Office for Mac version 16.44 or later is the Universal software package. Run Microsoft AutoUpdate from any Office app (Help | Check for Updates). The Office installer figures out what type of Mac hardware (Intel or Apple Silicon) is available and sets up the matching software. Users don’t have to choose anything because the same install or update process continues. Single downloadĪ single download/install works for both Intel based Macs and Apple M1 machines. Microsoft says the Universal apps “will run faster and take full advantage of the performance improvements on new Macs.”. Office Universal apps should use less power (i.e better battery life) on M1 devices, compared to Intel based Macs.

It’s good news for M1 Macbook users, it means their Microsoft 365 or Office 2019 software should run faster … perhaps even noticeably faster than before. In-depth help and money saving tips for everyone with an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer. Sign up for the free Office Watch for Apple newsletter. Apple calls these ‘two in one’ releases ‘Universal’ software. Now Microsoft has updated Office for Mac so it runs faster on M1 Macs as well as the large base on Intel Mac’s. As we’ve explained, Microsoft 365/2019 for Mac can run on M1 chips however the existing Office for Mac software ran more slowly. There are a few ‘gotchas’ but support for Apple Silicon is almost complete.Īpple is moving away from Intel chips to their own ‘Apple Silicon’ hardware, starting with the M1 chip. Microsoft Office 3 for Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) now work directly on the new M1 chip.

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