Microsoft Office 365, the subscription service that gives users access to the latest Microsoft Office software, is coming to the Mac App Store for the first time, allowing Mac and MacBook owners to quickly and easily access Word, Outlook, Excel and other apps separately, or as an entire suite. Subscriptions can also now be bought within the apps, so you can start using them straight away (you need a subscription in order to use Microsoft 365 apps). These apps have been available for Mac, but previously you'd have to download the full program from the internet, or buy a boxed copy. Now that Office 365 will be available on the Mac App Store, buying and installing the applications will be far more convenient for many Mac users. Perhaps most interestingly, Office 365 for Mac comes with features that have been specifically designed for Macs, such as compatibility with macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode and Continuity Camera, which lets you use an iPhone (or iPad) to scan documents or take photos, with the images appear instantly in an Office document on your Mac. Made for Mac Office 365 for Mac will also support MacBooks with Touch Bars, and these Mac-specific features show that this isn’t a simple slapdash port to Mac devices. For anyone who's used Microsoft Office on a Mac in the past, this will be good news, as it looks like this could be the best fusion of Microsoft software and Apple hardware yet. There are some useful features for enterprise users as well, as the Office 365 apps in the Mac App Store can be remotely distributed to employees using Apple Business Manager, which is a central dashboard used by IT departments to deploy apps and licenses on employee Mac devices. We’ll update this story as soon as we hear more about when Office 365 will be available on the Mac App Store, as well as pricing details.<doc-sep>In June, Apple announced at its World Wide Developers Conference that Microsoft would be bringing over its Office 365 apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as a download on the MacOS app store. Now roughly over seven months later, the moment has finally arrived, and the popular suite of productivity apps are officially available in the store. Although all of the Microsoft Office 365 apps could have already been installed on MacOS manually by visiting the Microsoft website or other retailers to get a product code and installer package, availability on the app store now makes the process easier. A download now simply involves signing into the MacOS store with an Apple ID and just searching for Office 365. The download bundle is 4.1GB in size and includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive. MacOS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard or later is also required to install, as only these versions of the operating system come installed with the app store. All the Office 365 apps can be downloaded for free through the MacOS store, but a valid Office 365 subscription is still required to create and edit documents. To send and receive emails, the Outlook app will also require an Office 365 subscription that can be purchased from inside the app. Unfortunately, one-time Office licenses, such as codes for Office Home or Student 2019, won’t work with Office 365 apps downloaded through the store. Documents can still be read in any of the MacOS Office 365 apps without a subscription, though Microsoft does include a one-month trial with in-app purchases. According to Microsoft, there is plenty of value in the MacOS Office 365 apps. “Office 365 provides experiences tailored to the Mac and macOS, like Dark Mode, Continuity Camera, OneDrive Files on Demand, and Touch Bar support on the MacBook Pro,” Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, said in a statement. “The result is an experience that is unmistakably Office but designed for Mac.” Currently, there is a wide variety of annual subscriptions are available for use with the MacOS Office 365 apps. Office 365 Personal comes in at $70 a year and Office 365 Home at $100 a year. Office 365 Personal only includes access for one user on one PC or Mac, but Office 365 Home expands that to up to six users across both PC and Mac. Editors' Recommendations<doc-sep>
Microsoft Office 365 now available on Mac App store Office 365 for Mac has been designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience - like Dark Mode and Continuity Camera in macOS. Atom Tech Shorts Apple has finally announced that Microsoft Office 365 is now available on Mac App Store where users can directly download signature apps such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel that are popular in Microsoft Windows system. Office 365 for Mac has been designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience - like Dark Mode and Continuity Camera in macOS, as well as the MacBook Pro Touch Bar and the Mac's trackpad, Apple wrote in a blog-post on Thursday. The debut of the Microsoft Office in Apple Store came a little bit later than what Apple first announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last year, when the Cupertino, California-based tech firm promised the Microsoft Office package would be available by the end of 2018. Apple said users can purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, which was designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience, reports Xinhua news agency. "Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone," said Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of worldwide marketing. Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, said his company has been working closely with Apple to provide Mac users with the very best productivity experience uniquely designed for the Mac system. The Office 365 apps would be distributed to Apple employees using "Apple Business Manager". "Business Manager" is a central dashboard from where their IT team can quickly enable employees to get to work Office tools across Mac, iPad and iPhone, with features designed specifically for Apple devices, added, the iPhone-maker added.