Word Archives - Mac user

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Copilot Cursor is it annoying

So Copilot from Microsoft is live the feature for Mac version of Office is turned on.

What is Copilot ?

Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant developed by Microsoft to enhance productivity across its suite of applications and services. Unlike GitHub Copilot, which focuses on code completion, Microsoft Copilot integrates into various Microsoft products to assist with tasks, content creation, and data analysis.

Basically like Chat GPT you can open the window up and type in your message and it will go away and source a response from its AI sources.

For those of you who have started to encounter the delightful light grey message when you open a new word document on your Mac “select the icon or press +L to draft with copilot” don’t panic it is a feature from Microsoft to help you work. For those who want to remove this option its relatively simple to do.

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025

New Short video on how to install 365 on legacy macOS

office 365 latest build installer on a older Operating system.

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

How to install Office 365 on legacy version of macOS Big Sur 11.7

Here is another short video from my YouTube channel showing you how to get round the office 365 latest build installer on a older Operating system.

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

How to install Office 365 on legacy version of macOS Catalina 10.15

Here is another short video from my YouTube channel showing you how to get round the office 365 latest build installer on a older Operating system.

This is also linked to my post on Office 365 https://macuser.org.uk/2024/11/08/office-365-version-control-for-legacy-macos/

Here is the link to the Current build that work on macOS. https://macuser.org.uk/2024/11/15/ms-office-compatible-chart-with-macos/

November 24, 2024January 14, 2025

How to install Legacy Office 365 on Monterey and below macOS

Here is a short video from my YouTube channel showing you how to get round the office 365 latest build installer on a older Operating system.

This is also linked to my post on Office 365 https://macuser.org.uk/2024/11/08/office-365-version-control-for-legacy-macos/

Here is the link to the Current build that work on macOS. https://macuser.org.uk/2024/11/15/ms-office-compatible-chart-with-macos/

November 15, 2024January 14, 2025

How to install legacy version of Google Chrome

I know the title is odd, as Chrome like Firefox just seems to work and work regardless of the Operating system. I have now started to encountered legacy issue with macOS running the latest version of Google Chrome.

My test machine is a 2013 iMac 21.5″ machine that just turned up to the workshop for a fresh build. The first issue was getting Catalina installed after I replaced the mechanical drive with a SSD. Next was finding the correct version of Office 365 for this macOS. Link below

MS Office compatible chart with macOS

November 15, 2024May 1, 2025

MS Office compatible chart with macOS

Here is a list of the build numbers of MS office that work with macOS versions. Please note I am only going back as far as 10.15 Catalina which was the first true 64Bit OS from Apple release. Most people would be used Office 2011 for Mojava and before

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac

November 8, 2024January 14, 2025

Office 365 Version Control for legacy macOS

With Office 365 and licence version control on legacy Mac’s running older software you may find that certain Apps cannot be installed (unless you upgrade) which for a lot of the older machine the OS is the highest it can cope with. With that in mind you need to watch Office 365 auto updates you may find allowing the update might throw you out of one of the Office packages like onedrive or outlook to name just a few.

You then have the issue of trying to fix the issue or find a work around. The good news is Microsoft had a good record of legacy software readily available to download from their website. Its a shame they don’t have the compatibility link to the files to show you what Version you need to download for your software you are running on your Mac.