Can I Move Microsoft Office From One Mac To Another
Most importantly, Do Not use Apple's Migration Assistant to 'transfer' Office 2011 from one Mac to another. It will most likely cause you more grief than you want to handle:-) It's fine for migrating your documents & simple, standalone programs but often messes up complex suites of integrated software. Especially since Office 2011 is device. If you only have one concurrent installation at your disposal, you likely have the option to transfer the license from one computer to another. I said likely because this is only true for retail licenses. Moving an older existing Office installation to another computer can be a daunting task if you’re not sure where to start. Microsoft has simplified the process with the latest Office iterations, but transferring a Microsoft Office 2010 or Office 2013 license is not as intuitive as we’d like. Believe it or not, it is actually possible to transfer Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac’s license from one machine to another – and it’s just a matter of copying a few files. So far this process has worked on every computer I have tested it on, please let me know (in the comments) if this works for you too. Jul 25, 2015 I was told I could transfer my existing Microsoft Office from my old macbook to my new macbook pro without having the disc available. Does anyone know how I would go about this? I'm having the same issue but i have microsoft 04 instead of 08. Transferring microsoft office from 1 mac to another More Less. Apple Footer.
Click on the icon for Microsoft AutoUpdate wait until menu pops up. Look for Options then choose Keep in Dock. Then you can select it any time you want to check.Oh BY The Way:restart the Computer in Safe Mode (Shift key down while restarting).Open excel and run updater.Repair Permissions.Then restart computer then open excel should be updated with no problems.If you get a notice you need to update Database during install, do it. Microsoft update mac.
Q: 'Can I save the Microsoft Office installation to an external hard drive and run the application from it? I have a laptop with a solid state drive of 30GB memory. Microsoft Office has installed on the system, taking considerable disk space. I am wondering if it could be uninstalled from the laptop and installed on an external hard drive.'
Assuming that there are two situations in which users would request an Office copy, move or transfer to a portable drive, one is when to choose an external drive for download and install, and the other one is to change the location of an existing installation from a PC to an external drive.
Are both scenarios working in the same way? Not necessarily.
A: 'When you install software it will create registry items within the Windows folders, which are on the main drive, usually the C drive. So, if you want to be able to run Office on different computers via the external hard drive, it may fail due to the lack of essential registry contents, unless using a professional PC transfer software for help.'
'What's more, Microsoft would have to provide a portable version, which we don't think they have.'
How to Transfer Microsoft Office to an External Hard Drive or a USB Drive
So, if you wish to save disk space by installing the large-size Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and Office 365, to somewhere else other than the local drive, and be able to run an application from an external drive, make it happen in the other way.
- Use the normal way to completely download and install the desired Office version on your computer.
- Transfer the whole installation from the PC storage to the wanted place via EaseUS Todo PCTrans.
- Uninstall the Office from your computer in the control panel > programs > uninstall a program.
- In the end, open and run the Office application whenever you need by connecting the external drive to your computer.
Here is how to start the Office transfer from a PC to an external hard drive/USB drive:
First, download and install EaseUS Todo PCTrans. (Click the download button on your PC, where the Microsoft Office is installed. EaseUS transfer software is very light and small. You can quickly install it in a few seconds.)
Then, move your MS Office to the external storage device:
Step 1. Connect the external device and select the transfer mode.
- Connect your external storage device (external hard drive, USB, SD card, and more) to your PC.
- Launch EaseUS Todo PCTrans and go to 'App Migration' > 'Start'.
Step 2. Select Microsoft Office and set the storage path.
- Select the drive where you have installed Microsoft Office on and select Microsoft Office.
- Click 'Browse' and choose to transfer the application to your external storage device.
- Click 'Transfer' to start transferring Microsoft Office to an external storage medium.
Step 3. Wait for the transfer process to finish.
- Wait patiently for the process to complete.
- Click 'OK' when it has done.
Additional help for you to manage the Microsoft installation location:
Anyway, don't take the Office transfer too easy to copy the download files to a portable drive. It doesn't work because you cannot move the registry components.
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EaseUS Todo PCTrans can do more in transferring applications, files and folders, and even user accounts between multiple computers using the network connection and an image file. Click for more tutorials if you're interested in other possible ways to place the Office to anywhere you want.