Transfer Office For Mac 2011 To New Owner

Hi All, Is there a one-size-fits-all procedure for transferring a legal and fully paid-up Office 2011 licence from one mac (osx 10.8.2) to another (new mac)? I have come across various methods, ranging from simply migrating Office by means of Migration Assistant (and nothing else), to having to completely uninstall Office and to re-install it on the new machine. Even then I read about many problems: product keys that no longer work, error messages, etc etc. I have Office Business, single licence.

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There has to be a way. Thanks for your help! The best way, in my opinion, is to uninstall Office from your current Mac: and reinstall it on the new Mac using the original CD or disk image (if you bought Office as a download). That way all the necessary components will get installed in their appropriate places, something that may not happen if you use Migration Assistant or try to copy the components manually. For the licensing, this may help: You probably will want to back that file up, at least, so you can copy it to the new Mac if the normal registration doesn't work. I assume you would have to copy the licence files to the memory stick before Office is removed from the old computer (sorry if this is an obvious question!).

You'd be manually removing the license file, so it would be up to you at which point you delete the license file from your old computer. But I'd copy it to the memory stick first, just do i didn't make the mistake of deleting it inadvertently.

And Office would need to be removed before starting the Migration process I assume. I'd recommend it.

There's no point in having Migration Assistant copy unnecessary files, and removing Office first will elminate any change that you'd have mixed version of components after you install Office from the CD on the new system. The best way, in my opinion, is to uninstall Office from your current Mac: and reinstall it on the new Mac using the original CD or disk image (if you bought Office as a download). That way all the necessary components will get installed in their appropriate places, something that may not happen if you use Migration Assistant or try to copy the components manually. For the licensing, this may help: You probably will want to back that file up, at least, so you can copy it to the new Mac if the normal registration doesn't work.

I assume you would have to copy the licence files to the memory stick before Office is removed from the old computer (sorry if this is an obvious question!). You'd be manually removing the license file, so it would be up to you at which point you delete the license file from your old computer. But I'd copy it to the memory stick first, just do i didn't make the mistake of deleting it inadvertently. Does microsoft excel for mac have power pivot. And Office would need to be removed before starting the Migration process I assume. I'd recommend it. There's no point in having Migration Assistant copy unnecessary files, and removing Office first will elminate any change that you'd have mixed version of components after you install Office from the CD on the new system. Thanks Mike, This is what I will do, I think: 1st: Copy the licence details that are on the old Mac as per the above procedure; 2nd: Do the Migration, and see if on the new Mac Office just wants the licence details (and if so remove Office from the old Mac,because I will still be using it, albeit without Office and I don't want any issues with two copies of Office running); 3rd: if the second step fails, uninstall the migrated Office from the new Mac, and reinstall it, using the CDs I have and the licence details that have been saved separately (step 1).

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KB Articles: Security bulletins: • This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. For more information about this update, please visit the. Applies to: Office 2011, Office 2011 Home and Business Edition, Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011, Office for Mac Standard 2011 Edition, Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student 2011, and Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011. Supported Operating System Mac OS X • • Operating System Versions: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or a later version of Mac OS Note To verify that your computer meets these minimum requirements, on the Apple menu, click About This Mac. • Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0): You can download this update for free from the.