#OFFICE FOR MAC M1 UPDATE#
In another bonus for all Mac users, Microsoft says the update also delivers a visual update to play nice with the aesthetic of the new macOS 11 Big Sur operating system, with a new Office Start experience. The new Office apps are Universal, so they will continue to run great on Macs with Intel processors,” Microsoft writes in a blog post. “This means that now our core flagship Office apps-Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote-will run faster and take full advantage of the performance improvements on new Macs, making you even more productive on the latest MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The update, which doesn’t include Teams as yet, gives the apps universal status, which means they’ll run natively on both Intel and M1 Macs without the need for visualisation software. Microsoft has announced the likes of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and One Note are now fully compatible with the new computers running the new Apple Silicon processors.
If you’re waiting on Microsoft to update its Office productivity suite before jumping on a new M1-powered Apple Mac, then get your credit card at the ready.