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(48,797 posts) Sat Jan 23, 2021, 01:10 PM Jan 2021

Is Microsoft inside my iMac?

I have been using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (and Word) since forever. More than 30 years. First it was Microsoft Works and then Office. I had an Office for Students when I got my Mac in 2011 and then another program two years ago with my then new iMac.

I have been getting one of those messages that it was time to update or upgrade at cost, of course, and just ignored.

But in the past couple of days. all my spreadsheets have a warning on top of them to upgrade and update. How did they get into them? They are only on my desk iMac, no cloud or anything like that.

I don't mind updating but I want to make sure that I will still be able to open old workbooks. And.. they do have some glitches that I once tried to ask on their Facebook and never got a reply (but a few "likes&quot

Anyone? I am asking here because they are for the Mac..

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Is Microsoft inside my iMac? (Original Post) question everything Jan 2021 OP

Probably the MS Update daemon running in the background Zorro Jan 2021 #1

Auto-updates. relayerbob Jan 2021 #2

Thanks. This sucks. I don't like to have financial information up in the "ether" question everything Jan 2021 #3

Just google Microsoft Office replacements relayerbob Jan 2021 #6

You might want to try iWork Auggie Jan 2021 #4

Thanks, will look into this. Hope does not require Cloud.. question everything Jan 2021 #5

No cloud. The software lives on your computer. Auggie Jan 2021 #8

I suggest DO NOT UPGRADE. Tetrachloride Jan 2021 #7

Thanks. Have no intention on going to the cloud question everything Jan 2021 #9

Zorro

(16,286 posts)

1. Probably the MS Update daemon running in the background

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Jan 23, 2021, 01:23 PM

Jan 2021

Phoning home to report your current Office version and to let you know your Office version isn't supported any more.

I get it, too.

relayerbob

(7,019 posts)

2. Auto-updates.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Jan 23, 2021, 01:29 PM

Jan 2021

They are discontinuing the at-home versions of those for Macs and are only going to allow the cloud versions. My wife had that happen already. If you are only now seeing them, you haven't been updating or used them very often. The cloud versions work well, if you are into cloud services. If not, your choices are to ignore the notes or get something else

question everything

(48,797 posts)

3. Thanks. This sucks. I don't like to have financial information up in the "ether"

Reply to relayerbob (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 23, 2021, 01:40 PM

Jan 2021

And, frankly, I don't know of "something else." I suppose I will just have to ignore them..

relayerbob

(7,019 posts)

6. Just google Microsoft Office replacements

Reply to question everything (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 23, 2021, 04:29 PM

Jan 2021

There are a lot of them. LibreOffice and OpenOffice are two well-known ones

Auggie

(31,798 posts)

4. You might want to try iWork

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Jan 23, 2021, 02:28 PM

Jan 2021

Programmed by Apple to work with Mac iOS. I think it’s light years better (more stable and intuitive) than Microsoft Office. It’s free from Apple too.