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Microsoft Security Update Brings 64-Bit Support to All Mac Office Apps

JosephAW said:
I don't get it? I thought apple required 64 bit applications because their OS requires a 64 bit computer. You mean all this time it's been smoke and mirrors why I can't run Mt Lion on my older computer?
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The OS went all 64-bit with Mountain Lion if I recall. That means the hardware must be running the x86-64 architecture, which many older machines are not. Older machines, and versions of OS X were 32-bit.

A 64-bit OS can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. But a 32-bit system is not capable of using 64-bit ones. It simply comes down to an incompatibility of the processor architecture. It's the same reason that most modern smartphones are unable to run full desktop/laptop operating systems.
 
dmylrea said:
Many people use 3rd party add-ins to "add in" additional functionality in the office apps. These 3rd party add-ins are still 32-bit, so the onus is on them, not Microsoft. Because of that, MS recommends people use 32-bit Office apps to minimize issues.



You can always "try" 64-bit. If you have issues, uninstall and reinstall 32-bit. But remember...these are Office apps. The majority of time you are doing what? TYPING. They are INPUT apps. It's kind of a joke people want super fast computers for word processing! How fast can you type, anyways? :) If shaving a second or two off the initial launch of an office app is worth the possible issues of running 64-bit, then you have that choice to install 64-bit.



Since PC demand is down in general the past few years, the cost is up. People just aren't buying new computers like they did 10 years ago. Tablets and smartphones have eaten into that market, so now a decent laptop (yes there are cheap-o ones to be had) is easily north of $1000. Especially with all the bells and whistles.
[doublepost=1471955704][/doublepost]So how does one get this 15.25 update? I check for updates on my Macbook (currently at 15.24) and it says no updates available.
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Yeah, most of it is typing. But even my Word files are sometimes over 200 pages long with lots of formatting. And my Excel files are many MBs. Maybe I would see a performance improvement. I also search my Outlook email. Maybe it would help there. If it just improves launch speed of the app then useless as you point out.

Some of the PCs at $1,000 are terrible as well. Significantly inferior to build quality of a Macbook Air.
 
KPOM said:
Does it bring multi-core support to Excel?
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marksandvig said:
I would love to know the answer to this. Excel for Mac is unusable for large datasets without multicore support.

Is this update only for Office 2016? or do the early products get the update as well (Excel 2011, etc).
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johnnyenv said:
Nope it doesn't. Still using 1 core :(

Okay I can't tell a slight bit of difference in any application!
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Your_highness said:
Yup, just confirmed this as well...

Still taking forever to calculate changes in my 31MB excel file...
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You guys should go to this link and vote for this to be added. The Microsoft team has seen/responded to it but obviously the more people that vote for it the more they'll take it seriously. As you can see, it's by far the highest voted feature for Excel on Mac.
 
kwokaaron said:
You guys should go to this link and vote for this to be added. The Microsoft team has seen/responded to it but obviously the more people that vote for it the more they'll take it seriously. As you can see, it's by far the highest voted feature for Excel on Mac.
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I've been monitoring that for awhile, and while I agree that everyone should upvote it, I'm not sure what good it will do. Macs have had Multiple Cores for the last ten years, by this point I think Microsoft would have added it.
 
robinp said:
Every update breaks something fundamental. Microsofts quality control on their Mac office product is shocking and makes me anxious about any update.
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Sad, but true. Now when there is an update from Apple we question it or a little weary, hesitating to apply...
 
I'm not seeing the update on my Macbook Pro (Early 2015, El Capitan). Word says I've got version 15.24 (160709).

Am I supposed to receive this update through the Microsoft AutoUpdate program?

Edit: Got it through here
 
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Carlanga said:
What way?
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For me, I have a lot of file compatibility issues, saving issues (mostly affecting formatting), instability when doing something processor-intensive (usually pivot tables), more issues with scripts and macros... really, these are all things that are random, but they constantly inhibit my efficiency at work. Enough to the point where I've switched over to Windows only for most of the workday.

But one of the biggest design flaws that I don't understand is this—why is the ribbon and its features/organization not identical across platforms? I understand what MS was trying to do by adapting Office for Mac, but given today's cloud-based workspaces, that strategy is outdated. Just my opinion from my perspective, though.
 
I may have missed it, but I couldn't do a standard image crop within mac office 16 powerpoint using handles. Instead, I had to calculate the crop by entering in numbers. I've had the handles for years on windows office...
 
s0nicpr0s said:
The OS went all 64-bit with Mountain Lion if I recall. That means the hardware must be running the x86-64 architecture, which many older machines are not. Older machines, and versions of OS X were 32-bit.

A 64-bit OS can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. But a 32-bit system is not capable of using 64-bit ones. It simply comes down to an incompatibility of the processor architecture. It's the same reason that most modern smartphones are unable to run full desktop/laptop operating systems.
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The Core 2 Duo (from 2007) and later are 64 bit. The only 32 bit Intel processors that Apple used were the Core Duo and Core Solo.
 
Carlanga said:
What way?
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1) I can't even insert a simple table in Outlook for Mac, I had to go over and create in Word and then paste it in Outlook. Outlook for Windows can do it natively.

not being able to create a table natively is extremely annoying.

2) Can't request for read receipt in Outlook for Mac.

3) Archive only works if you are using Exchange 2016.

and there are many more others.
 
zzLZHzz said:
1) I can't even insert a simple table in Outlook for Mac, I had to go over and create in Word and then paste it in Outlook. Outlook for Windows can do it natively.

not being able to create a table natively is extremely annoying.

2) Can't request for read receipt in Outlook for Mac.

3) Archive only works if you are using Exchange 2016.

and there are many more others.
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Seems all your issues are w outlook. I never use it.
 
zzLZHzz said:
perhaps it just because i use outlook more than the other office app on the mac.

sometime i just jump over to windows to use office.
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I despise outlook even on Windows. I would recommend you to try thunderbird. I moved my mothers outlook accounts to thunderbird and it's so much faster and can be customized to serve exactly your needs. As for me, only web email on computers and the outlook app for iOS.
 
Carlanga said:
I despise outlook even on Windows. I would recommend you to try thunderbird. I moved my mothers outlook accounts to thunderbird and it's so much faster and can be customized to serve exactly your needs. As for me, only web email on computers and the outlook app for iOS.
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is there any particular reason why you despise outlook even on windows?

it doesn't take long to load unless your pst file is more than 50gb.
 
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