Recover licensed version of Microsoft Office from Time Machine Backup

[Abdulhaq]

I had bought a used 2011 Mac mini whcih had licenced version Microsoft Office 2008. I used to make backups of this machine on Time Machine through my Airport Extreme. I formatted and sold this macmini. Later I bought a late 2014 Mac mini which does not have Microsoft Office in it. Neither of these mac minis have any important data on them. Kindly show me as to how I can restore the backup of the previous macmini to the new macmini and recover the licensed version of my Microsoft Office 2008.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I have no clue how to recover it; I'll leave answering that to someone else. But what version of macOS are you running on the 2014? I don't think Office 2008 will work on Catalina or later - I believe that's where 32 bit apps quit working. So if you're on Catalina or later, I'd just skip it.

Personally I just use Pages/Numbers/Keynote instead... and even if you MUST use Word/Excel for features they have... I'd rather take a beating than ever use PowerPoint instead of Keynote again.

 

[Abdulhaq]

I am using Big Sur OS. I did not know that Office2008 is a 32 bit application. Thanks for informing me. Now there is no point in recovering it. Thanks for the information.