What’s in it?Apple has their list of Catalina changes here. Check the version in one of the Office apps or go to Help | Check for updates.The current Office for Mac Office 365 or Office 2019 are OK with Catalina. There’s no workaround for this.Office 2016 for Mac needs to be v15.35 or later, which it probably is, if you’ve updated anytime in the last few months. This will force you to uninstall the As we warned back in June, older Office for Mac will not work with MacOS Catalina.If you have Office 2011 for Mac or before, do NOT update to Catalina because Office will stop working. Microsoft offers new and advanced updates regularly on Office 365, sometimes the auto-update feature does not work on Mac.The single program for entertainment is split into separate programs Music, TV and Podcasts. ITunes is goneFarewell iTunes. The other is great for Microsoft Office users, thought it’s not available to everyone. One is a major change in the way audio/video entertainment is managed.
Office for Mac supports Touch Bar so you can get extra buttons on Word, Excel or PowerPoint.TouchBar at the bottom of an iPad screen Source: DuetIf Sidecar seems familiar, that’s because it’s VERY similar to the existing utility Duet that we’ve talked about before.Duet still has a place because it works way beyond the narrow range of devices that Catalina’s Sidecar does. The extended screen also gets a Touch Bar, even if the Mac doesn’t have a hardware Touch Bar. That includes using an Apple Pencil. Bring up the menu for the Dock icon and choose Options | Remove from Dock.Catalina boasts Sidecar which lets you use an iPad as a secondary screen for your Mac.This works wirelessly and gives a Mac computer touch features via the iPad screen. It’s easy to get rid of these, or any, unwanted intrusions. In our experience a wired connection is more reliable and quick compared to a wireless connection.Sidecar viable Ipads are iPad Pro 12.9”, 11”, 10.5” or 9.7”, iPad 6th generation or later, iPad Air 3 rd gen or later or iPad mini 5 th gen or later. MacBookor MacBook Pro from 2016 or laterThe computer needs an in-built USB-C socket to connect with a cable. Sidecar limitationsSidecar has very specific hardware requirements that leave many Apple customers out. Excel 2011 Download And InstallWe had to download and install the latest version from Adobe. Third-party developers, including Microsoft, have been using and testing Catalina for some time, so they should have already updated their apps to work and take advantage of new features.Update Microsoft Office for Mac from any Office program Help | Check for Updates.In other programs, look for an updates option under Help or the program menu at top left.Some programs, including Microsoft Remote Desktop, are updated via the Mac App Store | Updates.The free Adobe Reader DC program would not update on our machines, for unknown reasons. Update programsIt’s a good idea to update your Mac programs before the change to Catalina. This is especially important for your audio and video media as well as photos.The change from iTunes to separate programs should go smoothly but it’ll be frustrating if your carefully collected music files are messed up in the changeover.Catalina also has big changes to the Photos program so make sure all your photographs and video are copied, just in case. Backup, Backup, BackupAs usual, make one or more backups. Before updating to CatalinaBefore doing a major change to your operating systems, there’s important preparation that you skip at your peril. Avast compatibility for macOffice Watch quickly updated to Catalina so we could write this article, but most people don’t need to update now.Better to wait, let others discover any bugs and give time for Apple to fix them. WaitThere are likely to be problems with any major updates to an operating system, Mac or Windows. The Catalina update checks for non-compatible programs but some might be overlooked. Catalina won’t work with old 32-bit programs.That’s the main reason why Office 2011 for Mac won’t work with Catalina.Apple has been warning about this for years and developers should have switched to 64-bit programs even if you didn’t realize it.But it’s worth checking any older programs to make sure they are 64-bit. 32-bit begoneAs we’ve already mentioned. Notification program permissions have to be reconfirmed. The update is normal for Mac’s and mostly happens without human intervention.The problem is the update aftermath. Apple recommends having at least 20GB of free disk space for the changeover. Don’t expect to resume working right away because there’s quite a few prompts to clear.The update process is standard, a 6.5GB download then up to 45 minutes for the actual install. Time consuming updateCatalina is more time consuming to update than previous MacOS changes. In most cases choose ‘Allow’ or ‘OK’.
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