How to register my Office 2019 for Mac that I paid the life license

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How to register my Office 2019 for Mac that I paid the life license

Renan E. Morera 5

I bought Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac to use it permanently in my Macbook and it was working perfectly until Microsoft suddenly interfered my software version "ending support" which I don't need because Excel, Word and PowerPoint were working perfectly and I did not need any support from MS for this. Now I can't save my works just "read", Microsoft is forcing me to use Office 365 with a paid subscription.

How can reinstall my proper Office and register? A No answer is not acceptable.

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Renan E. Morera 5 Reputation points

2026-08-15T17:38:55.7833333+00:00

I need a version compatible with MacOS Ventura

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Renan E. Morera 5 Reputation points

2026-08-15T17:38:55.7833333+00:00

I need a version compatible with MacOS Ventura

Answer 1

I bought Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac to use it permanently in my Macbook and it was working perfectly until Microsoft suddenly interfered my software version "ending support"

I need a version compatible with MacOS Ventura

To run Office on your Mac, you'll need at least macOS 12 and you also need a version of Office which licenses release 16.83 or later. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/lifecycle/officeinstall/update-m365-office-macos-ios and https://www.brandwares.com/bestpractices/2023/03/most-recent-office-you-can-run-best-practices/ . You don't have to get a subscription version. You can get Office Home & Business 2024 which is a one-time payment license. Alternatively, you can try an open source suite such as LibreOffice, which offers decent file compatibility with Microsoft Office.

Answer 2

Jeff Chung 0

we have the same question. It forced me to upgrade to office 365 that I need to pay money again and again.

should we find a lawyer to solve this problem?

Stefan Blom 351.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2026-09-12T17:26:48.0833333+00:00

@Jeff Chung

You don't have to get a subscription version. You can get a current one-time payment product, such as Microsoft Office Home & Business 2024.

Note that you need macOS 12 or later. Under macOS 12, you won't be able to install the most recent version of Office, though. See https://www.brandwares.com/bestpractices/2023/03/most-recent-office-you-can-run-best-practices/ .

Alternatively, you can make use of open source software. See a previous reply of mine.

You can send feedback to Microsoft via the portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ . Keep in mind that decision makers at Microsoft do read all feedback submitted in the portal, but they don't follow the Q&A forum.

If you have additional questions for your fellow users in Q&A, you are welcome to start your own thread. Use the Ask a question option. Good luck.

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