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Staying quiet on compatibility of Office 2011 serves Microsoft’s ends. Aside from the support deadline, Redmond has a vested interest in getting anyone with Office 2011 to hand over more money for Office 2016/Mac. Beyond that there’s a broad level of caution“Not all Office functionality may be available, and you may encounter stability problems where apps unexpectedly quit. “That means you’ll have to update your current Office 2016 for Mac before switching to High Sierra.If you try to use Office 2016 for Mac v15.34 or before, you may be stopped.Microsoft says it hasn’t tested Office 2011 for Mac on High Sierra and no support will be provided.They point out that support for Office 2011 ends in a few months, on 10 October 2017.On the other hand, it’s hard to believe that the Office for Mac team hasn’t devoted some effort to testing Office 2011 on the upcoming macOS. Office 2016 for MacMicrosoft says Office 2016 for Mac version 15.35 or later will install on MacOS 10.13.That’s interesting because the current public release of Office/Mac is v15.34 (0.01 less) – even the latest Office isn’t officially ready for the upcoming Mac release.Microsoft will only say that v15.35 will install. As if moving more than 80 of the world's goods wasn't a big mission already, the pandemic created urgent needs for certain goods to be shipped to all corners of the globe.The new MacOS has one major change so Microsoft’s caution about Office compatibility is understandable.There’s also a multi-key system with different keys for file and metadata. An entire drive can be encrypted, much like Windows Bitlocker. Unlike most file systems (including Microsoft’s NTFS), Apple File System has been designed with encryption in mind. Gone is the 30-year-old HFS+ system in favor of APFS Apple File System.APFS has many new features but the one of most relevance to Office users is encryption.
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