User level: Level 1 (4 points)macbook pro2017 thunderbold3 unable to install Microsoft365, can I upgrade my os version so that I can install softwares
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Original Title: OS upgrade
Posted on Sep 28, 2026 2:33 PM
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Sep 29, 2026 1:39 PM in response to MartinR
As of today, Microsoft 365 in the Mac App Store requires Sonoma 14.4. Either that is outdated information and it now requires Sequoia, or it will very soon.
User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Sep 29, 2026 4:57 PM in response to HWTech
HWTech wrote:
If you have a subscription to the web based version, then you can access some slimmed down versions of those apps using just a current third party web browser.
Microsoft – Microsoft 365 – Use Microsoft 365 apps for free on the web
You can use the Web-based apps for free, without a subscription – for now. However, a free Microsoft account only comes with 5 GB of OneDrive cloud storage. I believe that when you are using Microsoft's free Web apps, you must save your documents in OneDrive – and a OneDrive plan that offers 100 GB of storage for use by one person is $19.99 USD/year.
User level: Level 7 (27,833 points)Sep 28, 2026 2:46 PM in response to tejaswikotapati
tejaswikotapati wrote: macbook pro2017 thunderbold3 unable to install Microsoft365, can I upgrade my os version so that I can install softwares
Unfortunately, no. Ventura is the maximum version of macOS compatible with that year/model.
MS 365 installation currently requires Sequoia, Tahoe or Golden Gate. (Although because Golden Gate was released so recently it's possible MS has not yet dropped Sonoma off the list.) But Ventura, no.
You might consider one of the following alternatives:
User level: Level 7 (27,833 points)Sep 29, 2026 5:31 PM in response to VikingOSX
VikingOSX wrote:
As of today, Microsoft 365 in the Mac App Store requires Sonoma 14.4. Either that is outdated information and it now requires Sequoia, or it will very soon.
Yes, it will probably change soon.
MS's official position is:
"One of the three most recent versions of macOS. When a new major version of macOS is released, the macOS and the previous two versions." Officially, today, that would be Sequoia, Tahoe, Golden Gate.
If the OP happens to be running Sonoma 14.4 he/she could install MS 365 today ... and continue to use it ... but once MS updates the macOS requirements they will no longer get any MS 365 updates on the Sonoma machine.
User level: Level 9 (78,350 points)Sep 29, 2026 12:54 PM in response to tejaswikotapati
If you have a subscription to the web based version, then you can access some slimmed down versions of those apps using just a current third party web browser.
User level: Level 9 (78,350 points)Sep 30, 2026 7:22 AM in response to Servant of Cats
Servant of Cats wrote:
HWTech wrote:
If you have a subscription to the web based version, then you can access some slimmed down versions of those apps using just a current third party web browser.
Microsoft – Microsoft 365 – Use Microsoft 365 apps for free on the web
You can use the Web-based apps for free, without a subscription – for now. However, a free Microsoft account only comes with 5 GB of OneDrive cloud storage. I believe that when you are using Microsoft's free Web apps, you must save your documents in OneDrive – and a OneDrive plan that offers 100 GB of storage for use by one person is $19.99 USD/year.
Microsoft – Microsoft 365 – OneDrive Plans and Pricing
Thanks, I think I knew that at one time.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256366771