195
Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac Will Soon Stop Letting You Edit Documents (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Microsoft's messaging on the subject hasn't done it any favors, either. Its end-of-support page for Office 2019 for Mac, originally posted in October 2023, once told owners to "Rest assured that all your Office 2019 apps will continue to function." A revision now dated May 15, 2026 has dropped that line, replacing it with a note that their data "can be accessed in a supported Microsoft 365 or Office product."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Just cut off the programs internet acces and any updates to it, then they cant break it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    It won’t help, Office relies on being digitally signed before it will run, and Microsoft is intentionally not renewing the certificate in order to force people off these older perpetual licenses.

    It should be illegal to pull this kind of digital theft from people who paid for the software. No one who paid for this was ever told their access was time limited.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent