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Hi, I recently installed High Sierra via an Apple Tech. I have Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and all it's apps are 32 bit. When I went into MS Word it told me it need to be updated to 64 bit. Can I do this, if so how do I do it. The 2nd part of my question is should delete all other apps that have 32bit.
Any and all information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Have a great weekend.
Upgrade your software—
This is a generic warning only. You have to do nothing, 32-bit apps continue to work on both High Sierra & Mojave.
In the future release of macOS 10.15 Catalina, applications will have to be 64-bit. App developers will issue updated apps if they want their apps to work on these future releases.
32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13 ... - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436
Upgrade your software—
This is a generic warning only. You have to do nothing, 32-bit apps continue to work on both High Sierra & Mojave.
In the future release of macOS 10.15 Catalina, applications will have to be 64-bit. App developers will issue updated apps if they want their apps to work on these future releases.
32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13 ... - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436
You can continue to use compatible 32-bit/64-bit applications on High Sierra and Mojave, but Catalina (10.15) requires 64-bit applications.
You get a 64-bit release of MS Office with either a new Office 365 subscription, or the single-purchase of Office 2019 for Mac, so it will cost you to upgrade to a 64-bit MS Office from your ancient Office 2008 (which was never tested on High Sierra or Mojave).
Third-party application vendors will also be the source of 64-bit updates, or not depending on their customer commitment, and whether the product that you seek to upgrade has not been discontinued altogether.
I am so sorry for the late response VikingOSX, it really helped me and I appreciate the time you took out to explain it all all and to also give me the links to read. Again, I wish I answered soon but I wasn’t feeling well.
I recently installed High Sierra, how do I get apps that are 32bit to 64bit?
