Can I migrate my office 365 from an Intel base i7, 2014 Macbook Pro to a M4 Macbook Pro?

I want to migrate from my old in-use MacBook Pro Intel-based, to my new just purchased M4 MacBook pro. I am concerned with my applications, mainly office 365, should I leave it out of the process and download it after, to avoid malfunctions? What about other known issues with common applications?

I want to do this process using an external hard drive loaded with Time Machine.

Please give me some suggestions before I begin the migration.

Thanks...

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on May 14, 2025 7:44 PM

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May 15, 2025 6:44 AM in response to Hml101

You want all new Office 365 applications and licensing for the M4 MacBook Pro. Those new Office 365 executables are Universal2 binaries and will work on the M4 MacBook Pro. Only transfer your MS 365 documents to the new Mac.


Microsoft currently only supports macOS Ventura (13.*), Sonoma (14.*), and Sequoia (15.*) operating systems for new MS Office installations and licensing.

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May 15, 2025 8:52 AM in response to Hml101

Do not migrate the Office 365 apps from your old 2014 MBP to your new M4 MBP. Assuming you have an active (current) subscription to Office 365, just download a fresh copy from your MS account and do a new install on your M4.


Only migrate/copy/transfer your documents (Word, PPT, Excel files). As for Outlook email, on the assumption you have been using IMAP (not POP), just install Outlook & set up your email accounts; your IMAP folders & messages will appear.

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May 16, 2025 12:59 AM in response to Hml101

I would expect you could just make a clean install of it downloaded from microsoft and activate it with your subscription activation code or however they handle it


365 is a subscription so you don't really depend on the current installation to be transferred.


read Download Microsoft Office 365 for Windows and Mac | Microsoft 365


read How to Add Microsoft 365 to Another Computer

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Download, install, or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2024 on a PC or Mac - Microsoft Support

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Can I migrate my office 365 from an Intel base i7, 2014 Macbook Pro to a M4 Macbook Pro?

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