Transfer Office 2004 to a new Mac

[woundedlion]

I bought office for my last laptop. I want to install it on my new
Mac, but I don't want to purchase it again. Can I move it to my new
Mac without paying for it again? If so, how do I do this. I have
searched exhaustively without finding the answer. Thanks.

 

[Michel Bintener]

There is no activation for Mac Office, so you can simply install Office on
your new machine without any problems. Be aware though that the license
agreement states that you are allowed to install Office on a desktop machine
and a laptop, provided that you do not run Office applications on both of
them at the same time.

I bought office for my last laptop. I want to install it on my new
Mac, but I don't want to purchase it again. Can I move it to my new
Mac without paying for it again? If so, how do I do this. I have
searched exhaustively without finding the answer. Thanks.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

Apple provides a migration tool with MacOS.

There is more than one way to use this tool. Here's one possible scenario

If you have a brand new out of the box never before started Mac, then the
first time you start it you're taken through a series of screens, one of
which asks if you would like to transfer information from an old computer.

If you say yes, then you'll be instructed to connect the old computer to the
new one with a firewire cable. Then follow the instructions to migrate all
your existing applications and documents to the new computer. It will take a
long time if you have lots of applications and files.

As soon as you get to the desktop of your new computer look for the Office
2004 test drive. Trash the test drive folder (but *not* the migrated Office
2004 folder) then empty the trash. If you trash the test drive before
opening any office applications or documents you won't have to run the
uninstall utility.

Not only will you have brought your Office 2004 installation forward, but
all of your applications should be ready to run. Not only that you won't
have to enter product keys or install anything. The migration tool really
does a great job.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

I bought office for my last laptop. I want to install it on my new
Mac, but I don't want to purchase it again. Can I move it to my new
Mac without paying for it again? If so, how do I do this. I have
searched exhaustively without finding the answer. Thanks.

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
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[Kurt]

Hi,

Apple provides a migration tool with MacOS.

There is more than one way to use this tool. Here's one possible scenario

If you have a brand new out of the box never before started Mac, then the
first time you start it you're taken through a series of screens, one of
which asks if you would like to transfer information from an old computer.

If you say yes, then you'll be instructed to connect the old computer to the
new one with a firewire cable. Then follow the instructions to migrate all
your existing applications and documents to the new computer. It will take a
long time if you have lots of applications and files.

As soon as you get to the desktop of your new computer look for the Office
2004 test drive. Trash the test drive folder (but *not* the migrated Office
2004 folder) then empty the trash. If you trash the test drive before
opening any office applications or documents you won't have to run the
uninstall utility.

Not only will you have brought your Office 2004 installation forward, but
all of your applications should be ready to run. Not only that you won't
have to enter product keys or install anything. The migration tool really
does a great job.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

As I mentioned, though, it replaces your nice, new pristine Mac OS with
all the crap from your old machine. If you had the inkings of a problem
before, it could be staring you in the face when you do that first
restart.
Evaluate carefully if installing fresh new applications might be a more
prudent approach. Always has been for me.

 

[Diane Ross]

As I mentioned, though, it replaces your nice, new pristine Mac OS with
all the crap from your old machine. If you had the inkings of a problem
before, it could be staring you in the face when you do that first
restart.
Evaluate carefully if installing fresh new applications might be a more
prudent approach. Always has been for me.

I agree. Why bring over old baggage?

See " Move/Transfer from Another Computer" for help.


--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>