In case you did not yet upgrade your OS X to Yosemite, this will be the first thing to do.
They were clearly not prepared for such a high demand. Microsoft’s servers were rather slow or not responding. Office 2016 will improve everything for the Mac users and therefore many of them seemed to request for the free download since Microsoft announced its availability on their blog. Working with SharePoint has been a rather painful job on a Mac. One of the biggest advantages of Office 2013 is the integration with among others SharePoint and OneDrive. The launch of Office 2013 meant a huge upgrade for the Windows user. Office 2011 for Mac used to be a lot better than the version for the Windows users several years ago. So, I tried, but the installation included some unpleasant surprises. Recent previews of Microsoft solutions are rather stable. Ok, it is “just” a preview and may be you shouldn’t use it for your business, but on the other hand why not give it a try.
I knew it was coming, but didn’t expect it to be available already. This week’s announcement that a preview of the new Office 2016 for Mac is now officially available was a little surprise to me.
