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If you see a message that updated time zone definitions are available, restart your Mac to install them.In the Time Zone pane, make sure that ”Set time zone automatically using current location” is selected and your Mac is connected to the internet.Click the lock in the corner of the window, then enter your administrator password to unlock the settings.Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Date & Time.If a device is "retired" (ie will not be used again due to sale or failure), users can contact Microsoft to reassign licenses sooner. Licenses can be reassigned to different devices, but are restricted from doing so more often than once every 90 days. The post did not specify the details of what's included in the "hardware configuration" report. Information sent to Microsoft during the activation process includes the version, license version, language and product key of the software as well as the IP address and hardware profile of the device.

Home & Business editions offer a 1-license and 2-license version. The 2011 license limits each activation to one device, cutting the number of allowable machines in half. The Home & Student Edition of Microsoft Office 2011 (Family Pack version) still has three licenses, but in the 2008 edition each license was good for one desktop and one laptop install, meaning up to six Macs in a household could run the software. The activation ties the use of the software to a specific device and reveals other information (such as the IP address and hardware configuration), but can be reassigned to another device any number of times, limited to once every 90 days. The site, which is an unofficial resource for Mac Office users, cites the Office 2011 End User License Agreement (EULA) as its source. Updated 11:00 pm EDT, Fri October 22, 2010License limited to one Mac, can be "reassigned"Īmong the many changes in Microsoft Office 2011 is the arrival of product "activation" done via internet or by phone - a first for Office on the Mac, a recent blog post from Office for Mac Help has revealed.

Office 2011 for Mac requires activation? | MacNN I have enough trouble keeping Windows 7 activated in Parallels and the the weekly phone call to get it working again is more than I care to do with Office.no thanks. With ACTIVATION now a part of it.forget it. I was almost leaning toward upgrading from 2008 until the recent news listed above.

THEN I read David Pogue(a respectable Opinionist on all things Mac) trashing it and lists valid reasons why.then I read THIS! Activation.on a Mac.įigured it was only a matter of time before M$ got their grubby little activation process on the Mac platform. Ok, so I read first that MacBU is roling out Outlook's features "in stages" as it won't sync with Google Calendar right off the bat.