This week, Microsoft indicated that its support for Macs using M1 technology 'means that now our core flagship Office apps - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote - will run faster and take full advantage of the performance improvements on new Macs, making you even more productive on the latest MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.' Microsoft typically has continued to release Office versions for the Mac, although the new features often lag their Windows counterpart. Apple also has Rosetta 2 software that permits Macs with Apple-built silicon to run apps that were built for Intel processors. Apple indicated that 'all of Apple's Mac software is now Universal and runs natively on M1 systems.' By 'Universal,' Apple likely means that applications run on macOS, iOS and Android operating systems. The M1 is also optimized for Apple's macOS Big Sur, its latest major operating system release for the Mac. Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word for the Mac are now based on the 'Universal macOS binary.' Users won't have to do anything as the macOS will load 'the most optimal app components for your device,' it added.Īpple described M1 last month as its 'first chip designed specifically for the Mac,' claiming speed advantages over Intel Core processors.

Microsoft added 'native support for both Apple silicon and Intel-based Macs' with its December Microsoft 365 and Office 2019 releases, Microsoft indicated in a support article.

Microsoft 365 applications can now run on Mac machines using Apple's M1 system-on-chip technology, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.

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