Check for Updates on Mac using Office 2019

Hi Debbie,

Please disregard Linn's reply. It is factually incorrect and the advice to follow is wrong.

If you are using a current version of Mac OS, the version of Office you should have is 16.78.3. To find out what is currently installed, go to the Applications folder, then right-click on Microsoft Excel.app. Choose Get Info from the menu. That panel shows the version number near the top. I'm using the latest beta version 16.86, but yours should say 16.78.3

If your version is 16.78.3 you don't need to do anything at all. You can delete AutoUpdate. You’ll find it in the MAU2.0 folder which should be located in:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0

If your version is lower than 16.78.3 then do the following to get the latest AutoUpdate, which will then install the 16.78.3 update: Download a copy of the current version of AutoUpdate from this link, install and then run AutoUpdate to bring your installation to current update level, then restart your Mac. If the updater does not open automatically after download, double-click the downloaded .pkg file. Click this link to download the updater. The update is free.

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=830196

If your version is higher than 16.78.3 then you have to completely remove what you currently have installed, after which you should use the 16.78.3 installer:

Uninstall Office for Mac - Microsoft Support

Install 16.78.3: Office suite (with Teams)

This reply is for Linn only.

You stated:"Office2019, Office2021 all three use the same installation package." This is a false assertion. Office 2019 uses a separate installer from Office 2019 and 2021, which share the same installer.

In order to save time in the future, whenever you tell Microsoft forum users to do impossible things using interface elements that simply do not exist, or contains factually wrong information, your reply will be removed as not relevant to the thread.

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4/27/2024 by Copilot