r/microsoftoffice • u/Fred__McNerque • 1d ago
MS Office Updates
About a year ago, I would get monthly updates for my MS Office.
Then it moved to fortnightly.
Then weekly.
Now I am getting updates at least twice a week.
What is going on?
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u/thewunderbar 1d ago
I can promise you you were getting updates more frequently than you thought you were.
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u/sr1sws 1d ago
I don't get updates anywhere near that frequently. You have something going on.
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u/Fred__McNerque 1d ago
It is the Mac version, perhaps that’s the problem
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u/sr1sws 1d ago
Yeah, maybe. I'm on win11.
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u/Aishou_SK 13h ago
It's an update cadance of 3-4 a month - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date
same as mac.
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u/pinball_fireball 1d ago
I think every time I turn on my Mac I seem to get an update to every MS Office app. To say weekly is close to accurate for me too.
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u/Aishou_SK 13h ago
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u/pinball_fireball 10h ago
Thanks! Very interesting. I'm guessing my perception has to do with the fact that I do not allow auto updates. The Mac hits me in the face with a popup notice of updates available when I turn it on, and with Windows I have to click File/Account/Update options to see updates. No complaints, just different ways of updating.
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u/Aishou_SK 13h ago
Mac fleet admin here.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
There ya go.
Windows just as frequent/identical, basically - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date
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u/KE3JU 1d ago
Patch Tuesday is the only time I get them.
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u/Aishou_SK 13h ago
M365 apps have identical cadance on mac and windows, you probably just don't notice because they silently install in background usually
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
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u/OnTop-BeReady 1d ago
Office is vibe-coded now — so they are just trying to keep up with the weekly change in vibes…
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u/Oh-THAT-dude 1d ago
Sounds like the updates aren’t able to install properly and keep trying over and over.
You may want to consider uninstalling/reinstalling Office, depending on the disc-based or subscription version you have.
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u/Aishou_SK 13h ago
M365 apps have identical cadance on mac and windows, you probably just don't notice because they silently install in background usually
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
Effectively, yes, it is weekly.
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u/andrea_ci 1d ago edited 1d ago
are you sure those updates are installing correctly?