Office 2024 Home and Business Mac: classic apps incl. Outlook as a one-time purchase

Office 2024 Home and Business Mac is the edition with the classic Office apps including Outlook that you buy once and use permanently on your Mac – entirely without a subscription. You get Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook as a one-time purchase and set them up immediately by download. The licence has no expiry date; security updates are available within the support period provided by Microsoft.

What the Home and Business edition for Mac offers

The Home and Business edition is aimed at everyone who needs the classic Office apps including an email program. You pay once and use the programs as a perpetual licence on your Mac – with no recurring costs and no subscription. After purchase, you install Office directly by download.

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook in the Mac version
• One-time purchase instead of a subscription – the licence has no expiry date
• Immediately by download, installed Microsoft-signed
• Security updates within the Microsoft lifecycle

Who this edition is suited to

The edition suits private users and small businesses that need Outlook for their emails and edit their documents locally. If you'd simply rather own Office than rent it, the one-time purchase is the obvious choice. You continue to open and edit existing files in .docx, .xlsx and .pptx format just as before.

Runs on your Mac: system requirements

• Apple Silicon (M-series) and Intel Macs are supported
• A current macOS version supported by Microsoft
• Internet connection for download and activation
• Sufficient free storage space for the installation

Office 2019 and non-updated 2021 for Mac: read-only from 13 July 2026

From 13 July 2026, Microsoft is switching Office 2019 for Mac into a pure read-only mode. The reason is the expiry of the code-signing certificate, which Microsoft is not renewing. The apps still launch, but can only be used for opening, viewing and printing – editing and saving is then no longer possible. A non-updated Office 2021 for Mac is also affected; an updated 2021 version (from build 16.83 onwards) remains fully functional for now.

Office 2024 Home and Business for Mac is the clean solution if you want to keep editing and saving. You get a current perpetual licence, keep your existing files and carry on working without a subscription. To that end, the edition comes with the classic apps including Outlook.

Licence and scope of delivery at a glance

Office 2024 Home and Business for Mac is a one-time purchase with a perpetual licence – no subscription and no expiry date on the licence. You get the classic apps including Outlook and install them immediately by download after purchase. For plain Office users on the Mac who want to own Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook permanently, the one-time purchase is the obvious choice.