So, you have a new Mac with OSX and you’re excited to use it. But, you don’t have Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 installed on the new computer. You can find the installation disk, but how do you move the license? Believe it or not, it is actually possible to transfer Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac’s license from one machine to another – and it’s just a matter of copying a few files. So far this process has worked on every computer I have tested it on, please let me know (in the comments) if this works for you too. I’ll take you through the dead simple step-by-step process of how to do this.
Look into the Office 2011 crack folder, you should find the instruction named “Office README!!” and the com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist file which shows: “Just make sure to exit all MS Office 2011 apps, then opy the com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist file into the /Library/Preferences/ folder” How to open dmg file. Apr 14, 2011 copy the file com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist from the old machine to the new one. According to MS, the file can be located in the Library/Preferences folder at HD level (not in the Home.
Briefly: With this process, you’ll be able to effectively transfer a valid, activated license from one OS X computer to another.
Update: It appears as though .lockfiles mentioned are purely optional. If you don’t have one (as shown in the photo below), there is no need to worry. This process works the same.
Update: Also, some of these folders are hidden, to shown them in finder on MacOS Sierra and above, use the key combination of CMD + SHIFT + .
I should note too, these files and folders are named in very similar ways. It’s easy to get tripped up. Take this process slow, move through each file one at a time, not missing anything.
On the OLD Mac:
1. Click on the desktop or make sure your Mac menu is on “Finder”
2. On the Go menu, click Computer
Double-click your hard disk icon. The default name will be Macintosh HD
Open Library, and then open LaunchDaemons.
Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist to an external hard disk or USB key
3. On the Go menu, click Computer.
Double-click your hard disk icon. The default name will be Macintosh HD
Open Library, and then open PrivilegedHelperTools.
Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper to an external hard disk or USB key
4. On the Go menu, click Computer
Double-click your hard disk icon. The default name will be Macintosh HD
Open Library, and then open Preferences
Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist to an external hard disk or USB key
On the NEW Mac:
1. Install your copy of Office 2011 on the new Mac computer
2. Click on the desktop or make sure your Mac menu is on “Finder”
3. On the Go menu, click Computer
Double-click your hard disk icon. The default name will be Macintosh HD
Open Library, and then open LaunchDaemons
Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist from an external hard disk or USB key. If the file exists, replace it.
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4. On the Go menu, click Computer
Double-click your hard disk icon. The default name will be Macintosh HD
Open Library, and then open PrivilegedHelperTools
Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper from an external hard disk or USB key. If the file exists, replace it.
5. On the Go menu, click Computer
Double-click your hard disk icon. The default name will be Macintosh HD
Open Library, and then open Preferences
Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist from an external hard disk or USB key. If the file exists, replace it.
You are done. Run Microsoft Office and Enjoy!
Be sure to uninstall your copy of Office 2011 off the old computer and keep the above files available in case you need to reinstall Office 2011 Mac again. If this process doesn’t work, you’re likely going to have to call Microsoft Support.
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Office 2011 can be install in parallel of Office 2016 but this version won’t work anymore from OS X Catalina (Sept 2019 release).
Download (1) the installer and (2) the preference file com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist_.zip
Install Office 2011 by double clicking on the installer. When you are asked to enter a license key, skip that step or enteranything. It will be refused. Then, quit the installer, if necessary by pressing simultaneously Alt Ctrl Escape (force quit).
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If you don’t have access to your hard disk, open a Finder window and select the menu 'Presentation / Show sidebar' as below (sorry in French in the picture).
Then select the menu 'Finder / Preferences' and in the 'Sidebar' tab, click on the 'Hard Drives' as below.
Back in the Finder window, select your hard drive (it should look like this image below).
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The new window should display the following folders, at least.
Select Library, then Preferences and drag the downloaded file there 'com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist' after having unzipped it. If necessary, replace the one that is already there.
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