{"id":482777,"date":"2023-03-07T12:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=482777"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:35:27","slug":"microsoft-makes-outlook-free-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/482777-microsoft-makes-outlook-free-for-mac.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft makes Outlook free for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MacOS users can now use Microsoft Outlook for free without needing a 365 subscription or Office licence, the company announced in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/outlook-blog\/outlook-mac-for-all\/ba-p\/3757787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The program is now <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/microsoft-outlook\/id985367838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free to download<\/a><\/strong> from Apple&#8217;s App Store. However, the download page does specify that Microsoft Outlook for Mac offers in-app purchases.<\/p>\n<p>While it lets users buy a Microsoft 365 licence, it isn&#8217;t a requirement to use the app.<\/p>\n<p>The in-app purchases include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft 365 Personal \u2014 $69.99 (R1,276)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft 365 Family \u2014 $99.99 (R1,823)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft 365 Personal (monthly) \u2014 $6.99 (R127)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft 365 Family (monthly) \u2014 $9.99 (R182)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outlook for Mac supports Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, and any email accounts for which the provider has Internet message access protocol (IMAP) support.<\/p>\n<p>The app for Mac is optimised for the M1 and M2 chips and has a widget for calendar entries and native notification centre support.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outlook-mac-widgets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-482785\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outlook-mac-widgets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outlook-mac-widgets.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outlook-mac-widgets-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outlook-mac-widgets-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outlook-mac-widgets-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To help you stay on top of your email and calendar while using other apps, you can view your agenda using a widget and see reminders in the Notification Center,&#8221; said partner product group manager for Outlook, Michael Palermiti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also creating a peek of upcoming calendar events in the Menu Bar (coming soon).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/3\/6\/23626922\/microsoft-outlook-mac-free-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge<\/a><\/strong>, the change for Outlook for Mac comes as the company revamps the Outlook app for Windows.<\/p>\n<p>The revamp will likely see Microsoft combine the Windows Mail and Outlook apps into a single email client for Windows.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been testing a web-powered version of Outlook since May 2022, and it will likely also be free for Windows users.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;One Outlook&#8221; app for Windows is effectively Outlook.com in the form of a progressive web app (PWA). Microsoft confirmed that it has no intention of updating Outlook for Mac to a PWA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new Outlook for Mac is a native macOS app. Microsoft plans to continue building and maintaining best-in-class native apps on macOS and iOS. No Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are planned for Mac Outlook,&#8221; Palermiti said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/482565-ai-not-yet-ready-to-take-over-mcdonalds-jobs.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">AI not yet ready to take over McDonald&#8217;s jobs<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Outlook is now free to download for Mac users from the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":482783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[8911,2120,36626,84769,123,17200],"class_list":["post-482777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-apple-app-store","tag-mac","tag-macos","tag-michael-palermiti","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-outlook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482847,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482777\/revisions\/482847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}