Last Updated: March 23, 2018 There’s nothing worse than updating and finding that it breaks or causes but it’s actually easy to roll back an Office update on Mac. You need to make sure that you were already using a backup solution prior to the update, preferably Apple’s (which is included by default in OS X) or another backup programs such as or Here’s how to roll back an Office 2016 or Office 2011 update on Mac using Time Machine. Select the Time Machine icon in the Menu Bar and select Browse Other Time Machine Disks. Then select the closest date prior to when you applied the update and Office was working fine.
You must then go to your Microsoft Office folder and click on the gear cog at the top of the folder window and select Restore “Microsoft Office 2011” to from the drop down menu. When prompted, select Applications. Click Replace when prompted The next time you start Microsoft Office, make sure that you don’t update until you’re sure that the update is safe to install! If you have any problems or questions on how to revert back to a previous Office update on Mac, let us know in the comments below.
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Update for Mac and Outlook I just updated my Macbook with the new Sierra update and the previous version of Outlook is not supported by this update. When I re-download Outlook, it does not allow me to fully download the program. Outlook 2011 on the Mac stores a bajillion individual messages. I'm guessing this was to allow Spotlight to properly search the messages, but it's still a bit odd for an old-school Outlook user.
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