Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac Will Soon Stop Letting You Edit Documents
www.macrumors.com
Microsoft will prevent Office 2019 for Mac owners from editing their documents from July 13, a restriction the company is attributing to the productivity suite's expiring digital certificate. The Office 2019 apps affected include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Once the certificate used to confirm the suite's license expires, these apps will drop into what Microsoft is calling "reduced functionality mode".
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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/kaclk on 2026-06-02 17:52:16+00:00.

There’s basically no justification for this other than Microsoft wants you to purchase a new product that you already own. This is outrageous.