Transferring Office 2016 for PC to Mac

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I apologize if this is not the right area for this particular question, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to utilize their PC version of Office on Mac?

I originally purchased Office 2016 H&S for PC, but I have since decided to sell that PC (I'm really not a fan of Windows 10 and it didn't preform as I'd hoped).

Is there anyway for me to get my license transferred to a Mac version?

If there isn't anyway to do that, has anyone found any sites where people willingly trade product keys or any places that you know do that?

I don't know, I'm just wanting to not have to spend another $150. xD

Any help is appreciated!
 

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Kaze, Welcome to Mac-Forums.

First off, there is no way that an app designed for Windows will work on a Mac — unless you ran it within a Windows partition on your Mac (Bootcamp or virtual software) with a paid-for version of Windows. But as you apparently don't like the Windows software, I'm assuming that is not an option.

As regards transferring the Licence — you could call Microsoft and try to persuade them to do this (good luck!); but the problem is not solved just yet — as you would need to purchase, or swap to, the Mac version of Office 2016.

So, in effect, you would be asking Microsoft to take back your Office for PC and replace it (plus license) for the Mac version (even better luck!)

Trading Licenses would not only be illegal, but worthless, for the reasons I've mentioned (you need the Mac version of Office 2016).

I guess none of this was what you wanted to hear, but I can't think of any other solution.

Ian
 

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Is there anyway for me to get my license transferred to a Mac version?

If there isn't anyway to do that, has anyone found any sites where people willingly trade product keys or any places that you know do that?

The answer to your first question is no chance. As to your second question, you can always advertise the trade on Craig's List and hope for the best. If you had purchased the single user version of Office 365, the license is good for 1 PC or 1 Mac.
 

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Good point Charlie. Like most of us I often don't pay attention to these kinds of licensing issues when buying software.
 
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Laugh of the month ferrarr expecting MS to make one sale when they can make two!
 

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I know, from a friend, that he was able to go through Adobe and get a Mac version of the Windows software that he purchased and installed in his pc.

Contact Microsoft and ask, they control the software.

Adobe has been known to cross license their purchase only apps. However, now that everything is by subscription they no longer do a cross license. Also, MS has never cross licensed their software between Windows and OS X and especially now that they have Office 365 by subscription which is licensed for both Windows and OS X.
 

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