Microsoft Word 2024 for Mac – Lifetime License Key (1 Mac)

Microsoft Word 2024 for Mac: a perpetual Word license for one Mac

Mac owners have long faced an awkward choice when they only need Word. Apple's Pages is free but does not round-trip complex .docx files cleanly, Microsoft 365 charges every month for applications they will never open, and a suite box adds Excel and PowerPoint to the bill. Microsoft Word 2024 for Mac as a standalone perpetual license is the direct answer: one application, one Mac, one payment, and full compatibility with every Word document your colleagues, professors or clients send you.

This is the Mac release of the Office 2024 generation. It runs natively on Apple silicon as well as Intel Macs, follows macOS Dark Mode and Retina scaling, and stores files wherever you like, from iCloud Drive and the local Documents folder to OneDrive and SharePoint. Microsoft supports Word 2024 until October 9, 2029. The key we deliver is genuine, arrives by email within minutes with the official download link, and is protected by our 30-day money-back guarantee. The license type is shown in the Product Overview table on this page.

Who this license suits

• University students and faculty on MacBooks who need Word's citations, footnotes, styles and Track Changes to match what the department uses, without a four-year subscription.
• Writers, journalists and translators who work in long documents and want a fast, offline application that does not check a subscription every month.
• Freelancers and consultants who receive client documents in .docx and must return them with tracked edits and comments intact.
• Home users who already have Numbers or Excel covered and only need proper Word compatibility on the family iMac.
• Small offices standardizing on Mac hardware that want a perpetual license they can record as a one-time asset.

What Word 2024 for Mac gives you

Word for Mac reached feature parity with the Windows edition for most everyday work several versions ago, and the 2024 release continues that. The highlights:

• Native Apple silicon performance on M-series Macs, with the same universal installer serving Intel machines
• Editor pane with spelling, grammar, clarity and readability suggestions
• Modern threaded comments, @mentions and Track Changes with the Just Mine filter
• Focus mode, Immersive Reader and Read Aloud for distraction-free writing and proofreading by ear
• Full macOS Dark Mode support with a dark page canvas, and Retina-sharp rendering of fonts and graphics
• Open and edit PDF files, export to PDF with tagged accessibility structure
• Styles, Navigation Pane, captions, cross-references, table of contents and bibliography tools for long documents
• Mail merge from Excel workbooks or Apple Contacts, and VBA macro support for legacy templates
• Continuity features such as Handoff and Universal Clipboard when paired with an iPhone or iPad
• The refreshed Office 2024 theme and Fluent icons, consistent with the Windows version for mixed teams

As with every perpetual Office 2024 product, Copilot and the other cloud AI tools are not included; they are part of certain Microsoft 365 subscriptions. What you get is the complete, stable Word for Mac that Microsoft keeps secure through 2029.

Word 2024 for Mac compared with your other options

If you also need Excel or Outlook on the Mac, Office 2024 Home and Business covers all of them with one key. If Word is the only Microsoft application you open, this listing is the one to buy.

Windows or Mac: which Word 2024 key do you need?

The two versions share file formats, features and support dates, but the keys are not interchangeable. A Windows key installs only on Windows 10 or 11; this Mac key installs only on macOS. If you run Windows in a virtual machine such as Parallels on your Mac, you need the Windows product, Word 2024 for Windows, for that virtual PC. A few Windows-only capabilities, such as certain COM add-ins and some enterprise integrations, remain unavailable on the Mac, while the Mac version has its own strengths in macOS integration. For writing, editing, reviewing and formatting, the experience is the same on both.

Upgrading from Word 2019 or Word 2021 for Mac

If you already own an older Mac edition, the practical reasons to move to Word 2024 are support life and hardware. Office 2019 for Mac is out of Microsoft support, and Office 2021 for Mac reaches the end of mainstream support on October 13, 2026, while Word 2024 is supported until October 9, 2029. Word 2024 is also the release tuned for current Apple silicon Macs and the latest macOS versions, so it launches faster and behaves better with features such as Stage Manager and the newer system font rendering. Feature-wise you gain the refreshed interface, improved comments and Track Changes, better PDF handling and steady performance gains on long documents. Your existing files, templates and Normal.dotm customizations carry over unchanged.

Working alongside Windows users

The most common worry from Mac buyers is whether documents will look right when they reach a Windows colleague. In practice, Word 2024 for Mac and Word 2024 for Windows share the same .docx engine, the same default fonts, and the same rendering for tables, images, headers and footers. Tracked changes, comments and styles round-trip without loss. The exceptions are fonts installed only on one platform, which Word substitutes and flags, and Windows-specific add-ins, which are simply absent on the Mac. Embedding fonts when you save, or exporting the final version to PDF, removes even that small risk.

System requirements

• Operating system: one of the three most recent versions of macOS. Microsoft moves this window forward with each major macOS release, so a Mac on the current or previous two versions is supported
• Processor: Apple silicon (M1 or later) or an Intel processor
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Storage: 10 GB of available disk space, APFS or HFS+ formatted
• Display: 1280 x 800 or higher
• Other: an internet connection and a Microsoft account to redeem the key, install and activate; activation status is refreshed online periodically

If your Mac is stuck on an older macOS that has fallen out of Microsoft's support window, Word 2024 will not install. In that case the older Office 2019 Home and Business for Mac may fit your machine, although it is no longer supported by Microsoft.

How the license and activation work

Your key is redeemed once at setup.office.com and tied to your Microsoft account. From then on the account is the license. You download Word from account.microsoft.com, install it, sign in, and Word activates. If you later erase the Mac or migrate to a new one under the same license terms, you simply sign in again rather than hunting for a key. This is a perpetual license: one Mac, no expiry, no renewal.

Transfer rights follow the license type shown in the Product Overview table. Retail single-application licenses may be moved to a replacement Mac after Word is removed from the old one; other license types may restrict transfers. If you are buying ahead of a planned hardware upgrade, tell us and we will confirm what applies before you order.

Why buy this key from Software in Store

Mac licenses are a favorite target for grey-market sellers, who often deliver a Windows key, a shared subscription account or a key that has already been redeemed. Every Microsoft Word 2024 for Mac key we sell is genuine and redeemable to your own Microsoft account. It is delivered by email within minutes of payment with the official download link, and stored under My Account for later. Support is a real person, seven days a week, and if a key cannot be activated and we cannot fix it, our 30-day money-back guarantee gives you a replacement or a full refund. Learn more on Why trust us.

Related products

See the Word category for the Windows edition and other Word listings. For a full Mac suite from the same generation, choose Office 2024 Home and Business for PC or Mac; for the previous generation on a Mac, Office 2021 Home and Business for Mac remains supported until October 13, 2026. Windows users at the same desk can pair this with Word 2024 for Windows.

Ready to order

Order Microsoft Word 2024 for Mac now and your key arrives by email within minutes, ready to redeem. Our How it works page explains redemption and installation step by step, and the FAQs cover Microsoft accounts, transfers and refunds. Unsure whether your macOS version is supported? Email us the version number and a person will confirm before you buy.