This script will not provide you with a free copy of Microsoft Office 2011. Not mine, certainly not Microsoft's, etc. Anything that happens as a result of you running this will be your responsibility. If it works, hurrah! If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces. This script has been tested with me (and others) but comes with absolutely no guarantees. (In fact I'm fairly sure Microsoft does not even know that I am alive.)Īll trademarks are used solely for identification. This script is not officially endorsed suggested, recommended, or any such words to that effect by Microsoft or any Microsoft affiliated business, entity, person, or persons. If it does not match, installation will immediately stop.) There are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos… ( Nerdy Technical Security Details: The script verifies the checksum of each download using shasum -a 256 to verify that it has not been tampered with or changed. You are not downloading them off GitHub, or my website, or any other random site. Note that all downloads come from Microsoft’s official servers. That way you will not need to re-download the files, which should save time and bandwidth. If you are setting up more than one Mac, you can run this script on one Mac, and then copy the ~/Downloads/Office2011/ folder from one computer to another after the installation is finished. This is most often useful for when you are setting up a new Mac. Simply put, this script is intended to quickly let you download and install the latest version of Microsoft Office 2011. A shell script to (download, if necessary) and install Office:Mac 2011 and any known updates without any user intervention.

Office for mac 2011 installer