Microsoft Makes Outlook Free for Mac
Microsoft is making Outlook free to use on macOS.
A Microsoft 365 subscription is no longer required to use the email app on a Mac computer. "Whether at home, work or school, Mac users everywhere can easily add Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo! or IMAP accounts in Outlook and experience the best mail and calendar app on macOS," says(Opens in a new window) Outlook Product Manager Jeremy Perdue.
Perdue notes that the "new Outlook is optimized for Apple Silicon, with snappy performance and faster sync speeds than previous versions."
Mac users can view their Outlook calendars using a widget and see reminders in the Notification Center. Calendar events are also coming to the Menu Bar "soon," Perdue says.
"We know life is multifaceted and Outlook is leveraging the Apple platform to support you by making it easier to switch contexts," he adds. "With our new Handoff feature, you can pick up tasks where you left off between iOS and Mac devices, so you can get up and go without missing a beat."
Microsoft Outlook is available now to download for free in the Mac App Store(Opens in a new window).
If you do subscribe to Microsoft 365, meanwhile, expect Microsoft Defender to be installed automatically in the coming days or weeks. As of late February, the antivirus software is included in the Microsoft 365 installer, so "when you install the Microsoft 365 apps on your Windows device, the Microsoft Defender app will automatically be installed for you along with the other apps," Microsoft says.
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