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Microsoft Access is available for PC only. The most up-to-date version of Microsoft Access is always available with a Microsoft 365 subscription. Microsoft Access 2019 is the latest version of Access available as a one-time purchase. Previous versions include Access 2016, Access 2013, Access 2010, Access 2007, and Access 2003. Microsoft Office for Mac adds rich new features to the familiar Office applications you already know, helping you to manage your home and schoolwork the way you want. Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 is licensed for home and student use on 1 (one) Mac and is not intended for commercial use. It includes: Word for Mac 2011. Outlook for Microsoft 365 for Mac Office for business Office 365 Small Business Outlook 2016 for Mac Office 2016 for Mac Outlook for Mac 2011 Outlook 2019 for Mac More. Less Public folders are a feature of Microsoft Exchange that let people in an organization share messages, calendars, and address books.
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Mac users have several options for using Microsoft Access on their Macs.
Microsoft Office for Mac can do the following with Microsoft Access ACCDB and MDB files:
- 2011 and 2016: Get data from an Access file into an Excel Table or Excel PivotTable
- 2011 and 2016: Use Structured Query Language (SQL) in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and AppleScript automation
- 2011 and 2016: Use the macro recorder to get started with code
- 2011 only: Use a graphical user interface (Microsoft Query) to generate queries and reports from Microsoft Access
- Excel 2016 users can only vote here and hope someday Microsoft will restore this essential functionality lost to cost cutting
Limitations of Office for Mac with Microsoft Access
- Interaction with Access is Read-Only. Excel for Mac can not add, delete or modify records, fields, queries, views, tables or create anything new within Access.
- Only tables and views are available from Access databases. Forms and reports in an Access database are not available to Excel for Mac.
I need all Access features. Can I run Microsoft Access on my Mac? Yes!
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Microsoft Access 2016 is available as a stand-alone product. You will need to have Microsoft Windows installed on your Mac either in Apple's Boot-Camp or in a virtual machine (Parallels or VMware). Using a virtual machine allows you to run Wndows and Windows applications simultaneously with your Mac OS apps. I recommend at least 16 gigabytes of RAM for running a virtual machine on your Mac.
Click here to purchase Microsoft Access 2016 stand-alone edition from the Microsoft store
Click here to purchase Microsoft Windows 10 from Amazon.com
Click here to purchase Parallels Desktop virtual machine from Amazon.com.
Tutorial
This tutorial explains how to query Microsoft Access tables using Excel for Mac.
- Part 1 - Overview (Current page)
- Part 2 - Connecting to Access (Next page)
- Part 4 - Getting your data in Excel 2011
- Part 4 - Getting your data in Excel 2016