System Requirements for empower® Slides for macOS

Operating System: macOS

In order to use the latest empower® Slides for macOS, your system will need to fulfill the following requirements:

macOS Version

  • Sonoma

  • Tahoe

PowerPoint Version

Office 365 (latest version support)

Further Requirements

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) enabled

Note

Due to technical limitations in Microsoft Office, using the empower® Add-in for macOS requires VBA to be enabled. At the moment, there is no alternative.

Compatibility of empower® Slides for macOS Releases, macOS Versions and PowerPoint Versions

The following table provides an overview of all empower® Slides for macOS releases and their compatibility with macOS and PowerPoint versions:

empower® Slides for macOS Release

Required macOS Version

Required PowerPoint Version

8.3 release

Catalina

PowerPoint for macOS 16.37 or newer

8.4 release

Catalina

PowerPoint for macOS 16.37 or newer

8.5 release

Catalina, Big Sur

PowerPoint for macOS 16.43 or newer

8.6 release

Catalina, Big Sur

PowerPoint for macOS 16.43 or newer

8.7 release

Catalina, Big Sur

PowerPoint for macOS 16.48 or newer

8.8 release

Catalina, Big Sur

PowerPoint for macOS 16.48 or newer

8.9 release

Catalina, Big Sur

PowerPoint for macOS 16.48 or newer

8.10 release

(Catalina)*, Big Sur, Monterey

PowerPoint for macOS 16.48 or newer

9.0 release

Ventura

PowerPoint for macOS 16.67 or newer

9.1 release

Ventura

PowerPoint for macOS 16.69 or newer

9.2 release

Sonoma

PowerPoint for macOS 16.78.1 or newer

9.3 release

Sonoma

PowerPoint for macOS 16.84.1 or newer

9.5 release

Sonoma, Tahoe (macOS 26)

PowerPoint for macOS 16.101.3 or newer

*Transition version, temporarily supported since the empower® Slides for macOS version has been released at the time where macOS releases overlapped.

Compatibility of empower® Slides for macOS Releases and Mac Processors

The following table provides an overview of empower® Slides for macOS releases and their compatibility with Mac processors:

empower® Slides for macOS Release

Supported Mac Processors

up to and incl. 8.10 release

native - Intel based Mac only

ARM-based - only with activated Rosetta

starting from and incl. 9.0 release

native - Intel based and ARM-based Mac

Further Installation Information

In the following, you can find further information regarding the installation:

  • The installer is a .pkg installer.

  • Silent install and software distribution is supported (starting from and incl. 9.0 release).

Note

For further information regarding the installation of empower® for macOS, see Installer Guide – empower® Slides for macOS.

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