I did this before purchasing a MacBook Pro, and I got a free tank of gas out of it. It might be more hassle for you than it's worth, but it is a way to save money. For example, Giant Eagle sells Apple gift cards and gives you rewards toward free gasoline at their GetGo gas stations with purchase. Speaking of gift cards, some stores sell gift cards at a discount or where you can get store rewards for buying gift cards.
We update this guide continually with the best deals, regardless of the season. We have a complete Apple Black Friday Deals guide for you. If you're considering a large Apple purchase, consider waiting until then. Usually, Apple gives away up to $200 in Apple gift cards with the purchase of certain big-ticket items. And it wasn't even on my computer but on my husband's, who is an attorney and who was batty that he lost all his docs.Though Black Friday isn't nearly as big a deal at Apple as it is at other retailers, Apple often has some kind of offer going on the biggest retail day of the year. I hope this helps someone as it has stressed me out for two days. I am even more appalled that ten hours later, I am still waiting for a call from Microsoft. I am appalled the good folks at Apple support did not ask me if I had devices that may have had a previous version installed. Opened up one of the apps in the MS Office 365 Suite, clicked "activate" and oh my goodness after two days of trying to install, reinstall, delete accounts, change payment options, cancel subscription, rebuy subscription, sign into, etc, it worked like magic. I went into my Find My app, erased the IPad and then deleted it from my account. When I lost it, I locked it, but did not erase the Ipad or delete it from my account in the hope it would be found. While I was waiting for Microsoft to call I fumbled through some of their troubleshooting and came across this, regarding Ipad: Īpparently, on an Ipad I lost a year ago, Onenote (or maybe an Office version) was preinstalled. I was told to contact Microsoft before I called back.
I called Apple support, who couldn't figure out why I couldn't activate, transferred me to technical support, to see if I could return to the 32 bit OS. I found that strange but didn't think too much about it. I downloaded the entire suite to see if anything worked. I went through the same frustration with the activation. If anyone has other suggestions I would appreciate a reply. I plan to try again today with Apple support but if I am unable to resolve with them today, I will likely cancel my subscription through Apple and start over again by purchasing directly with Microsoft. I was on a phone call on different matter when they resumed the chat and so they dropped me. The chat was put on hold while they tried to find someone who could help. I showed them the same response above that I had already received from MS Support directing me to Apple.
At first I was told that this was a Microsoft problem because all Apple did was act as middle-man seller of this Microsoft product. Because of this, I don't have any access to info/tools that could help us get you up and running, so we'll want to get you over to Apple Support to help you with this issue."Īnd then I opened a chat with Apple Support. Apple handles licensing in a different manner, and the product doesn't get tied to a Microsoft account as Apple deals with the license. "So Office licenses purchased through the App Store from Apple are handled differently than licenses purchased through Microsoft. So I tried the second option which asked me for my Microsoft account information, and then Microsoft tells me I have not yet purchased a subscription. When I choose the first option it asks for my Apple ID information, takes me to the Apple site and tells me I have already purchased a subscription. It gives me two options: either to purchase the subscription, or to activate an existing subscription. Before I contacted Microsoft Support I did try the activate button on the new Excel software.
Yes, my subscription does appear under my Apple ID. I am still having problems but here is my update.