AutoUpdate 3.0.5 was installed with the last Office update a few days ago. Microsoft has backed off from the mess it made with a new version of AutoUpdate you can download now. The problem only happens if you're using both the Office 2016 preview Microsoft has posted as well as Office 2011.
Once you installed the previous version of AutoUpdate, you'd find that it would locate but would be unable to install an update to Office 2011. What's worse, the AutoUpdate program would grab lots of memory and generally make a mess of things. People were running into this problem:
It will keep working forever if you don't update Mac OS or your hardware. As Palcouk said, there will be no further security updates for Office 2011. All product support ceases. If you do update Mac OS, there is a distinct possibility that Apple will do something in Mac OS that breaks or changes functionality in Office 2011. The update history information for version 16.16 and earlier also applies to Office 2016 for Mac, which is also a version of Office for Mac that’s available as a one-time purchase. Older versions up to and including 16.16 can be activated with an Office 2016 for Mac volume license.
Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac Update 14.1.0
To get past it, the easiest thing to do is to to run AutoUpdate again. It'll find the updated version of itself and install it. To do so, just select the 'Check for Updates' option in the Help menu of any open Microsoft application.
If that doesn't work, or if you don't trust AutoUpdate to do the right thing, you can download the latest updater from Microsoft's web site and install it yourself. That'll download to your Downloads folder as a .pkg file.
How to run the AutoUpdate installer
- Double-click on 'Microsoft AutoUpdate 3.0.6.pkg' to launch the installer.
- Click Continue.
- Click Continue again to install it to your Mac's hard drive.
- Click Install.
- Enter your administrator password and click Install Software.
- After it's done click the Close button.
That's it.
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