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How to download and install ONLYOFFICE on Mac

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is a free, open-source office suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and PDFs that works with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Here is which build to download, how to install it and what to set up after the first launch.

ONLYOFFICE

  • macOS 10.13 or later
  • Apple Silicon and Intel
  • Free, open source
Official ONLYOFFICE websiteonlyoffice.com ↗

Or the installer straight from the developer’s server:

For Apple Silicon.dmgFor Intel.dmg

The links go to the developer’s website (onlyoffice.com, download.onlyoffice.com). MacWashing is not affiliated with the developer and keeps no installers.

Open Terminal (Applications › Utilities) and run:

brew install --cask onlyoffice

Homebrew downloads the app from the developer’s server, checks the file and puts the app in Applications.

No Homebrew yet? How to install Homebrew: one command from brew.sh.

Which version to download

In the macOS section of the download page there are separate builds for Apple chips and Intel chips. To check your chip:

  1. Choose Apple menu › About This Mac.
  2. If you see Chip with Apple M1, M2 or later, take the build for Apple chips. If you see Processor with Intel, take the one for Intel.

The current build needs macOS 10.13 or later. For macOS 10.12 and older there is a separate build lower on the same page. Download ONLYOFFICE only from onlyoffice.com. Each installer is over 500 MB.

How to install ONLYOFFICE

  1. Open ONLYOFFICE.dmg in your Downloads folder.
  2. In the window that opens, drag ONLYOFFICE to the Applications folder.
The ONLYOFFICE disk image window: ONLYOFFICE and the Applications folder to drag it to
  1. Eject the ONLYOFFICE disk: click the eject button next to it in the Finder sidebar.
  2. Open ONLYOFFICE from Applications and click Open when macOS asks about an app downloaded from the internet.

What to set up after the first launch

  • Interface language. If the menus are not in your language, change it in the app’s settings on the start screen.
  • No account needed. The editors work with files on your Mac. Connecting a cloud, such as ONLYOFFICE DocSpace, is optional.
  • Opening files by default. To open .docx files in ONLYOFFICE, select one in Finder, choose File › Get Info, pick ONLYOFFICE under Open with and click Change All. Do the same for .xlsx and .pptx.
  • The installer. Move ONLYOFFICE.dmg from Downloads to the Trash once ONLYOFFICE runs.

If ONLYOFFICE won’t install or open

  • «ONLYOFFICE is damaged and can’t be opened». The download was incomplete. Delete the file and download it again from onlyoffice.com.
  • ONLYOFFICE won’t open on an Intel Mac. You probably took the build for Apple chips. Download the build for Intel.
  • ONLYOFFICE doesn’t start on an older Mac. Check your macOS version in About This Mac and take the build for your version from the download page.

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Questions and answers

Is ONLYOFFICE free?

Yes. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is free and open source, for home and work alike. Paid ONLYOFFICE products are for servers and teams, not for the desktop editors.

Is ONLYOFFICE in the Mac App Store?

No. For Mac, ONLYOFFICE publishes the desktop editors on onlyoffice.com. Download them there or install them with Homebrew. You don’t need an account to use them.

Can ONLYOFFICE open Word and Excel files?

Yes. It opens and saves .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files and works with PDF too. Complex layouts may look slightly different than in Microsoft Office.