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App Name Version Developer Website Lion Status Mountain Lion Status Notes
Excel 2003 Power PC version 2003 Microsoft This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

No such product. Excel 2003 (and Office 2003) were Windows-only.

Excel for Mac 2004 Microsoft This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Legacy PowerPC app—needs Rosetta

Internet Explorer 5.2.3 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

PowerPC

Live Meeting Office 2011 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Can view, but not present. After changing the java setting as listed in the thread below.

MediaPro 3.1.3 Microsoft http://www.iview-multimedia.com/mediapro/index.html This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Based on a few very preliminary tests, iView Media Pro v3.1.3 seems to work in Mountain Lion.

Microsoft AutoUpdate 2.3.2 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads?pid=Mactopia_AddTools&fid=79307696-D0F7-419B-AE22-AE339BBE2A92#viewer This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.
Microsoft Communicator 2011 13.1.3 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/enterprise/communicator This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Communicator 13.1.1 needs to be installed in order to install the 13.1.2 update package.

Microsoft Document Connection 14.2.3 (120616) Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

I've been running the latest Office 2011 updated version of Document Connection for weeks flawlessly

Microsoft Entourage 12.3.1 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads?pid=Mactopia_Office2008 This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Entourage seems to be working fine including the Search function which was apparently addressed in the 12.3.1 update.

Microsoft Expression Media 2 2.0.2 Microsoft This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Was the successor to iView MediaPro.

Microsoft Lync 14.0.2 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/enterprise/lync This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.
Microsoft Messenger 8.0.2 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/messenger This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.
Microsoft Office 2004 11.6.6 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Legacy PowerPC app—requires Rosetta

Microsoft Office 2008 12.3.0 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads?pid=Mactopia_Office2008 This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.
  • The installer may not run correctly on Lion or later because of its dependence on PowerPC binary code. Fortunately, workarounds exist for this issue courtesy your favorite search bot.
  • After a new install on Lion, download and install Microsoft AutoUpdate 2.3.2 and all updates can be installed through the auto update application again:

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16437/microsoft-autoupdate

Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.4 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

According to Office for Mac Team, Version 14.2.3 is ML-compatible:

http://blog.officeformac.com/were-ready-for-mountain-lion/

For enabling retina support you sometimes need to use the terminal command sudo touch and drag the office apps to the terminal window to complete the command. Repeat this step with every office app.

Microsoft Online Services Sign In 2.0 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=923 This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.
Microsoft Outlook 14.1.0 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/outlook This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2.1.1 (110309) Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Known problems:

Lion:

  • Slow copying to/from the RDC connection.
  • If you have it open on another space, it doesn't seem to properly "capture" the keyboard when switching back to it unless you do command + tab or select the icon again in the dock.
  • Crashes when trying to connect to a Windows Server 2000 machine. (works fine with version 2.0.0)

General:

From MS download page:
"Note Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac (version 2.1.1) is not intended for use with Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion) or later."

Microsoft Silverlight Version 5.1 (5.1.10411.0) Microsoft http://www.silverlight.net/silverlight/ This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Mountain Lion DP1, DP2, DP3: Doesn't open at all.

Seems to work fine now with the GM of Lion and Silverlight 4 (4.0.60531.0).

Unacceptable battery performance in Lion. CPU usage up to 90%, fan constantly running high.

Hotmail issues reported on Apple Support Communities. Attachments using Hotmail don't work when Silverlight is installed. It is unknown which version causes problems at this time.

Moutain Lion (10.8) DP4 seems to fix the issues related to Silverlight not loading at the Showcase site and on Netflix.

Mountain Lion issues Sky go player and website no longer able to play DRM content

MyTestApp 1.0 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

Not much, works just fine

SkyDrive 16.4 Microsoft https://apps.live.com/skydrive/app/f644a8ef-9f98-4d1b-a3d2-eab969b0fd44 This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

An update has just been published by Microsoft (July 30, 2012).

Windows Live Mesh 15.4.5726.23 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26811 This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

[Update:26/9/2011] Does not sync files/folders in Lion.

[Update:20/7/2011] Microsoft just released an update.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26811

[Update:17/7/2011] Loads but gives an error saying that it is unable to connect.

[Update:9/7/2011] I just installed the Lion GM and Mesh is working fine. It launches, syncs, etc.

crashes at launch

Windows Media Components for QuickTime 2.4.0.11 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=9442 This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

System Requirements section of web page specifically mentions Lion. Not tested personally.

Windows Media Player 9.0.0(3307) Microsoft http://microsoft.com/windowsmedia This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

-Requires Rosetta
-Crashes frequently
-Has been supplanted by Flip4Mac WM Components for QuickTime

Windows Phone 7 connector 3.0.1 (121221) Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/apps/mac-connector.aspx This app has been tested and works a-okay in Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Lion.This app has not been tested in Lion. This app has been tested and works a-okay in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and does not work properly in Mountain Lion.This app has been tested and has some problems in Mountain Lion.This app has not been tested in Mountain Lion.

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