Install the new FlatPack for Mac

The new FlatPack for Mac installs alongside the current version. PowerPoint shows both ribbon tabs automatically:

• Flat Pack (with a space) is the current version.
• FlatPack (without a space) is the new version.

You can keep and use both at the same time. Existing PowerPoint files and Flat Pack tags work in either version.

Install the new version

1. Close PowerPoint.
2. Download the latest FlatPack installer.
3. Open FlatPack-latest.pkg and follow the installer prompts.
4. Reopen PowerPoint. The new FlatPack tab appears alongside the current Flat Pack tab.

There is no need to remove the current version or manually load the new one into PowerPoint.

Activate your license

Your existing Flat Pack for Mac purchase includes the new FlatPack version. The new version starts in demo mode until you activate it with the personal license key shown in your Gumroad Library. This may be different from the key used with the earlier Flat Pack version.

1. Sign in to your Gumroad Library with the email address you used to buy Flat Pack for Mac.
2. Open your Flat Pack for Mac purchase and copy the license key.
3. In PowerPoint, open the new FlatPack tab and click Preferences. This launches the FlatPack Preferences helper window.
4. Open License, paste your personal license key, then click Activate.

You can also open the same window from FlatPackPPT Helper → Preferences → License in the Mac menu bar.

Make sure you are in the new license window

If right-click does nothing and Command + V types the letter v, close that license box. In PowerPoint, use the FlatPack tab without a space, then click Preferences. Paste the key into License in the separate window titled FlatPack Preferences, not the earlier Flat Pack license box inside PowerPoint.

If you cannot find the purchase in your Gumroad Library, contact Bearwood Labs support. We can resend the receipt to the email address used for the purchase. Open View content in that receipt to reach the page containing your personal key.

You can use demo mode before activating. Activating removes the demo restrictions.

Turn off Rosetta

The new version does not need PowerPoint to run with Rosetta. After installing it, you can turn Rosetta off:

1. Close PowerPoint.
2. Open Finder → Applications.
3. Select Microsoft PowerPoint, then choose File → Get Info.
4. Under General, untick Open using Rosetta.
5. Close the Info window and reopen PowerPoint.