Just an alert, have been using Mac Office 2008 for years with no issue. Today I received a note to do an update for Excel (I check once a week or so). Microsoft just released an update to the VB Editor for the Mac 2016 version of Excel. New features include: - Edit and debugging toolbars. - Updated Project, Properties, Immediate, Watch,.
Microsoft on Tuesday updated Office 2016 for Mac with security patches and a host of smaller feature changes, but did not fix the constant-crash problem users have reported on OS X El Capitan, Apple's newest operating system. Instead, the company told customers to sit tight and wait for Apple to ship an update for El Capitan, aka OS X 10.11, strongly suggesting that the mess was Apple's responsibility. 'On October 13, 2015, we released an update to Office 2016 for Mac. but this update doesn't address the issues experienced by Office customers with OS X 10.11 El Capitan,' the company said in an unsigned on its support site. 'We are actively working with Apple to ensure resolution with the next update of OS X 10.11 El Capitan.' Related: on its Office 2016 for Mac support discussion forum since Sept.
30, the day Apple released El Capitan. Since then, numerous threads have been produced by users looking for an explanation and a fix. The so far - which harked back to early July, just a day after Microsoft shipped the final Office 2016 for Mac and Apple issued the first public beta of El Capitan - had logged nearly 48,000 views and contained more than 525 messages as of late Tuesday, both extremely large numbers for the forum. Most of the crashes have involved Outlook, customers reported, but other applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, have also regularly dropped dead, either separately or when Outlook went down. Computerworld staffers running Office 2016 for Mac on El Capitan-powered Macs have been affected as well. Tuesday's Office for Mac 2016 update - available only to consumers or businesses that have subscribed to a rent-not-own Office 365 plan - was billed as a security rollout, but it also included multiple non-security bug fixes and improvements for Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word. Although Microsoft said that Tuesday's update did not include a fix for the Office 2016 for Mac crashes, some users who had installed the update reported that their applications had stopped dying.
'I installed the Oct. 13 update to Office 2016 about 5-6 hours ago and have had no anomalies since,' said Coe Miles on Tuesday. Not so fast, others countered. 'I thought I was past the lockups after working with the 15.15 patches for about 4 hours, but I just clicked Delete on an email message (in an Office 365 for business account) from the messages list and got the spinning wheel of death,' said someone identified only as 'mogrefy' late Tuesday. 'The wait for stability continues, though thus far it seems to be somewhat improved (Word hasn't locked up on me in a few hours of use, longer than ever before - or maybe it was luck and wishful thinking).' Others added their two cents. 'Everything seemed okay for a few hours after the installation of today's Office 2016 15.15 patches,' echoed a user with the unusual nickname of 'What's that smell' on the same very-long thread.
'However, five hours in I'm starting to see the same crash behavior, where all running Office 2016 apps crash after Outlook experiences the restyled-for-El-Capitan spinning pinwheel of death.' Those customers' experience confirmed Microsoft's statement that there was no crash fix in Tuesday's Office for Mac 2016 update.
The Redmond, Wash., company's comment that it was 'working with Apple to ensure resolution with the next update of OS X 10.11,' hinted that Microsoft believed Apple's code was either partly or completely responsible. If the former, a two-punch update may be necessary - one update for El Capitan, another for Office - to stamp out the crashes because of an interdependency. Last week, Computerworld suspected that El Capitan at least shared the blame after several staffers who had encountered crashes installed the public beta of OS X 10.11.1 and got some relief. While the dreaded crashes eventually returned, they have diminished in frequency when running OS X 10.11.1. Apple does not set timetables for its OS X (or iOS) updates, and did not reply to Computerworld's questions about responsibility, but the release pace - just six days between the second and third betas of 10.11 - may give Office 2016 for Mac users hope for a speedy resolution. Microsoft, it seems, can do nothing more than wait. Like its customers.
I have a macbook pro retina 13inch less than a year old running the latest el capitan o.s. I also have an iPad air2 fully up to date. My iPad air 2 always accepts the updates for office 2016 but my mac book never accepts them at all. Am i doing something wrong or is the ongoing incompatibility problem that has been going on for some time. Hope someone is able to advise me. Hello Thanks for replying.
I do not get an error message. Whenever I open excel, word etc I get the list of latest update come up. If I try to either update the whole suite or just one of the products then it will download but then fails at installation. However, today has confused me as I was able update outlook on my MacBook. Hence I am definitely confused.
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Maybe I should try the individual updates again before I bother you or waste your time. Do you agree. Regards Neil (proper name). Make sure your Mac has a working internet connection before checking for updates. Install Mac OS X updates followed by Office updates.
Mac OS X updates: To get Mac OS updates, go to the App store on your dock, and then click the Updates button to reveal available updates. Office Updates To get the update: 1. Open any Office application: 3. Make sure your Mac has a working internet connection 4. Go to the Help menu and choose Check for Updates 5.
Let AutoUpdate check for and install updates 6. Restart your Mac I am an unpaid volunteer and do not work for Microsoft. 'Independent Advisors' work for contractors hired by Microsoft. 'Microsoft Agents' work for Microsoft Support.
Dear Jim, Thanks for your reply. I checked/tried all your suggestions but still did not get any success. However the good news is I have now got everything updated.
How you may ask. Previously at home I have had both complete downloads with failed installation as well as failed downloads with both error messages or just the update screen shutting down.
The macbook is working perfectly so that was not the problem.I have a BT landline & a BT broadband router changed from SKY about 9 months ago. I did think it was a bit slow & I have talked to BT technical who have tested the line & told there was nothing wrong. I did wonder if it was my internal wiring, although the Router is plugged in at the first entry point to the house.So supposedly no problem there. Today I went to a friends house to try and install the updates via his sky router. I am pleased to say this worked but not without excel & word taking 4 attempts. His download is much faster than mine.
I can only put it down to my inward signal suffering download interruptions a lot more than my friend's system. Do you or anyone else have any suggestions to alleviate these interruptions allowing for the fact that BT states I have no line problem & the cable in from the exchange/junction box, I believe, is still the old style copper cable. Apologies for it being such a wordy reply. Regards Neil.