Yes, I had to use TrashMe, reboot, reinstall OneDrive, reboot again, sign back in..
It kept telling me I was signed in with a different version. I’m glad all is well now, though.
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It kept telling me I was signed in with a different version. I’m glad all is well now, though.
I doubt it. If a user had a standalone Intel-only version installed, the OneDrive updater silently updates to an Apple Silicon version on Apple Silicon computers.
MS as always trying to be "unique" and yet cause more problems than they should.
Yes - so what's your advice? Use the MS Installer and don't use app Store versions?
I don't use MS Office due to this mess, I stick to Google's apps like Slides, Sheets and Docs and just export the files I work on as .docx, .xlsx and .pptx
I’ve installed both ways. I found the MS installer a bit annoying, popping up, an extra process. The App Store is seemless, I often don’t realise the apps have been updated, it just happens in the background. Other than the OneDrive fiasco, the App Store version has suited me better.
I can second this. I have all MS Office apps and OneDrive installed from the Mac App Store, the only app I had to install directly from Microsoft was Teams. It’s annoying that OneDrive is still Intel-only on the App Store, but it’s not like it does not work and it will switch eventually. I can totally recommend going the Mac App Store route unless you’re in a corporate/managed environment and/or you have specific needs. However, since the apps are really the same between the two versions, it ultimately does not matter that much, the only difference will be how the updates work.
Microsoft Autoupdate for Office apps will happen silently in the background if your Office apps are not running. Similarly, the integrated Onedrive installer is silent as well.
If you install OneDrive from MS directly, it’ll update via the Microsoft AutoUpdate app. See my post here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/universal-and-native-apple-silicon-apps.2267176/post-31104591
To be more precise, AutoUpdate will download the update in the background and wait until the App is not running and then update it. So, if you are running Word, MAU will download the update and update Word the next time it is closed.
It can, but if you don't have Autoupdate installed, or if the update doesn't publish to that update list, OneDrive has its own updater inside the app bundle. Not all OneDrive updates show up on Autoupdate, and I have no idea why that is.
I see that! Good to know! And if that's the case, I wonder why I even have the Microsoft AutoUpdate app, if the only apps listed for me are the Microsoft AutoUpdater app and OneDrive. There's actually two updaters within the OneDrive app-
/Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/OneDrive Updater.app
/Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdater.app
It's SOOO confusing with all this Microsoft AutoUpdate stuff.
Thought, it would be the best way to go with MAU (despite having one more Launchd process running)... But having all within one updater...
But I don't know what way Microsoft will go in future?
Actually I likes the macOS App Store approach (and getting all MS Apps from there). But not all Apps are listed, and Onedrive doesn't have silicon support within macOS App Store and and and ....
Now I don't know what to do on a new machine?
Thought, it would be the best way to go with MAU (despite having one more Launchd process running)... But having all within one updater...
But I don't know what way Microsoft will go in future?
Actually I likes the macOS App Store approach (and getting all MS Apps from there). But not all Apps are listed, and Onedrive doesn't have silicon support within macOS App Store and and and ....
Now I don't know what to do on a new machine?
I’ve decided to stop worrying about it. I’ve got the App Store versions. At some point OneDrive will update to silicon (it runs fine under Rosetta fyi). It’s the cleanest solution in the long run
So you would always prefer the MS CDN way?
Why did you get more calls, when users used the MAS version of the Apps?
Friends, rejoice!
OneDrive has just been updated on the Mac App Store to version 22.111.0522 and it is finally UNIVERSAL 🎉🥳
OneDrive has just been updated on the Mac App Store to version 22.111.0522 and it is finally UNIVERSAL 🎉🥳