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Microsoft Working on Fix for Office Bugs in OS X El Capitan

till213 said:
Some (most?) of you seem to forget that Microsoft provides fixes to their products back several years. Isn't Office 2011 even still officially supported on OS X 10.5? 10.6 I am pretty sure about that Office 2011 still runs fine on that OS (looooong dumped by Apple!). And they're still even thinking about fixing Outlook 2011 (mind you: the rest of that Office 2011 runs fine on OS 10.11! I can confirm that first hand!), even though they're already selling the upgrade 2016!

Apple on the other hand? Not even fixing crucial security fixes such as the "privilege escalation" bugs ("too complicated, too much effort") in 10.9 Mavericks! For ****'s sake!
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well, they provided a fix for free... it's called 'yosumcrappy' :)

M$ OTOH charged us some decent money for office 2011 so it is natural that they support it for a little longer... different business models, you see.
 
Microsoft just posted an update... installing now.

UPDATE
And it looks like it fixed my Outlook 2011 issue! No crashes so far. Thank God!
 
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MacRumors said:



Since OS X El Capitan was released to the public last week, Microsoft Office users have noticed some serious bugs when attempting to use the software. MacRumors has received multiple emails from people having issues with Office 2016, and there are several threads about the problem on our forums.

Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint are crashing for many Microsoft users who have installed Office 2016, and Office 2011 users are also noticing problems with Outlook.

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Microsoft is aware of the problems with its software and has been responding to customer complaints. In a thread on the Microsoft forums, Microsoft Program Manager Faisal Jeelani said the company is working with Apple to resolve the issues, but said there is no timeline for a fix. Microsoft also gave Computerworld a similar statement:Customers who are running Office 2016 are running into a wide variety of problems. Some are seeing only occasional crashes with the software, while others are unable to open any Office 2016 apps at all. Many who use Outlook for email are unable to access their inboxes, and this particular issue affects both Office 2016 and Office 2011.Microsoft's first support replies came shortly after OS X El Capitan was released, which means the company has been working on a fix for several days now, but it is not clear when a patch might be released. Many customers on the Microsoft forums are growing angry with the company because Microsoft had several months to work out crashing issues ahead of OS X El Capitan's release. Crashes and Office 2016 problems were first reported during the beta testing period but remain unresolved.

Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has told MacRumors that a fix is in the works.

Article Link: Microsoft Working on Fix for Office Bugs in OS X El Capitan
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I just downloaded 14.5.6 for Office 2011.....it is working......
 
definetly an update available, checked this morning there was nothing but there is one now :)
still on yosemite but good work M$!!!
 
That's what I'd like to know too.
I'm not getting anything for Office 2016 yet.
That's the one I need.
 
Hopefully this means the Office 2016 fix will be out soon.
I can't update El Cap until I get the fix! :eek::eek:
 
b0fh666 said:
definetly an update available, checked this morning there was nothing but there is one now :)
still on yosemite but good work M$!!!
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I'm on El Capitan 10.11 (released version, not public beta). Applied the Office 2011 14.5.6 update. So far so good, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Lync (with Outlook Integration) all much more stable, hasn't crashed yet. The link provided doesn't resolve to anything:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=625064
 
good to know, need to know how vmware fusion 7 is working on elcap and might pull the plug soon :)

lync was not updated on this one tough only office apps (installer did not close it).
 
b0fh666 said:
good to know, need to know how vmware fusion 7 is working on elcap and might pull the plug soon :)

lync was not updated on this one tough only office apps (installer did not close it).
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VMWare Fusion 8 works (w/ Centos 7, Win XP/7/2012/8.1), can't confirm VM Ware Fusion 7.

VirtualBox 5.0.6 works as well.

Lync was updated to 14.2.1 just a couple days ago.
 
H2SO4 said:
That’s crap.
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Actually, that crap is exactly true. It's a Yin-Yang relationship that could never happen in today's business world and will likely never happen again but they both depended on, stole from and undercut each other as much and as strategically as possible over the years to become what they are today. Without one, the other would not be what it is at all. Good, bad or indifferent.
 
^^^^Actually it happened again. Look at the attachment. Were it not for the iPhone, Android phones would look nothing like they do today, and BlackBerry might still be the Business King?

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Lou
 
MacRumors said:



Since OS X El Capitan was released to the public last week, Microsoft Office users have noticed some serious bugs when attempting to use the software. MacRumors has received multiple emails from people having issues with Office 2016, and there are several threads about the problem on our forums.

Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint are crashing for many Microsoft users who have installed Office 2016, and Office 2011 users are also noticing problems with Outlook.

officeformac2016-800x159.jpg

Microsoft is aware of the problems with its software and has been responding to customer complaints. In a thread on the Microsoft forums, Microsoft Program Manager Faisal Jeelani said the company is working with Apple to resolve the issues, but said there is no timeline for a fix. Microsoft also gave Computerworld a similar statement:Customers who are running Office 2016 are running into a wide variety of problems. Some are seeing only occasional crashes with the software, while others are unable to open any Office 2016 apps at all. Many who use Outlook for email are unable to access their inboxes, and this particular issue affects both Office 2016 and Office 2011.Microsoft's first support replies came shortly after OS X El Capitan was released, which means the company has been working on a fix for several days now, but it is not clear when a patch might be released. Many customers on the Microsoft forums are growing angry with the company because Microsoft had several months to work out crashing issues ahead of OS X El Capitan's release. Crashes and Office 2016 problems were first reported during the beta testing period but remain unresolved.

Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has told MacRumors that a fix is in the works.

Article Link: Microsoft Working on Fix for Office Bugs in OS X El Capitan
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Just downloaded the fix from Microsoft - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49183 Seems to be working OK.
 
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