[OSX-Users] Re: Office 2016 - avoid on El Capitan (or don't upgrade)

[Chris Andrews]

Ooops... Next time I'll check!

Chris

On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 at 17:25 Tim Chown <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> That is what the article I linked says ;)
>
> --
> Tim
>
> > On 21 Oct 2015, at 15:33, Hugh Davis <hcd at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I suspect Chris is correct. I think the latest version of Office was
> working fine on 10.10
> > /h.
> >
> > Hugh Davis
> >
> > Professor of Learning Technologies
> >
> > Director of Institute for Learning Innovation and Development (ILIaD)
> >
> > Tel:  +44 (0)2380 593669
> >
> > Building 16 Rm 1045
> >
> > Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
> >
> > Co-ordinates at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/
> >
> > My calendar is at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/hcdcal.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: <osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> on behalf of Chris Andrews <w at lfie.org
> <mailto:w at lfie.org>>
> > Reply-To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
> > Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2015 at 15:22
> > To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
> > Subject: [OSX-Users] Re: Office 2016 - avoid on El Capitan (or don't
> upgrade)
> >
> > I don't use MS Office much (only Outlook - and under duress) so haven't
> really observed this first-hand, but I did see a statement from MS recently
> about it that said "we continue to work with Apple on a fix" - implying
> that there's something wrong in OS X as much as in Office. Might need
> 10.11.1 to really get it back off the ground again.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 at 15:19 Hugh Davis <hcd at soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> hcd at soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
> > I have this problem too.
> > Partcularly with my laptop when it sleeps when its running MS office
> apps – wakes up again with all apps crashed.
> > Annoying, but I have not lost anything yet.
> >
> > /h.
> >
> > Hugh Davis
> >
> > Professor of Learning Technologies
> >
> > Director of Institute for Learning Innovation and Development (ILIaD)
> >
> > Tel:  +44 (0)2380 593669
> >
> > Building 16 Rm 1045
> >
> > Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
> >
> > Co-ordinates at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/
> >
> > My calendar is at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/hcdcal.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: <osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk><mailto:
> osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> on behalf of Tim Chown <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> ><mailto:tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> > Reply-To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk><mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> > Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2015 at 13:45
> > To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk><mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> > Subject: [OSX-Users] Office 2016 - avoid on El Capitan (or don't upgrade)
> >
> > I’ve been getting significant crashes and start-up hangs (requiring
> forced quits) since going to El Capitan.
> >
> > Seems it’s a common problem. I’d advise against the combination of
> Office 2016 for mac and OS X 10.11 until this is fixed. It’s very annoying.
> >
> >
> http://www.macworld.com/article/2993132/software-productivity/office-2016-for-mac-update-doesnt-include-fix-for-crashes-under-os-x-el-capitan.html
> >
> > Tim
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