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

[Tim Chown]

They clearly listen :)

Just installed. Took around 30 mins. Let’s see…

Tim



> On 22 Oct 2015, at 09:09, Jules Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> And, lo and behold, this morning El Capitan 10.11.1 update is available.
> 2nd item in the fix list is:
>    - Improves compatibility with Microsoft Office 2016
> 
> So let's see if they've sorted it between them...
> 
> Cheers,
> Jules.
> 
> 
> On 21/10/2015 17:23, Tim Chown 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> Jules
> 
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> Jules Field MEng MBCS CITP CEng
> email+iMessage: Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Twitter: @JulesFM
> 
> Senior Tutor, Electronics and Computer Science
> Teaching Systems Manager, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering
> University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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