When will Apache open office be compatible with monterey?

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gil2020 Author

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When will Apache open office be compatible with monterey?

Open Office is compatible with the new M1, it appears to be APPLE who is blocking it by giving me the message "APPLE cannot verify this developer, do you wish to move to bin" as the only option, and when you look for Apache in the app store, it only gives you MICROSOFT;

Has Apple caved in cohort with Microsoft to block linux and independent software?

It sure feels like it.

I have been happily using OpenOffice on my Intel iMac for over a decade,

and now with the M1, Apple has axed that relationship.

Is this the case Apple?

iMac 24″, macOS 12.3

Posted on May 13, 2022 12:49 AM

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lllaass

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May 13, 2022 1:01 AM in response to gil2020

WHen you get the window that say trash or cancel, open System Preferences>Security & Privacy>General and then click Cancel. Go to System Preferences>Security & Privacy>General and there a button that says Open Anyway

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PRP_53

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May 13, 2022 2:46 AM in response to gil2020

If the user wonders over to this page from Apache Open Office - one will see the System Requirements for their software.

The are light years between OS X Tiger 10.4 Released April 29, 2005 and Monterey macOS 12 Released October 25, 2021

Yes, says and Higher but IMHO opinion, this is the Developer hedging their bets it may or may not work in newer versions of macOS

Mac OS X

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher
Intel Processor
512 Mbytes RAM
400 Mbytes available disk space
1024 x 768 or higher resolution with 16.7 Million colours

EDITED

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gil2020 Author

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May 13, 2022 1:26 AM in response to lllaass

Bless and thank you, I have succeeded to get it open.

Now the issue is when i attempt to open my ads documents from the iMac, OpenOffice on M1 does not recognise its own files and asks for filter options; when I select the OpenOffice spreadsheet, it cannot recognise it and says 'this is not a Win file" and cannot open.......

what is going on? why does open office on the M1 not recognise easily what works seamlessly on the Intel 21"

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May 13, 2022 9:20 AM in response to lllaass

And that "not responding" is with v7.3.3? The Studio Max may have a special build of Monterey that the LibreOffice team has not caught up to, and this may be resolved by their recompiling against 12.4 and a LO version update.

I have no issues here with LibreOffice v7.3.3 on either an M1 mini, MBP M1 Pro, or iMac Core I7 — all running macOS 12.3.1. I always disable JavaScript in the LO Preferences too.

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lllaass

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May 13, 2022 9:54 AM in response to VikingOSX

I am on the stable 7.2.7. I previously tried 7.3.3 with same result. I had Javascript on and now just turned it off.

VikingOSX wrote:

And that "not responding" is with v7.3.3? The Studio Max may have a special build of Monterey that the LibreOffice team has not caught up to, and this may be resolved by their recompiling against 12.4 and a LO version update.

I have no issues here with LibreOffice v7.3.3 on either an M1 mini, MBP M1 Pro, or iMac Core I7 — all running macOS 12.3.1. I always disable JavaScript in the LO Preferences too.

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May 13, 2022 3:53 AM in response to gil2020

LibreOffice offers a current Arm64 build for M1 Macs and it works just fine on macOS 12.3.1. I have been using it instead of OpenOffice for several years now…

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gil2020 Author

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May 13, 2022 1:27 AM in response to gil2020

I believe i saw a comment in Dropbox forums that if the M1 does not recognise a file, open it instead from dropbox web????

which of course defeats the purpose of having an iMac.....

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ku4hx

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May 13, 2022 3:43 AM in response to gil2020

Use FreeOffice or LibreOffice. Both are superior to OpenOffice.

As to compatibility, it's the developer's responsibility to keep up with Apple, not the other way around.

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lllaass

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May 13, 2022 6:12 AM in response to VikingOSX

For me on my Studio Max, LibreOffice ends up "Not Responding" several times a day and I have to Force Quit and restart it.

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tbirdvet

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May 13, 2022 9:08 AM in response to lllaass

Interesting. I have seen this on mine.

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Kurt Lang

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May 13, 2022 9:19 AM in response to gil2020

OpenOffice has mostly been abandoned. This open source project has moved on as LibreOffice. Download and use that for the latest features and the most support.

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tbirdvet

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May 13, 2022 11:33 AM in response to tbirdvet

Update: I have not seen this with my Studio Mac (forgot to proof read)i

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