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mac big sur verifying office applications every time i open them

mac big sur verifying office applications every time i open, hanging on Excel app

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 12:48 PM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2021 12:57 PM

I've encountered this too. As far as I can tell, the system verifies when there are updates pushed to Microsoft apps if you have autoupdate turned on. Subsequent opening of an app does not verify the install. It does seem frequent so I'm not sure how often Microsoft updates apps.

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Sep 16, 2021 12:57 PM in response to mbr44

I've encountered this too. As far as I can tell, the system verifies when there are updates pushed to Microsoft apps if you have autoupdate turned on. Subsequent opening of an app does not verify the install. It does seem frequent so I'm not sure how often Microsoft updates apps.

mac big sur verifying office applications every time i open them

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