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Everything opens as "Read only" when opening from the in app Home or Recent section.
When I open an Excel file (or any office file) from within the Open dialog box via the, Home, Recent, Pinned and Shared with me sections, the file always opens read only. I'm then forced to rename th...
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Finder>Go> THEN hold down Option and Library will appear.
Good luck!
Rubes_SIA Hi Ruby, hello from Paris,
Many thanks for taking the time to reply. It's fixed the issue when opening from inside Teams but it's still bugging out when I open anything from the in-app recent list. But its a win for me.
Have a great weekend.
Jon
Hello - I'd like to give an update. I thought I had resolved this issue, but it came back. I recently uninstalled Teams from my computer and then reinstalled it. Now I can open files directly from Teams and they all open normally – I no longer have the Read-Only issue.
- Finder>Go>Library>Caches, the only Microsoft related item is com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba
Moved that to the desktop.
Restarted Excel.
File opens ok from "Recent..." or Finder a couple of times, then back to same "Read only mode"...
Excel Mac v.16.90
MacOS 15.0.1
