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albert23
Oct 19, 2019Copper Contributor
Slow start Office Mac
My Office applications for Mac (especially Word) bounce approximately 46 times in the dock, before temporarily freezing and then finally presenting a document to work in. So starting up takes more t...
JoeFYI
Sep 10, 2022Copper Contributor
bg15407 Could you please note the screenshot / send it again? I don't see it showing up on your reply. Would be good to see what you've checked in your settings : )
Thanks for your information earlier this year!
Take care.
Alwin_Kruijt
Dec 22, 2022Copper Contributor
What seems to help is to disable internet connection before starting Word. By e.g. blocking internet using a firewall kill-switch.
albert23 Option that can slow down Word startup can be found here:
Click on the Word (Menu) -> Click Preference -> Go to General
Now UNcheck the option called " Open supported Office files from OneDrive or SharePoint on Office Apps for mac" (or something that looks similar, I had to translate it from Dutch).
albert23 Option that can slow down Word startup can be found here:
Click on the Word (Menu) -> Click Preference -> Go to General
Now UNcheck the option called " Open supported Office files from OneDrive or SharePoint on Office Apps for mac" (or something that looks similar, I had to translate it from Dutch).
- RG91000Dec 12, 2023Copper Contributorthis worked for me...dramatic change...from close to a minute to a few seconds...
one drive in general seems to be slow on macs...even in the sync
thank you for the suggestion