brian mck Author

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Apache Open Office for Mac

Recently my wife purchased a MacBook Air running macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 and we cannot open the Apache Open Office application (this application works on my iMac running macOS Ventura 13.7).

Sequoia

On trying to open the app a notification appears OpenOffice not Opened with 2 option buttons Done & Move to Bin.

On clicking Done this window closes and the user can go to System Settings Privacy & under Security it states OpenOffice was blocked to protect your Mac. A button Open Anyway is also displayed.

On clicking Open Anyway another window opens with 3 buttons Move to Bin, Open Anyway and Done and on clicking either Open Anyway or Done the app doesn't launch.

Please assist with using Apache Open Office on a MacBook Air running Sequoia 15.0.1

MacBook Air (M3, 2024)

Posted on Oct 13, 2024 6:49 AM

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Oct 13, 2024 7:33 AM in response to brian mck

Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is a productivity suite which is already officially available for the following platforms:

Windows - XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (32-bit)
Linux - RPM / DEB-based (32-bit and 64-bit)
macOS (Intel) - 10.4 (Tiger) up to 15 (Sequoia)
macOS (ARM) - 11 (Big Sur) up to 15 (Sequoia) via emulation (Rosetta 2)

Try touching the Application icon and Command i ( eye )

Check the Kind

Does it say Intel or Universal "

If you believe this version should work in Sequoia

Try checking "" Open with Rosetta "

Then Test if it will open and function as expected

Otherwise, follow the advise from @BobTheFisherman

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Oct 13, 2024 7:34 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

BobTheFisherman wrote:

My advice is to use LibreOffice which was is a newer implementation that grew out of OpenOffice.

Other than that, maybe ask for assistance from OpenOffice Support.

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Oct 13, 2024 6:58 AM in response to brian mck

My advice is to use LibreOffice which was is a newer implementation that grew out of OpenOffice.

Other than that, maybe ask for assistance from OpenOffice Support.

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Oct 13, 2024 7:54 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

+1

as far as I know, LibreOffice was formed by most of the senior developers who left open office and is being more actively developed.

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brian mck Author

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Oct 13, 2024 8:05 AM in response to Owl-53

Thanks to BobTheFisherman and Ruder for the recommendation to use LibreOffice.

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