Outlook For Mac Crashing El Capitan
Oct 07, 2015 Though Microsoft has fixed one major bug OS X El Capitan users are running into, there are still problems with Office 2016. Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint 2016 are crashing.
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If you're one of the users who upgraded OS X to El Capitan last week and are having issues with Outlook 2011, you're in luck: Microsoft has released a fix for the show-stopping bug affecting Outlook 2011 for Mac. The Microsoft KB article (KB 3098396) describes how the bug caused Outlook to hang whenever it attempted to sync online with email servers:
- Outlook for Mac 2016 crash on El Capitan Outlook 2011 Update: We released the fix for Outlook 2011 hang on El Capitan with update 14.5.6. Some users reported issue persisting and this was isolated to specific languages. Please update to 14.5.7.
- Likewise, Apple has also issued updates for El Capitan users which you can get by opening the Mac App Store and clicking on the Updates button at the top of the screen. If you’re having problems with Office 2011 crashing in El Capitan, we also show you how to fix Office El Capitan problems in the 2011 version.
Shortly after you start Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 on Mac OS X El Capitan (version 10.11), Outlook hangs when it tries to sync with the server. The Spinning Wait cursor is displayed, and the application status is displayed as 'Not Responding.'
The issue did not affect offline users, however this would obviously leave Outlook's functionality severely crippled. Thankfully the patch appears to resolve the issue and is much better than Microsoft's advice prior to this update, suggesting users roll back to OS X Yosemite.
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Despite Office for Mac 2011 receiving a patch, Office 2016 for Mac still has serious bugs itself including the apps crashing. Microsoft told MacRumors they are working on a fix:
'We know that some users of Office 2016 for Mac are experiencing issues as a result of upgrading to Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. We are actively working with Apple towards resolution.'
Users can download the Office for Mac 2011 14.5.6 Update (113.4 MB) via Microsoft AutoUpdate or in a package at Microsoft Support.
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Source: Microsoft Support via MacRumors