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OneDrive application keeps vanishing from my harddrive
I'm not sure if this is an issue with OneDrive or MacOS... but the OneDrive app keeps disappearing from my Applications folder.
On one occasion, my whole OneDrive folder had '(Archive)' added to the ...
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How can I restart my OneDrive App from Terminal / Command Line?
I use OneDrive on my Mac devices - iPad, iPhone, iMac, mini, and MacBook (iOS 16 and various versions of macOS from Catalina to Ventura). Without fail, the OneDrive app on the Mac computers will just ...
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Where does Microsoft Teams store its cached login credentials?
When I launch Teams.app (currently using beta 1.6.00.10052 on macOS 13.3.1) I am greeted with a login/auth popup containing 7 accounts. I only currently use 2 of them. The others are related to test ...
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How to remove Microsoft Login Items after installing Edge? [duplicate]
I tried installing Edge to play with the new Bing chat a while ago and now I'm constantly attacked by these notifications
I see the following when checking my login items:
I've moved Edge to the ...
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Update Microsoft Edge policy without adding management
My workplace internally manages our chrome installation. We have an internal extension store which we're able to install extensions from. This internal extension store is enabled in chrome via the ...
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How to completely remove company portal and intuneMDMAgent from Mac
Yesterday I installed company portal in my personal Mac by mistake. Then my Mac is associated with my company's network. And then I unenrolled my Mac in company portal and removed company portal and ...
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How to automatically update the memory view in C++ Xcode?
While coding in C++ using Xcode, I can view a variable's memory by inserting a break-point then right-clicking on a variable in the debugging area, and then clicking "View memory of ". ...
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How to remove Microsoft Defender from macOS Network > Filters & Proxies
I have already uninstalled Microsoft Defender following Microsoft instructions:
Interactive uninstallation
Open Finder > Applications. Right click on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint > Move to ...
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Push notifications for Microsoft authenticator app gets permanently disabled after reset of iOS settings
I’m having the same issue in this post: Push notifications for Microsoft authenticator app gets permanently disabled after reset of iOS settings
The notification setting won’t even show up because the ...
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Adding an email address to my Outlook mobile app will give the Office 365 admin ability to access my mobile phone?
I work as a freelancer for many companies. For each company, they create an Office 365 account for me. To manage those emails, I am planning to download Outlook mobile app on my iPhone and add all ...
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Microsoft To Do on iPhone tries to sign in with the wrong enterprise account
I use Microsoft To Do. I am fresh out of university, and I wish to use my employee account, as that syncs easily to the work computer. But I encounter a problem. I am using an iPhone 8 running iOS 15....
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How can I configure a key to "Start Dictation" with a Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard?
I have a Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard paired to my MacBook Pro over Bluetooth.
macOS has detected the keyboard as an "Ergonomic Keyboard." When I go to the keyboard settings and ...
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Where does Microsoft store accounts on MacOS?
I installed Edge (chromium) on a work computer and created a new profile using the wrong MS account (personal). I deleted that profile, but when creating another, my personal account still shows as a ...
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How to disable Microsoft AutoUpdate on macOS? [duplicate]
The Microsoft Autoupdate app pop-up is launching very frequently on my Mac and it's very annoying. There's no option to turn it off in the menu. I've searched up the web and this forum, but the only ...
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Disable "Email organizer" by default in Microsoft Outlook email meeting invites on macOS
I'm using the Microsoft Outlook Office 365 desktop client for macOS, via my work computer. Version 16.58 currently.
When I receive a meeting invite, the option is checked on by default to "Email ...
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Outlook search not working
My Outlook search stopped working. There are no results for any query. There are a few suggestions online. None of them seem to work. I tried:
forcing repair of database by deleting Outlook.sqllite
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Signed into my one drive on someone else's computer and now they have access to my work files and can save their own files in my work account. WTF?
I have signed on my work OneDrive account on someone else's computer. I know I had logged out. Yet for some reasons they still have access to all of my One Drive files and the recent save as list ...
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How can I let Edge ask for being the default browser?
On my Mac I use Safari for private purposes and Edge for work purposes.
When I'm working, it's convenient to have Edge as the default browser. Now I have to set it each day manually (after the working ...
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sqlcmd cannot find odbc 17 on MacOS Big Sur
I installed MSSQL per directions here.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
brew tap microsoft/mssql-release https://github.com/...
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How to get rid of Microsoft AutoUpdate virus
I'm trying to permanently delete Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) and its annoying prompts, but nothing seems to work. I've followed the instructions from How to remove Microsoft Autoupdate from macOs m1? ...
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Microsoft Teams "Files" tab missing on iOS
Unfortunately, we are unable to visit the user in person and they are not very technically able, so apologies in advance for the lack of information available.
Model: ?
iOS Version: ?
We have tried ...
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Microsoft/Windows keyboard number pad with macOS
I recently purchased a Microsoft keyboard with a number pad.
When trying to use the Mac calculator app with the number pad I have an issue where typing a number will clear out previous numbers.
E.g if ...
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Getting error on opening Microsoft remote desktop: The file “com.microsoft.rdc.application-data.sqlite” couldn’t be opened
My mac has turned off due to a power cut. Now every time I open Microsoft remote desktop I have the following error The file “com.microsoft.rdc.application-data.sqlite” couldn’t be opened.. I tried to ...
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How to sync folders outside of the usual OneDrive sync folder?
I am setting up a OneDrive account on my Mac (macos 10.15.7). The OneDrive local folder is at ~/OneDrive/. I would like to sync other folders as well, e.g. ~/Music/, ~/Documents/, etc. OneDrive for ...
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How to disable `Microsoft Outlook`'s keybindings in macOS
I am using Microsoft Outlook in macOS. Is it possible to disable its keybindings such as command-a for select all, since I am using that binding for something else.
Basically, I just want Microsoft ...
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How could I mute all notifications in Microsoft Teams on macOS 10.15.6?
Microsoft bypasses the standard notifications mechanism in macOS: there is nothing in System Preferences -> Notifications to control both the sounds and the incessant popups.
Has anybody found away ...
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Can we install/side-load outlook custom add-in for Mac programatically without manually installing
Is there a way to install outlook custom add-ins in Mac from terminal without requiring manually installation.From outlook documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/...
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Open rdp:// Link from Browser in Microsoft Remote Desktop
I was wondering if there's any chance to open rdp://host.ip.address links from my browser (Safari, Firefox, ..) in Microsoft Remote Desktop (MacOS Version)?
Is there any script or command something ...
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Issue with Microsoft Word on Mac
Hopefully, this is the right site for this. I am using a 2020 MacBook Pro and Word 2016. I am having issues opening a document sent by a friend. He is able to open it, and this problem does not ...
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VS Code will not Update
I'm using VS Code v1.45.1 and it will not update.
It automatically checks for updates as set in preferences - default for Windows and macOS - and I'm presented with the notification dialog box ...
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Microsoft Teams Camera Shows Black Screen
Having tried a Mac Mini and MacBook Pro, Microsoft Teams shows a black screen in the video preview during calls. Others on the video call see the same black screen.
This issue has manifested on the ...
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How can I clear metadata (personal data) from an Excel file in Microsoft 365 for macOS?
I want to make sure that an Excel file I created is purged of all personal and user metadata before passing it on, for confidentiality reasons.
For Windows, there are many guides for removing ...
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Can't recognise Microsoft keyboard and mouse after OS Catalina update
I updated to the latest OS Catalina 10.15.4 on my MacBook Pro 15 with the Microsoft keyboard and mouse connected and working during the download process.
Once the computer was updated the keyboard ...
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What are these extra /Zone.Identifier files created during Windows Remote Desktop file transfer?
Steps to Reproduce
Installs Windows Remote Desktop client for mac
Connect to a Windows 10 server, mounting a local folder over the connection
On the remote server, copy a pdf (e.g. my_file.pdf from a ...
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Mac Catalina And Microsoft Teams Screen Sharing Permissions
I recently updated my MacBook Air OS to Catalina V 10.15.1 and since have issues screen sharing via Teams.
When I try to share my screen I get an error prompting me to go to my "Security & ...
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Where does Microsoft Word store autorecovered documents in Catalina?
I can't seem to find the Autorecovery Save folder in Catalina. Previously I used a command line string to see the files, but that command doesn't work anymore.
Is this feature still implemented with ...
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How to delete on-demand files on onedrive for mac without having to download them first?
If I delete a file from onedrive for mac with files on-demand turned on and that file has not downloaded to my computer, it has to first download it and then move it to trash. This is rather annoying ...
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Microsoft Word 15 - Default Image Paste Size
Is there a way to set the default paste size of images in Microsoft Word 15?
Specifically I'm looking to set them to actual copied size, currently the images are pasted to a default of fit-width &...
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How to stop MS AutoUpdate prompt
So far as I know, I don't have any Microsoft applications on my MacBook Air. I had installed Microsoft Teams in the past, which I later uninstalled by dragging the app to the trash (after I first saw ...
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Bypass "Finish setup" screen after iOS Update with devices in kiosk mode?
We've about 300 devices (+ 300 employee coperate iphones) enrolled as media entertainment tablets. After the iOS 12.3 has been released, every devices installed that update. That's fine so far, but ...
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Why is the MS To-Do App adding things to my reminders, and how do I stop it?
I have a corporate Office 365 account for work and have the Microsoft To-Do app installed to manage work related things.
When I add a task, it seems to be added to my iOS reminders:
I haven’t given ...
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Is Internet Explorer 11 mode available in the new Microsoft Edge for Mac browser?
Microsoft announced several weeks ago that it was abandoning its proprietary rendering engine for Edge and replacing it with Chromium. More recently (May 2019), it announced that it is making this new ...
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How to read 3.5 inches Floppies with 1.7MB on them?
I have an external floppy drive (Teac FD-05PUB) that reads 1.44MB Floppies fine when they are formatted normally (classic 1.44MB MS-DOS format) but fails when floppies have 1.7MB on them (Microsoft's ...
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Microsoft Remote Desktop client failing to connect via Remote Desktop Gateway in AWS
I am on Microsoft Remote Desktop Version 10.2.2 on macOS 10.14 (Mojave). The error log looks like the following.
An error occurred while communicating with the Remote Desktop Gateway.
If this ...
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Is there anyway to stop Microsoft Office 2016 on macOS prompting for update?
I want to stop this prompt:
Normally I’d encourage people to keep their system / app up-to-date, but there is only one word that can describe what Microsoft had done in Office for Mac: catastrophe.
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MS Word documents changing to .cpio files and then to .zip files
I really need help with this issue: whenever I try to open a word document file from my Mac, the archive utility application opens up and turns the .doc file into a .cpio file and if I click on that ...
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Can you search for tags in OneNote for Mac 2016?
Searching for tagged content within a notebook in OneNote for Windows is straightforward. There's a Find Tags menu option.
This option does not seem to exist in OneNote for Mac 2016. There's nothing ...
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Unable to open "Remote Desktop Protocol" (RDP) URLs from command-line
I am unable to open RDP URLs from the command-line.
Whenever I try to open RDP URL from command line by executing the following:
open rdp://localhost/
or any other IP address, I get the following ...
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How to view the To-Do-Bar in Outlook for Mac?
I am new to Apple and I have Outlook 2016 installed in my Mac. I am unable to see the To-Do-Bar which I use in Outlook for Windows.
How do I view the To-Do-Bar in Outlook for Mac?
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Keyboard Backspace key not working but repeats when reconnecting USB
I've been using, and enjoying, a Microsoft Sculpt Wireless keyboard for the past couple years. All of a sudden tonight the backspace key stopped working. Using the keyboard viewer, I can tell all the ...
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