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help for Mac needed
Hello!
I just updated my mac and it’s saying that shortly it won’t support anymore open office because of the intel support. Apple suggested me to write you in order to tell me how to procede for continuing using it, could you kindly advise? Many thanks and best regards,
Beatrice Bassi
🕉🙏🏻📿
@ bbbeabassi@gmail.com
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Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by Pe...@apache.org.
Am 29.05.2026 um 04:25 schrieb DAVID BARNERT via users:
> Thank you.
>
> I have downloaded LibreOffice (and Java Runtime Environment) and it seems to do everything I need it to do, Apple Silicon compliant, to boot. As far as I am concerned, this answers the question several of us have asked. If Apache comes up with an Apple Silicon version of OpenOffice, great. If not, there's this.
The Office Suite market offers a wide range of software. I recommend to
check:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_office_suites
Check out the list for word processors,spread sheets and so on. The
option even on Apple Devices is plenty. ODF is widly adopted. I think
that most issues are layout concerned. But i may be wrong, i am looking
at other topics then interoperability. The last comparison i saw is a
bid aged.
LO is campaigning against other suites. Massively in the past against
OpenOffice after they forked from it. Recently they criticized
onlyOffice. There have imho longer ongoing argue with Collabora (which
releases Collabora Office).
I am not sure how this will develop. Especially because Collabora has
been the industrial arm of LO. It is not clear how this develops.
I wish People would be more positive.
All the best
Peter
>
> DB
>
>> On May 28, 2026, at 6:18 PM, Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, LO and OO both have ODF files as their native format. The two projects split years ago, at least in part because of philosophical differences about licensing (although both are FLOSS).
>>
>> - Robert
>>
>> On 2026-05-28 21:04, DAVID BARNERT wrote:
>>> I never heard of LibreOffice until just now and I just looked at the website. Can it open OpenOffice files?
>>>
>>> David Barnert
>>> Albany NY
>>>
>>>> On May 28, 2026, at 17:19, Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I read that MacOS 28 is expected in 2027, so it gives some time yet. LibreOffice apparently has Apple Silicon support now, so it's available if OpenOffice isn't.
>>>>
>>>> - Robert
>
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Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by DAVID BARNERT via users <us...@openoffice.apache.org>.
Thank you.
I have downloaded LibreOffice (and Java Runtime Environment) and it seems to do everything I need it to do, Apple Silicon compliant, to boot. As far as I am concerned, this answers the question several of us have asked. If Apache comes up with an Apple Silicon version of OpenOffice, great. If not, there's this.
DB
> On May 28, 2026, at 6:18 PM, Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> Yes, LO and OO both have ODF files as their native format. The two projects split years ago, at least in part because of philosophical differences about licensing (although both are FLOSS).
>
> - Robert
>
> On 2026-05-28 21:04, DAVID BARNERT wrote:
>> I never heard of LibreOffice until just now and I just looked at the website. Can it open OpenOffice files?
>>
>> David Barnert
>> Albany NY
>>
>>> On May 28, 2026, at 17:19, Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> I read that MacOS 28 is expected in 2027, so it gives some time yet. LibreOffice apparently has Apple Silicon support now, so it's available if OpenOffice isn't.
>>>
>>> - Robert
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Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca>.
Yes, LO and OO both have ODF files as their native format. The two
projects split years ago, at least in part because of philosophical
differences about licensing (although both are FLOSS).
- Robert
On 2026-05-28 21:04, DAVID BARNERT wrote:
> I never heard of LibreOffice until just now and I just looked at the website. Can it open OpenOffice files?
>
> David Barnert
> Albany NY
>
>> On May 28, 2026, at 17:19, Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I read that MacOS 28 is expected in 2027, so it gives some time yet. LibreOffice apparently has Apple Silicon support now, so it's available if OpenOffice isn't.
>>
>> - Robert
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Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by DAVID BARNERT via users <us...@openoffice.apache.org>.
I never heard of LibreOffice until just now and I just looked at the website. Can it open OpenOffice files?
David Barnert
Albany NY
> On May 28, 2026, at 17:19, Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> I read that MacOS 28 is expected in 2027, so it gives some time yet. LibreOffice apparently has Apple Silicon support now, so it's available if OpenOffice isn't.
>
> - Robert
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Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca>.
I read that MacOS 28 is expected in 2027, so it gives some time yet.
LibreOffice apparently has Apple Silicon support now, so it's available
if OpenOffice isn't.
- Robert
On 2026-05-28 19:19, DAVID BARNERT via users wrote:
> That Apple support page doesn't help with the OpenOffice situation unless an Apple Silicon compliant version becomes available. Here is email I sent yesterday addressing the issue:
>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: DAVID BARNERT <da...@aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: OpenOffice written for Apple Silicon, OS X Tahoe and later
>> Date: May 27, 2026 at 7:20:16 AM MST
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Cc: whldorsey@gmail.com
>>
>> On April 27 I wrote:
>>
>>> From: DAVID BARNERT <da...@aol.com>
>>> Subject: OpenOffice future Mac incompatibility
>>> Date: April 27, 2026 at 5:24:03 PM MST
>>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>>>
>>> Apple has announced that starting with MacOS 28 (currently at 26) Rosetta will no longer be available, so OpenOffice will not run on Macs with Apple Silicon chips.
>>>
>>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of plans to make OpenOffice compatible with Apple Silicon chips in the absence of Rosetta?
>>>
>>> David Barnert
>>> Albany NY
>> The same day Petko@apache.org responded:
>>
>>> From: Petko@apache.org
>>> Subject: Re: OpenOffice future Mac incompatibility
>>> Date: April 27, 2026 at 9:16:44 PM MST
>>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>>> Reply-To: <us...@openoffice.apache.org>
>>>
>>> my plan is:
>>>
>>> - fix regressions in 4.2
>>>
>>> - Win 64 bit version with 4.3
>>> - jump to newer sdks for Windows and MacOS in Version 5
>>>
>>> However i am currently trying to improve the build environment, which are our tools that build AOO.
>>> Damjan is working on Win 64, but its still crashing. Apache OpenOffice has some fancy way of connecting programming languages, and that is not easy to migrate to 64 bit.
>>> Once we have solved both issues the target Version for Silicon is unblocked.
>>> Currently i can not say if we will meet the deadline or not. Build environment, Win64 and support for sillicon are major changes.
>>>
>>> All the best
>>>
>>> Peter
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Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by DAVID BARNERT via users <us...@openoffice.apache.org>.
That Apple support page doesn't help with the OpenOffice situation unless an Apple Silicon compliant version becomes available. Here is email I sent yesterday addressing the issue:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: DAVID BARNERT <da...@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: OpenOffice written for Apple Silicon, OS X Tahoe and later
> Date: May 27, 2026 at 7:20:16 AM MST
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: whldorsey@gmail.com
>
> On April 27 I wrote:
>
>> From: DAVID BARNERT <da...@aol.com>
>> Subject: OpenOffice future Mac incompatibility
>> Date: April 27, 2026 at 5:24:03 PM MST
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>>
>> Apple has announced that starting with MacOS 28 (currently at 26) Rosetta will no longer be available, so OpenOffice will not run on Macs with Apple Silicon chips.
>>
>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527
>>
>> Does anyone know of plans to make OpenOffice compatible with Apple Silicon chips in the absence of Rosetta?
>>
>> David Barnert
>> Albany NY
>
> The same day Petko@apache.org responded:
>
>> From: Petko@apache.org
>> Subject: Re: OpenOffice future Mac incompatibility
>> Date: April 27, 2026 at 9:16:44 PM MST
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Reply-To: <us...@openoffice.apache.org>
>>
>> my plan is:
>>
>> - fix regressions in 4.2
>>
>> - Win 64 bit version with 4.3
>> - jump to newer sdks for Windows and MacOS in Version 5
>>
>> However i am currently trying to improve the build environment, which are our tools that build AOO.
>> Damjan is working on Win 64, but its still crashing. Apache OpenOffice has some fancy way of connecting programming languages, and that is not easy to migrate to 64 bit.
>> Once we have solved both issues the target Version for Silicon is unblocked.
>> Currently i can not say if we will meet the deadline or not. Build environment, Win64 and support for sillicon are major changes.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Peter
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> On May 28, 2026, at 2:55 PM, Mark Wolf <sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here is information on the issue 'Using Intel-based apps on a Mac with Apple silicon'.
>
> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527?cid=mc-ols-rosetta-article_102527-macos_finder-52526201
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM Beatrice Bassi <bbbeabassi@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hello!
>> I just updated my mac and it’s saying that shortly it won’t support anymore open office because of the intel support. Apple suggested me to write you in order to tell me how to procede for continuing using it, could you kindly advise? Many thanks and best regards,
>>
>> Beatrice Bassi
>> 🕉🙏🏻📿
>>
>> @ bbbeabassi@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>
>> ________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Mark Wolf
Re: help for Mac needed
Posted by Mark Wolf <sc...@gmail.com>.
Here is information on the issue 'Using Intel-based apps on a Mac with
Apple silicon'.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527?cid=mc-ols-rosetta-article_102527-macos_finder-52526201
On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM Beatrice Bassi <bb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
> I just updated my mac and it’s saying that shortly it won’t support
> anymore open office because of the intel support. Apple suggested me to
> write you in order to tell me how to procede for continuing using it, could
> you kindly advise? Many thanks and best regards,
>
> *Beatrice Bassi*
> 🕉🙏🏻📿
>
> @ bbbeabassi@gmail.com
> ________________________________
>
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Mark Wolf