Unhelpfully, I can't recall which keys wound up working (some combos didn't help), but the winning formula was something like command + control + r. I also had to use another device to learn how to reinstall the operating system-as an untrained user, this was a little tricky mostly it had to do with reseting the computer over and over while holding certain combinations of keys. I'm running Monterey now without my previous issues (like Microsoft Office not working and the data on the widgets not populating).īefore my factory reset, I backed up my data on the cloud.

Update: I factory-reset my MacBook Air, and, after additional troubleshooting, that did the trick. If in doubt refer to the developers website Support/Help/FAQ/known issues/compatibility:

Verify your third party software is compatible-īig Sur-Microsoft 365 for Mac apps that run natively on Macs with M1. I cleared the 'com.microsoft.' folders in '~/Library/Containers/' as I saw some blogs mentioning about it.ĭoes anyone else have had a similar issue ? If yes, I would love to hear if you are able to fix it. I tried uninstalling the whole MS office apps suite, and reinstalled again. The issue seems to be isolated only to MS office app, rest others are fine. For example, If I have outlook and Word open at the same time, when Word crashes & exits, within a few milliseconds my outlook crashes and exits as well. The interesting bit is all the Microsoft apps crash & exit at the same time. After upgrading my macOS to Monterey, my Microsoft apps keep crashing (outlook, word, excel, MS teams, etc).

Word wont open on my mac