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Best, Dave > On Aug 24, 2026, at 2:17 PM, Michael Reich <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: ricktone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 11:46=E2=80=AFAM >> Subject: Apple functionality >> To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> >> Open Office will no longer work on Apple Silicon based computers as of >> Apple=E2=80=99s impending OS28 update. Do you have a universal version of O= >> pen >> Office that will continue to work on my Apple computer? >> Thanks >> Rick Tone > > Mr. Tone, if Apache Open Office doesn’t provide a version that will run on > Macs after the OS28 release, you can easily switch to Libreoffice. It’s a > branch of the same OpenOffice software as AOO and currently runs on M1 and > Intel Macs. It’s also free and its interface should be familiar to AOO users. > See > Download > libreoffice.org > <favicon.ico> > <https://www.libreoffice.org/download/>Download > <https://www.libreoffice.org/download/> > libreoffice.org <https://www.libreoffice.org/download/> <favicon.ico> > <https://www.libreoffice.org/download/> > > -- > Michael Reich > 1916 Deere Lane > Glendale Heights, IL 60139 > [email protected] > >
