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Pivot Table causes Excel to crash on MacOS

I'm using Version 16.114.3 of Excel for Mac on a Mac Studio with M1 ultra chip, 64gb Ram. Excel was working fine up until this morning. Whenever I try to create a pivot table, excel crashes. For pre-existing pivot tables, excel crashes if I try to change…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-11-03T01:44:12.7533333+00:00
Gerald Quinn 30 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-06T00:10:51.68+00:00
Michelle Wallace 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Pivot table crashes on refresh MacOS

Refresh on existing Pivot Tables reports cause crash of Excel Microsoft Error Reporting There was a problem with Microsoft Excel and we apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft Excel will attempt to recover your work. Recover work and restart…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-11-03T06:11:18.4533333+00:00
Thomas Burkhalter 10 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-05T07:12:09.1066667+00:00
Giulia Buzzi 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Excel Crashes When I Create A Pivot Table

Microsoft Excel crashes as soon as I create a pivot table in Excel. It can be a new workbook or a workbook that I created 15 pivot tables in last week. I've already tried it in Safe Mode, this did not work. I've already disabled all add-ins, this did…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-11-03T20:46:51.8833333+00:00
Connor Mohs 30 Reputation points
accepted 2026-11-05T00:21:29.53+00:00
Connor Mohs 30 Reputation points
3 answers

How to fix Microsoft Error Reporting, There was a problem with Microsoft Excel and we apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft Excel will attempt to recover your work.

This is occurring on one Excel file. If I check "Recover work and restart Microsoft Excel" it crashes again and I receive the same error. The detail error: Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0 Error Signature: Exception:…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-11-03T17:18:32.7+00:00
John Wesley 15 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-04T18:35:29.7466667+00:00
Shrouk Ellahoony 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Excel Crashes When I create a Pivot Table

Microsoft Excel crashes as soon as I create a pivot table in Excel. It can be a new workbook or a workbook that I created 15 pivot tables in last week. I've already tried it in Safe Mode, this did not work. I've already disabled all add-ins, this did not…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-11-03T20:57:00.15+00:00
Connor Mohs 30 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-03T21:35:07.8633333+00:00
EmilyS726 277.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

How to use HAS, HASANY, and FLATTEN formulas?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the community. I'm trying to use the new HAS, HASANY, and FLATTEN functions in Excel, but they don't appear to be available on my end. I first contacted Microsoft Excel support, and they directed me here. We first thought I was on…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-20T06:41:05.2166667+00:00
Sakthi Akilesh 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-11-03T17:52:14.5366667+00:00
Gérard Oomens 133.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

MS Excel - MacOS issues continue to arise

So now, every time I want to bold a portion of a cell entry, the text compresses as shown in attached image. The frustration with MS Excel is peaking -- why would I need to re-format every sentence, every time????????????

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-28T18:34:02.7033333+00:00
Sergio Machado 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-11-03T17:49:23.1633333+00:00
Gérard Oomens 133.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

Combine every two rows in a spreadsheet into one based on criteria

I have an export from one accounting program that uses double entry accounting and I need to convert it to single entry to import to my new program. Currently each transaction has a unique identifier (Transaction ID) but it takes up two rows in the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-11-02T22:02:44.0533333+00:00
brenda peluso 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-02T22:24:08.9866667+00:00
Marcin Policht 112.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

Can't use Excel

I can open Excel. I can't save a file. I have paid up.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-26T14:54:22.26+00:00
LEE REILLY 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-26T15:26:21.49+00:00
DaveM121 945.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

excel. subscription demand

your office licence2021 is not supported with this version of the application. never had this before now wants a subscription can no longer save

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-24T09:22:46.5866667+00:00
ken littlejohn 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-10-25T11:32:02.08+00:00
Gérard Oomens 133.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

My Excel account is to Microsoft 365 an not Office 2021

Not sure how it happened, but I bought Microsoft Office 2021 when I got my Mac. A housemate bought Microsoft 365 for her Mac and a PC. When I open Excel on my Mac, it opens as Microsoft 365, not my Office 2021 account. How can I open it using my Office…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-24T21:18:09.6566667+00:00
Marcie Thomas 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-24T21:53:38.8066667+00:00
EmilyS_726 34,015 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

World ve exell i kullanamıyorum.

Imac imi aldığımda microsoft office sınırsız olarak kurulmuştu.Şu an itibariyle world ve exell i açtığımda office 2021 lisansınız bu ürünü desteklemiyor dedi.Ben burada ücretsiz tek kişilik sürümü kullanmaya devam etmek istiyorum.Profesyonel kullanıcı…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-23T13:45:34.5133333+00:00
Ömer Cem Gözlüklü 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-24T12:22:19.12+00:00
DaveM121 (2) 17,800 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

Microsoft home & business 2021 support for Mac

I want to confirm if my Microsoft home & business 2021 is active for Mac ?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-23T08:05:09.0733333+00:00
Joanne Tey 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-23T14:39:43.32+00:00
Vikki-T 13,230 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Can Microsoft please make it possible to increase the font size in the excel formula bar in Mac??

There does not seem to be a reasonable way to increase the font size in the formula bar in excel for mac. The zoom function is not really working for me either. I have need to read extended sections of text from cells in the formula bar. It would be so…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-14T18:25:03.3633333+00:00
Covitt, Beth 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-17T22:59:42.15+00:00
Ian-T 15,605 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Power Query can't be launched

I use excel on Mac but power query can't be launched. Tried reinstalling excel and iOS. Neither works. Below are error messages I received. Could anyone please help? Get Data (power query) -- Power Query wasn't able to start. Restart excel and try…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-15T01:21:17.38+00:00
PO 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-15T04:46:50.48+00:00
Francisco Montilla 31,820 Reputation points Independent Advisor
4 answers

Restore the Option-Click for Inserting Cells in macOS Excel

How do I restore the option-click for inserting cells in macOS Excel? I used this very convenient shortcut for decades before Office 365. It even worked in early version of 365. Then it was killed for a year or two. Then it was restored. I just installed…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2025-12-25T19:23:15.9133333+00:00
John Morris 10 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-09T11:05:51.1666667+00:00
John Morris 10 Reputation points
2 answers

issue with logging in to the excel on my macbook

There is an error appearing that does not let me log in on my MacBook. I have tried a lot of different email and I am happy to purchase the licence but it does not even let me log in. It shows error.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-10-02T14:54:40.0333333+00:00
Natalia Kloda 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-02T15:39:45.02+00:00
GsN5034 - IA 79,820 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer

Excel cannot load Microsoft Store add-ins on Mac or Excel for web

“Solved — turned out to be a stale Microsoft identity cache”

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-09-16T18:15:04.36+00:00
B Robb 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-09-21T13:26:50.3366667+00:00
B Robb 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Excel disappeared

After the recent update of my MS applications, Excel disappeared on my MacBook.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-09-17T00:17:27.3233333+00:00
Shulamit Gehlfuss 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-17T00:54:43.5333333+00:00
Manoel Barros 23,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Low Image Resolution When Exporting Excel Mac to PDF After Microsoft 365 Update (MAC USER)

Hi, I need your help regarding an issue that I've been trying to fix this issue. The images in my Excel file are high-definition (HD) and high-quality. I have not compressed the images, and the workbook is also configured not to compress images. However,…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-07-19T12:02:12.21+00:00
Julius Calibo 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-09T07:06:29.12+00:00
Kai-H 30,315 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator