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 click "Modifier Keys...", it thinks I have a 🌐 instead of Fn. But this keyboard doesn't have a 🌐 (as far as I'm aware), and it does have an Fn. Pressing Fn toggles a light on and off on the key. #### Here are the "Modifier Keys..." options: #### Keyboard settings: The problem is that pressing Fn twice does not start dictation. Instead, it just toggles Fn light on and off. I'm not 100% sure how this works, but maybe this is actually just toggling an internal state inside the keyboard. Maybe it doesn't send a keypress event until you actually press one of the function keys (e.g. F1, F2), and the Fn state just determines if it sends a plain F1 key, or one of the special functions (e.g. mute, play/pause, etc.) Is it possible to configure Fn to start dictation? Is it possible to change a setting on the keyboard to disable the Fn light turning on and off, and send a Fn / 🌐 keypress event instead? I installed [Karabiner-Elements](https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/) and played around with it, but I couldn't figure out how to change the behavior of Fn or remap it. I was able to remap the right Windows as Fn, so I'm able to start dictation by pressing this key twice. But I would still be interested to know if it's possible to use the Fn.

How do I make the "MultiSelect" option work in the Application.GetOpenFilename() method? Despite Microsoft's help page, setting this argument to True doesn't allow me to select multiple files in the dialog. Answers like this do not help since FileDialog isn't available on the Mac version of Excel. What I really want is to prompt the user for a folder instead of a file, but I can't find out how. So, I'm using subs like this to have the user pick files but as you can see in my screen recording, MultiSelect doesn't work. I know I can use the file selected to determine the folder Sub getFolder() Dim path As Variant path = Application.GetOpenFilename(FileFilter:="txt", _ MultiSelect:=True) If path = "False" Then End 'user hit Cancel End Sub Ironically, the first time a file is chosen a "Grant Access" dialog appears, which is itself a folder picker -- exactly what I want. And yet I can't figure out how to make a "Grant Access" dialog appear with VBA.

I want to add a background image to Teams, and get the error message "Couldn't add background: Invalid image size". The image is a JPEG and has size 2048x1512 and hence inside the limits given by Teams (2048x2048). The file size is less than 2MB. I'm running MacOS 12.7.3 with Teams Version 25007.204.3374.1976, which is the most recent Teams version running on this platform.

After some time working in Word I am getting this strange button or even two It's not clear at all what they do, where they come from. But if I quit Word, they are disappearing. I don't have any plugins/addons installed as far as I know. It appears even if I minimize all windows, on desktop. Clicking on it brings Word menu only (not the window itself). What this might be and how to get rid of it? Update - a small video on how this button behaves. Update2 - the UI element appears to be from styles

I use linking extensively in OneNote and the ability to jump backwards and forwards through the history of pages I've been either selecting or jumping to through a link is essential. However on iOS I can't work out how to jump back to the page I've come from after I've clicked a link. Is this possible?

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 I wanted to type "100" in the calculator, I would press 1 0 0. However, the result that shows in the calculator is not 100, but just 0, because it was the last number I pressed. Example: ![Animated gif of the Calculator app showing the input of the number '100' where the display is only showing the '0' ][1] Are my mappings incorrect and causing this issue? Using Key Codes to check what each key on the numpad does: 1 on the numpad, seems to provide two key down events:

Key Down
     Characters: 
     Unicode:    63289 / 0xf739
     Keys:
     Key Code:   71 / 0x47
     Modifiers:  10486016 / 0xa00100

Key Down
     Characters: 1
     Unicode:    49 / 0x31
     Keys:       #1
     Key Code:   83 / 0x53
     Modifiers:  2097408 / 0x200100

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 Windows 10 has this feature built-in, but of course this is lacking on the macOS version. (OneDrive will not allow your sync directory to be your home directory.) Are there any tricks to get these and other locations to sync here on the Mac? (FWIW I do have "Premium OneDrive" through my **Microsoft 365 Family** subscription.)

May I please get assistance with a [Microsoft Intune](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/what-is-intune) compliance script for macOS. If (app) is not installed set, device as non compliant. This is the srcipt I tried but its isn't working. I want to upload the script to intune so that intune can mark devices without Apex installed as non compliant.

#!/bin/sh
#Enter the Name of the Application here Apex One (Mac)
Security Agent="/Applications/Apex One (Mac) Security Agent"
echo $Apex One (Mac) Security Agent
#Check if Directory Exist
if [ ! -d $ApplicationName ]; then 
	echo $ApplicationName "is not installed"
	exit
fi
echo $ApplicationName " is installed"

I want to find a way to share some Microsoft RDP configuration information with my team. Where does Microsoft RDP 8 for Mac store its connections and configuration?

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 organizer" when responding to an event. Maybe I don't fully grok the Outlook way of doing things, but I don't want to email the sender every time I accept an invite. It pollutes their inbox and my "Sent" folder. But this checkbox is re-enabled for every new meeting invite I receive. How can I set the default behavior to *NOT* "Email organizer" when I respond to an event? ___ Screenshot: > RSVP to this event > Optional message to organizer > **Email organizer** (slider/checkbox) > Accept | Tentative | Decline | Propose New Time In previous versions of Outlook, this same behavior (?) may have been phrased: > Respond With Comments > Respond Without Comments > Do Not Send a Response

After I made a full backup of my hard drive using Time Machine and reinstalled macOS, I realized that I had lost all the configurations for Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta. Where does Microsoft RDP 10 Beta for Mac store its connections and configuration?

This item just appeared after a Microsoft update. "Distant Future Corp" has a couple of apps on the app store and only a few staff. They appear to deal with sharing of things like [link collections](https://deckr.surf/) , but it’s hard to find out much about them or their CEO(?) [Steve Gehrman](https://www.datanyze.com/people/Steven-Gehrman/168039910) (as a Flutter developer he has a [GitHub account](https://github.com/sgehrman) and allied company [Cocoatech](https://cocoatech.com/about-cocoatech/#/) developed Path Finder, which I brew installed and then uninstalled—awhile before this MS addition—as it failed to do what I needed). It seems impossible from an hour or more searching to find out why Microsoft has added this to my startup items, or what that company has to do with Microsoft. For now I’ve turned it off. Anyone know any more?

I need a way to cross compile a short piece of .NET C# code to a dll, which will then run a client's Windows environment. I run OS X 10.9.2 on an iMac. Does anyone know what tools allow this? I would rather not install Parallels and Windows if I can find a way to cross compile this without needing that heavy of an installation of Microsoft tools.

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 - turning Spotlight on and off (sudo mdutil -i on /) - adding and removing the Main Profile folder from the list of locations that Spotlight is prevented from searching Is there anything else I could try? I am running Outlook 16.56 and 16.57 on macOS 12.1. Update: I found a discussion that suggests this may be an issue with Monterey 12.1 and another one on Apple Developer forums . It seems that updating to 16.57 worked for some people there, but it did not for me.

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 end of its name. I can reinstall the app but then it is gone again after I've restarted my Mac. I've never known anything quite like it. I also posted on the MS forum but couldn't get an answer, I also found a Reddit post of someone who had a similar issue of MS applications disappearing on Mac

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 personal metadata from most Office data files. Example guide direct from Microsoft: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/remove-hidden-data-and-personal-information-by-inspecting-documents-presentations-or-workbooks-356b7b5d-77af-44fe-a07f-9aa4d085966f I have also found guides for removing metadata from Microsoft *Word* specifically on MacOS: https://support.cu-portland.edu/hc/en-us/articles/360011611633-Scrub-metadata-from-Word-documents In short, most approaches to removing metadata from Office files in Windows involve the use of the built-in **Document Inspector**, which doesn't seem to exist in the MacOS versions of Office apps. There does seem to be a way to purge metadata from a Microsoft *Word* file in MacOS (Tools -> Protect Document -> Check "Remove personal information from this file on save"), but there doesn't seem to be any equivalent for Microsoft *Excel*. I am running the latest version (at the time of this posting obviously) of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft *Excel* 16.36 (20041300) for MacOS Catalina 10.15.4. Note, I wasn't 100% sure where to post this. I consulted a StackExchange question (https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90919/which-stack-exchange-site-is-best-for-microsoft-excel-questions) which said that I should use the **SuperUser** stack for Microsoft Office related questions, but since this is an Office question that is specific only to the MacOS version, I decided it would be more appropriate here. It seems to me, though, that an Office-specific stack might be useful.

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 stop syncing. The fix is to restart the App. When I am using the GUI, this is easy, but when I am remote (usually connected via SSH), there’s no easy way to restart the App short of rebooting. Is there. Is there a command line command to restart OneDrive?

I have already uninstalled Microsoft Defender following Microsoft [instructions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/mac-resources?view=o365-worldwide#uninstalling) : > Interactive uninstallation > > Open Finder > Applications. Right click on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint > Move to Trash. Defender is not in my Applications folder anymore. However, **System Settings** > **Network** > **Filters** > **Filters & Proxies** still show Microsoft Defender, and it is enabled but with a yellow dot. This filter does not have enabled the option to disable. Any suggestion how to get rid of this filter? **Update:** after restarting the machine, the icon is gone, but filter/proxy still shows up:

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 accounts that I used at some point in the distant past. I've traced every file that Teams seems to touch from launch leading up to that window appearing using eslogger. I also traced the HTTP traffic with Proxyman. I still can't figure out where this data is coming from. I raised this question as an issue over on the MicrosoftTeams-msinternal GitHub but didn't get an answer. How can I clear this cache or remove these accounts from the chooser? **Update:** Thanks to bmike for the answer below—indeed it was the Keychain storing these credentials all along. Here's a one-liner that I ended up settling on that successfully reset them:

for svce in AdalCache OneAuthAccount; do security delete-generic-password -s $svce; done

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 suggestion for signing in. At ~/Library/Application Support I deleted all Microsoft* folders and deleted then reinstalled edge. I went to create a new profile and was *still* offered my personal account. Where is this data located?