Well, that pretty much sums it up. I went to update the app and can't get it to load (can't verify that it's not malware, acc to message). Is this a known bug with Open Office or a Big Sur machine?

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Hurts like a bastid...

[www.openoffice.org]

OS X and Gatekeeper

Apache OpenOffice 4.x versions will be flagged by the new Gatekeeper facility in OS X Mountain Lion. This is a feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. There is a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac App store to run. See the article at Mac support at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491.

...If you're prompted to open the app in Finder and you're sure you want to open it despite the warning, you can control-click the app, choose Open from the menu, and then click Open in the dialog that appears. Enter your admin name and password to open the app.

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Or you can disable Gatekeeper entirely by entering this command (followed by your password) in the terminal:

sudo spctl --master-disable

[www.libreoffice.org]

I think open office is not being updated, LibreOffice is. Might be an alternative for you.

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=wr=

thanks for both suggestions. recalling that I went through a similar thing about 18 months ago when I bought this machine, I clicked on the icon instead of trying to copy to the app folder, and was somehow able to open it because the dialog box I got there was different. it allowed me to open it with only a "warning" about the app being downloaded from the internet and possibly not secure.

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Hurts like a bastid...