Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread JD
Dave, be that as it may, a party like Apple or Windows can still make false claims that the software comes from an untrusted site and thus prevent it's installation. Alas, this is part of "software wars" and it will only get worse unless legislators take steps to prevent it. On 10/4/19 11:35

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread JD
On 10/4/19 11:22 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: Am 04.10.19 um 19:14 schrieb JD: On 10/4/19 10:41 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: Am 04.10.19 um 18:40 schrieb Andrea: The only official site does not support Mac ... Of course it does. Matthias, The official link for mac os takes you to

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Dave Fisher
The downloads on sourceforge are the ones that are created by the Apache OpenOffice project. Matthias is the one who currently creates all of the Windows builds as a volunteer. We are all volunteers and SourceForge has generously donated to our community hosting for well over 250,000,000

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Matthias Seidel
Am 04.10.19 um 19:14 schrieb JD: > > On 10/4/19 10:41 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: >> Am 04.10.19 um 18:40 schrieb Andrea: >>> The only official site does not support Mac ... >> Of course it does. > > Matthias, > The official link for mac os takes you to >

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread JD
Don has a very good point. I think OpenOffice should stop using sourceforge.net because sourceforge does NOT check to see if the software projects it hosts are malware free. In addition, Apple is invested in selling MS office ported to the MAC-OS. So, I think Apple's code that rejects SW

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Andrea
Don Karp made other experiences :-) Anywax stop let us stop off topic things Am 04.10.2019 um 18:41 schrieb Matthias Seidel: Am 04.10.19 um 18:40 schrieb Andrea: The only official site does not support Mac ... Of course it does. Am 04.10.2019 um 18:34 schrieb Matthias Seidel: NO! Never

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread David Belina
SourceForge is the place people put software that is open source.  It is perfectly safe (at least for OpenOffice).  I am running mine download of OpenOffice on a Mac and Windows and virus checks on both came out negative for viruses or malware. Dave B. On October 4, 2019 at 10:46:12 AM, Don

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Don Karp
Thanks-- But when I use this it transfers me to Source Forge. My Mac says it is an unknown company and will not open it. There are ways to get Mac to recognize this, but I checked this company and fear malware. Any other places to download, please? --

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Matthias Seidel
Am 04.10.19 um 18:40 schrieb Andrea: > The only official site does not support Mac ... Of course it does. > > Am 04.10.2019 um 18:34 schrieb Matthias Seidel: >> NO! >> >> Never download from that location! >> >> This is *NOT* official! >> >> Am 04.10.19 um 18:33 schrieb Andrea: >>>

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Andrea
https://www.openoffice.de/openoffice_download_macosx.php Am 04.10.2019 um 19:23 schrieb Don Karp: But when I use this it transfers me to Source Forge. My Mac says it is an unknown company and will not open it. There are ways to get Mac to recognize this, but I checked this company and fear

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Don Karp
But when I use this it transfers me to Source Forge. My Mac says it is an unknown company and will not open it. There are ways to get Mac to recognize this, but I checked this company and fear malware. Any other places to download, please? --

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:49:59 +0200 Andrea Vt wrote: > Just try the official site: > > https://www.openoffice.org/download/ Probably this is due to the Gatekeeper application that Apple is supplying with your computer. Read Q05/A05 in

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Andrea Vt
Just try the official site: https://www.openoffice.org/download/ Am 04.10.2019 um 04:42 schrieb Don Karp: Hi-- When I tried downloading from Source Forge and SoftIonic, my Mac wouldn't allow because from an unrecognized source. I looked up reviews from those sources and got some bad

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Gede Arda unud
I tried several time to finish the package... After all, all run successfully. On Fri, 4 Oct 2019, 14:30 Don Karp, wrote: > Hi-- > > When I tried downloading from Source Forge and SoftIonic, my Mac wouldn't > allow because from an unrecognized source. > > I looked up reviews from those sources

Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread Don Karp
Hi-- When I tried downloading from Source Forge and SoftIonic, my Mac wouldn't allow because from an unrecognized source. I looked up reviews from those sources and got some bad reviews. Is there any other way I can download without risk, please? --