On April 27 I wrote: > From: DAVID BARNERT <[email protected]> > Subject: OpenOffice future Mac incompatibility > Date: April 27, 2026 at 5:24:03 PM MST > To: [email protected] > > Apple has announced that starting with MacOS 28 (currently at 26) Rosetta > will no longer be available, so OpenOffice will not run on Macs with Apple > Silicon chips. > > https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527 > > Does anyone know of plans to make OpenOffice compatible with Apple Silicon > chips in the absence of Rosetta? > > David Barnert > Albany NY
The same day [email protected] responded: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OpenOffice future Mac incompatibility > Date: April 27, 2026 at 9:16:44 PM MST > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > my plan is: > > - fix regressions in 4.2 > > - Win 64 bit version with 4.3 > - jump to newer sdks for Windows and MacOS in Version 5 > > However i am currently trying to improve the build environment, which are our > tools that build AOO. > Damjan is working on Win 64, but its still crashing. Apache OpenOffice has > some fancy way of connecting programming languages, and that is not easy to > migrate to 64 bit. > Once we have solved both issues the target Version for Silicon is unblocked. > Currently i can not say if we will meet the deadline or not. Build > environment, Win64 and support for sillicon are major changes. > > All the best > > Peter > On May 26, 2026, at 2:06 PM, William Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have searched several ways to see if, *when support for Intel-based apps > ends*, OpenOffice will be written to run on Mac OS X on and after Tahoe. > But I have found nothing > > Since there is complete silence on any Apple Silicon-based app, I assume that > there is none in the works nor are there any plans to develop one. > > Am I correct? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
