Excel Crashing When Compiling or Updating Even With Alternate File (Mac)

[cleocrazy]

Hi,

I have an M1 Macbook Pro running MS Excel for Mac 16.52, and every time I try to Compile or Update Projections, Excel crashes. I tried both the normal download and the alternate file but both crash.

Worst case I draft from home via my PC, but I'd like to be able to attend in person (tomorrow night!). That's what I get for waiting until the last minute... (to be fair I always do, and I've got 4 titles in 8 years. I know Draft Buddy has helped me get there!)

This is just the beginning of the error log:

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
ExceptionEnumString: 1
Exception Code: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0000000000000000)
Date/Time: 2021-09-08 02:45:29 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Excel
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel
Application Signature: XCEL
Application Bitness: x64
Application Version: 16.52.0.21080801
Crashed Module Name: Microsoft Excel
Crashed Module Version: 16.52.21080801
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00000000013b3da4
Blame Module Name: Microsoft Excel
Blame Module Version: 16.52.21080801
UnsymbolicatedChecksum: EC5EEA13F5D2FAD8BAFB7C0B04C25B71
Blame Module Offset: 0x00000000013b3da4
StackHash: f99c35a5e77ff3ef-dm_1_main_arm
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409
Build Type: Release
Crashed thread Stack Pointer: 0x_000000016d931de0
Crashed thread: 0

 

[Mike MacGregor]

Good news, we've got an easy fix for this one. I'm glad your draft is tomorrow! You need to run Excel in Rosetta mode. This is an issue + solution that came up this year and is specific to Macs with the M1 chip. See here for details:

 

[cleocrazy]

Sweet. Worked great. Thanks for the quick help!