Microsoft For Mac 2011 Keeps Crashing Error Exc Bad Access

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May 07, 2009 Massive EXCBADACCESS crashes My brand new 11.6' Mac Book Air is giving these exceptions left and right. It started after I loaded steam to see if Civ5 would play (I know it is below minimum specs but that has never stopped me ) I know I didn't load any Apple updates since it last worked but I could have updated other software and just don't. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0) Restart your computer, and do not start any Microsoft applications. Now, double-click each file, starting at the bottom of the list (Service Pack 1) and working your way to the top (14.3.1 Update). Re-start the computer between installing each file. Microsoft Excel is the highly popular application of Microsoft Office suite.This is used by many people for carrying various calculations and performing various tasks. It is undoubtedly a very useful application, but since there are many cases when Excel keeps crashing, freezes, and even locks up.

Original KB number: 3014451

Symptoms

Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac crashes immediately after startup. The crash reporter displays the following error information.

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000Application Specific Information:

dyld: launch, loading dependent librariesDyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @rpath/osfcore.framework/Versions/A/osfcore

Referenced from: /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Outlook
Reason:image not found

Cause

This problem occurs if the underlying file system is formatted as case-sensitive. In this scenario, the file is named OsfCore.framework. However, Outlook 2016 for Mac looks for a file that is named osfcore.framework and cannot find the file inside the app bundle.

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Workaround

To work around this problem, rename the OsfCore.framework file as osfcore.framework. To do this, follow these steps:

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  1. In Finder, open the Application folder.
  2. Right-click Microsoft Outlook, and then select Show Package Contents.
  3. Open the Frameworks folder, and then find the OsfCore.framework file.
  4. Select OsfCore.framework, press Return, and then change the file name to osfcore.framework.

More information

You can use Disk Utility to determine whether the file system is formatted as case-sensitive. To do this, run Disk Utility, select the hard disk drive partition, and then select the Erase tab to view the Format option that's selected. If either of the case-sensitive options are selected, you may experience this problem.