Since version 14.5.0 I was able to update both my systems without the above code. Looks like Microsoft have finally found a way to make updates happen without the necessity for such backdoor hackery. Then repeat this process next week, when another 140MB of updates will have to be applied. Close Terminal and Office for Mac is finally updated. Once the update is applied, head back to the Terminal window and press CTRL+C – this will stop the killing loop. Don’t worry about the continuous text output in the window.īack in the Microsoft Updater window, hit “Close Applications and Install”. The is a BASH loop that will find both processes and kill them as soon as they start up again. Make sure the whole command is on the same line. You can do this without quitting anything else, even while the pesky “close applications” window is displayed. Here’s how to do it: Open the Terminal utility on your Mac and paste the following code: while true do kill $(ps -ef | grep -i SyncServices | grep -v grep | awk ' ') done What did work was a very clever suggestion by someone named vrleboss: Use a while loop on the command line and continually kill those processes until you’re done.
None of those suggestions worked for me, and besides: what a hack any of these solutions are to apply a simple security patch. kill the processes with the Activity Monitor Utility.
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