Fixes for Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Chrome, PDFs and other everyday apps, with step-by-step guides and screenshots.
macOS 27 Golden Gate came out on September 14 and is the first version that only runs on Apple silicon Macs. Here’s the compatibility list, how to check your Mac’s chip, how to update and the new Mac mini and Mac Studio.
Teams keeps loading, won’t show old messages, images or files? Here’s how to fix it: connection and VPN, the web version, signing out and in, clearing the new Teams cache and resetting the app.
Teams shows you as away while you work, gets stuck on “Out of office”, or Outlook shows “Status unknown”? Here’s how status works and how to fix each case.
Excel says the file is corrupt, “found a problem with some content” or won’t open it? Here’s how to recover it: Open and Repair, previous versions, AutoRecover and Excel for the web.
OneDrive says your storage is full, files stop syncing and even Outlook.com stops receiving email? Here’s what’s taking up space and how to free it without losing files.
The formula shows up as text in the cell instead of the result, or values don’t update when you change the numbers? Here are the causes: manual calculation, text-formatted cells, Show Formulas and more.
WhatsApp Web stuck on “Connecting”, the QR code won’t load or it keeps disconnecting? Here’s how to fix it: linked devices, browser, cache, extensions, work networks and the Windows app.
Outlook says your mailbox is full and you can’t send or receive? Here’s how to really free up space: deleted items, large attachments, archiving and the limits for each account type.
Where the Outlook .pst file lives, how it differs from .ost, how to compact a huge PST, back it up and open your email on another computer.
VLOOKUP returns #N/A even though the value is in the table? Here are the most common causes — spaces, numbers stored as text, FALSE/TRUE, the wrong range — and how to fix them, including with XLOOKUP.
Your spreadsheet shows #N/A, #VALUE!, #REF!, #NAME?, #DIV/0!, #SPILL! or #####? Here’s what each Excel error means and how to fix it — without just hiding the problem.
Word won’t open, freezes on the splash screen or closes by itself? Here’s how to fix it: safe mode, add-ins, the Normal.dotm template, Office repair, activation and damaged files.
