No matter what setting I use, even after I tell it to "just update everything, I don't care, go away" it launches 100 times a day (ok, at least once, maybe more than that) and leaves an ugly notification window on top of my desktop. Invariably over something I need to get at.
The click to dismiss it is causing me great emotional pain.
I asked Perplexity how to get rid of it and it did as well as Google -- it gave me answers that ought to work but don't. We all know why that is.
This has worked for me.
- Go to '/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0'
- Cmd-drag Microsoft AutoUpdate.app to desktop.
- Create alias of MAU2.0 folder on desktop.
MAU will stop notifications. Every month or so (yearly?) I drag it into the folder, run update, then drag it out.
Sooner or later Microsoft might make MAU less stupid. My theory is MSFT devs / contractors hate Microsoft Office and want it to die faster.
