Microsoft AutoUpdate Not Working?

Anonymous
2021-03-18T10:48:49+00:00

Over the past few days, I kept receiving the notification from Word that it needs updating, however, when I go to update it, I get the message

'Update error...Updates are temporarily unavailable, please try again in a few minutes.

Shortly after, this is followed by another pop-up that states 'There was a problem with the Microsoft Update Assistant and your recent work might be lost. We apologise for the inconvenience.' 

It gives me the option to restart the update assistant, which I have done a number of times, however, I just get exactly the same problem over and over again. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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Anonymous
2021-03-20T00:29:39+00:00

Did you use a tool like CleanMyMac the remove "universal Binaries"?

I had that a couple of days ago, downloading and re-install it from the Microsoft AutoUpdate Release history page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-history-microsoft-autoupdate

Good luck!

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-05-24T09:38:25+00:00

    Same issue!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-23T08:41:50+00:00

    Tried everything mentioned. Same issue. Not working

    Mac OS Big Sur 11.3.1

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-21T19:59:07+00:00

    Same symptom here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-21T17:24:52+00:00

    I have an intel 15" and the updater isn't working

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