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When you use VBA in Mac Excel 2016 or higher that Save or Open files you will notice that it is possible that it will ask you permission to access the file or folder (Grant File Access Prompt), this is because of Appleās sandbox requirements.This means that when you want to save/open files or check if it exists with VBA code the first time. For permissions used to access Office 365 notebooks, see Choose OneNote permissions (enterprise apps). Sign users in and get an access token (consumer apps) Your app initiates the sign-in process by contacting the authorization service.
Symptoms
In Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac, you are repeatedly prompted for authentication while you're connected to your Office 365 account.
Cause
Office For Mac
This issue occurs because of the presence of duplicate tokens in the keychain.
Resolution
To resolve this issue in Outlook 2016 for Mac, install the February 2017 Outlook update (version 15.31.0) from the following Office website:
Workaround
Office 2016 For Mac Grant Access Error Download
To work around this issue, delete any cached passwords for your account, and also delete any modern authentication tokens from the keychain. To do this, follow these steps.
Note
These steps affect all Office applications that use modern authentication.
Office 2016 For Mac Grant Access Error Key
- Quit Outlook and all other Office applications.
- Start Keychain Access by using one of the following methods:
- Select the Finder application, click Utilities on the Go menu, and then double-click Keychain Access.
- In Spotlight Search, type Keychain Access, and then double-click Keychain Access in the search results.
- In the search field in Keychain Access, enter Exchange.
- In the search results, select each item to view the Account that's listed at the top, and then press Delete. Repeat this step to delete all items for your Exchange account.
- In the search field, enter adal.
- Select all items whose type is MicrosoftOffice15_2_Data:ADAL:<GUID>, and then press Delete.
- In the search field, enter office.
- Select the items that are named Microsoft Office Identities Cache 2 and Microsoft Office Identities Settings 2, and then press Delete.
- Quit Keychain Access.NoteWhen you start Outlook, you are prompted to authenticate.