Note that duplicate updates may give rise to error messages.If it's still not possible to map out a way around the situation after doing that, the external hard disc drive should be disconnected, and then the updates reinstalled. The first thing to do is to determine if other programs are interfering with the operations of Excel by booting the Mac in Safe Mode.There are a number of ways to resolve these issues. These crashes can occur at any point in time while app is running, including upon launching or while certain operations are being executed.