How to make local disk the default save location in Word Mac

Question

Every time I save a new file, I have to click "on my mac" in the save dialog box. I don't use OneDrive or other cloud locations. How can I set "on my Mac" as the default location? The only solutions I can find for this all pertain to Windows, not Mac.

Answer 1

Using Visual Basic for Applications you could write a simple code module and save it in your Normal.dotm global template. You could set this code to a Ribbon QAT button so that it is always available.

Sub SaveToMac()

Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show

End Sub

If you don't know how to install a macro, this page should explain how to do it.:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/extensibility-with-vba-objective-c-and-other/17abc248-836f-4bab-94fc-99a6f600be01

Another suggestion Credit to Tomsullivan6 (I have not tested this(:

found issuing the following command in a terminal window does the trick.

sudo /usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office DefaultsToLocalOpenSave -bool true

Answer 2

I'm not a Mac user but my understanding is that this is not supported if you're using MS365 Office for Mac. There is no way to change the default behavior of wanting to save to OneDrive. You have to click the "on my Mac" button each time.

Supposedly there was a File Locations preference in Office for Mac that you used to be able to set but it is either no longer available or doesn't work.