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OneDrive steals focus from Numbers on macOS

Microsoft OneDrive stealing focus from Numbers (and other apps such as TextEdit ): OneDrive background sync process is repeatedly stealing WindowServer focus during file writes on macOS 15.8.2.


I cannot use Numbers anymore as I have discovered OneDrive is syncing and stealing focus, by that I mean as I try to type in or edit a cell OneDrive immediately syncs and the text cursor is removed and the cell edit window is closed.


I have traced this to OneDrive and it only started happening very recently, a week ago maybe, if I close OneDrive the issue goes away immediately. I have posted this before with a more general context, but I thought it best to start a new thread with the more specific title for the problem now properly identified.

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Are the Numbers documents stored on OneDrive, and if that is true, does the issue you describe occur when the same Numbers spreadsheet is stored on the local Mac drive and opened locally?