Dalai Felinto has authored two patches that just made it to Blender 3.2 Alpha: Multi-user data objects transform apply and Multi-user data objects modifier apply.
Coming to Blender 3.2: Multi-user data objects transform and modifier apply #b3d #devfund
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These two patches add behavior that solves small but frustrating issues: Blender used to disallow the application of modifiers and transforms of multi-user data.
Download the latest Blender 3.2 daily build on the link below to try it out: