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Q: Outlook 2011 for mac iCloud issues

THis is crazy

I have been using entorage and outlook for years now that i upgraded to Icloud no email or configuration will work.

I dont care for the mail app i have all my mail in outlook. tried all posted settings still does not work.

I wish i could roll back to me.com anyone able to get  settings to work in outlook 2011.

too many to list, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 7:11 AM

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  • by Kimberlyfromil,

    Kimberlyfromil Kimberlyfromil Jan 18, 2012 9:25 AM in response to Kimberlyfromil
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    Jan 18, 2012 9:25 AM in response to Kimberlyfromil

    Now I have to go to the windows side of my mac and use outlook there! I hope I do not end up with any virus's and yes thank you apple for the switch. I try to stay out of there and only use it for the programs for work but now.... I open myself up to more problems. AHHHHHHH

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 18, 2012 9:32 AM in response to Kimberlyfromil
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    Jan 18, 2012 9:32 AM in response to Kimberlyfromil

    Kimberlyfromil wrote:

     

    Now I have to go to the windows side of my mac and use outlook there! I hope I do not end up with any virus's and yes thank you apple for the switch. I try to stay out of there and only use it for the programs for work but now.... I open myself up to more problems. AHHHHHHH

    Or use Address Book, iCal and Mail on the Mac side.

  • by GlennG,

    GlennG GlennG Jan 18, 2012 3:00 PM in response to cm477
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    Jan 18, 2012 3:00 PM in response to cm477

    I had all kinds of problems when I first switched to iCloud using Outlook 2011. However, I seem to have all the bugs worked out now. I have had NO problems or errors for a long time now. I have everything set up as Apple suggested and am having no more problems. I did have the continueing error from Outlook telling me yhat was unable to store sent emails on the server, but I changed the option in Outlook prefferences to save all that to my computer instead. Works for me....

  • by snbrown,

    snbrown snbrown Jan 19, 2012 7:24 AM in response to Samuel Chambers
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    Jan 19, 2012 7:24 AM in response to Samuel Chambers

    Samuel Chambers - You caught my interest.  How do you configure for the following:

    It's possible to use iCal and the Mac OS X address book for your calendars and contacts, and then to use Outlook 2011 for your mail client. This is a viable solution for people "with a life," as you put it, that also incoprorates Outlook 2011 as an IMAP client with iCloud mail.

    Although I really need only the Address Book portion.  I intend to keep my work calendar on Outlook, and my personal calendar on iCal.

     

    Thanks.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 19, 2012 8:43 AM in response to jdastur
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    Jan 19, 2012 8:43 AM in response to jdastur

    jdastur wrote:

     

    Hello,

    I'm pretty sure that Outlook is not compatible with iCloud or MobileMe i think that Apple, inc. is against microsoft.

    Outlook 2011 is compatible with MobileMe contacts but not MobileMe calendar, MobileMe and iCloud mail are imap accounts and Outlook 2011 is compatible with either (or both) of them

  • by GlennG,

    GlennG GlennG Jan 19, 2012 10:47 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jan 19, 2012 10:47 AM in response to Csound1

    It works for me. Had problems at first, but have it working just fine now.

  • by snbrown,

    snbrown snbrown Jan 19, 2012 11:38 AM in response to GlennG
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    Jan 19, 2012 11:38 AM in response to GlennG

    Can you give some instructions as to how you made the contact synching work?  I am not having success.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 20, 2012 5:33 AM in response to GlennG
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    Jan 20, 2012 5:33 AM in response to GlennG

    GlennG wrote:

     

    It works for me. Had problems at first, but have it working just fine now.

    Please explain how you got contacts sync to work?

  • by snbrown,

    snbrown snbrown Jan 20, 2012 5:41 AM in response to snbrown
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    Jan 20, 2012 5:41 AM in response to snbrown

    Here is what I tried and had mixed resulted regarding ONLY contacts):

     

    I downloaded and installed iSync (not sure if i really needed to).

    Syncing between Outlook (empty) and Address Book (full) not working.

    Moving contacts to Outlook added a new contact in AB (now having a dup in AB).

    Syncing appeared to work.

    I removed all of the "original AB contacts and all looked good.

    Checked iPhone and I now had ZERO contacts. 

    --

    After a ton of troubleshooting (and disabling iCloud), I was finally able to restore my contacts in AB and on my phone...

     

    Problem with outlook still exists.

  • by cmmueller,

    cmmueller cmmueller Jan 30, 2012 7:20 AM in response to NOT-MEE
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    Jan 30, 2012 7:20 AM in response to NOT-MEE

    authentication for my iCloud mail account stopped working a few days ago. I tried to change my incoming mail serber settings to imap.mail.mac.com. A window popped up, telling me that Outllook was emptying the cache. When the cache was empty, the folder with the iCloud mail dissappeared from the folder list. I restored the main identity from time machine and tried again. the folder again disappeared, as sonn as I changed the incoming server information.

     

    Anyone ot there, who can help? Thank you!

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 30, 2012 11:27 AM in response to snbrown
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    Jan 30, 2012 11:27 AM in response to snbrown

    iCloud and Outlook 2011 are NOT compatible, it will not work.

  • by mik194254,

    mik194254 mik194254 Feb 10, 2012 12:34 PM in response to cmmueller
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    Feb 10, 2012 12:34 PM in response to cmmueller

    I have just experienced exactly the same problem as cmmueller and tried all the suggestions which have gone before nothig worked and I was about to resign myself to using Mail, when I thought I would just delete the account from Outlook (i.e. the Tools/Accoounts tab and select the "-")and then add it again (i.e. the "+" ). In adding the account it just asks for the Email address and password and "abracadabra" the account re-established with outlook and within a few minutes all the mail folders re-appeared and all mails uploaded. Now working again.

     

    I suggest you try the same.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 10, 2012 1:09 PM in response to mik194254
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    Feb 10, 2012 1:09 PM in response to mik194254

    mik194254 wrote:

     

    I have just experienced exactly the same problem as cmmueller and tried all the suggestions which have gone before nothig worked and I was about to resign myself to using Mail, when I thought I would just delete the account from Outlook (i.e. the Tools/Accoounts tab and select the "-")and then add it again (i.e. the "+" ). In adding the account it just asks for the Email address and password and "abracadabra" the account re-established with outlook and within a few minutes all the mail folders re-appeared and all mails uploaded. Now working again.

     

    I suggest you try the same.

    How did you get calendars and contacts working?

  • by cmmueller,

    cmmueller cmmueller Feb 10, 2012 2:22 PM in response to mik194254
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    Feb 10, 2012 2:22 PM in response to mik194254

    Thanks for the suggestion. I had tried this before with no success and just tried it again without success. I get the message

     

    "The server for account "Mac" returned the error "Authentication failed. ........"

     

    and the folders for my account did not reappear on the left.

     

     

    Not sure what els to try.


  • by mik194254,

    mik194254 mik194254 Feb 11, 2012 2:28 AM in response to cmmueller
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    Feb 11, 2012 2:28 AM in response to cmmueller

    With outlook being a Microsoft product always best to ensure the programme is fully deleted and reloaded - MS have a habit of leaving code in strange states. When I had the problem I also received the message you identified but when I completely reloaded OS, to ensure that all code was effectively "reset", and then started from scratch initiating my Mobile Me Email service it worked OK. I use outlook as I have three other Email addresses which outlook seems to manager reasonably well (Exchange & BT etc)

     

    In terms of the Calendar & contacts I am resigned to using address book and iCal as it would appear that Sync Services no longer function (i.e. this is greyed out in Outlook since the move to iCloud). I guess we now must wait for MS to catch up with iCloud functionality - I would have thought thah it is not too arduous a task to code "sync locally" with Calendar & Contacts but will MS think it a wothwhile development.

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