duplicated contacts now 175 thousand contacts :) I have only in all 945 contacts

jean-pierre116 Said:

"just did call godaddy not with them for year ( remember they lost tons of mails I ha d so I left them They did nOT have a Back up system ( like iCloud ) Incredible I did #1 with soem "exerts' from microsoft we could not exptror .olm bas because 4 giga crashed everytime"

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A few more thoughts:

Does This Occur on Another Device?:

Have you tried this on another device (computer or mobile device)? If not, the do so. See if it is any different.

As for Exporting all of this...

A. Try Creating a New User.

If this works in the new user, then it is something misconfigured in your current user.

B. Try this in Safe Mode:

1. Shut Down: the Mac
2. Wait: 30 seconds
3. Power Up: the Mac
4. Hold Down: shift key when you hear the boot chime.
5. Proceed with the login

About Safe Mode:

In Safe Mode, login items do not load upon boot, and damaged files (i.e. caches) are rid of and fixed, if existent.

C. Reinstall the macOS:

As for fixing all of this issue on this Mac, you may need to reinstall the macOS. Reinstalling the macOS will place moved items back to where they should be, and will replace damaged system files.

1. First, Back up your Mac:

Create a Time Machine backup of your Mac, so that you can have something to restore your Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall. Use an external Hard Drive of at least 1.5 times the size of your internal hard drive.

2. Then, Reinstall the macOS:

Nothing would be deleted. It's just that items that have become corrupted or deleted, would be replaced or reinstalled back to where they should be. Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support

Or...

Use a New App Password for Hotmail:

See if things need to sync correctly.

While in Hotmail, Go To:

1. User Name(Top-Right)
2. View account (Second Option Down)
3. Security (third tap in from top-left)
4. More security options (Far-Right)
5. App passwords (Third Pane Down)
6. Create a new app password
7. Click Done
8. Use the app password provided for a synchronized app

jean-pierre116 Said:

"duplicated contacts now 175 thousand contacts :) I have only in all 945 contacts"

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Seems to be a Glitch:

Contact Microsoft about all of this. They are the developers of the software.

Seems like a glitch in the Office purchase. So, ask Microsoft for a new license key. Inform them of what happened. Ask for which uninstaller to use.

How to Contact Microsoft:

Start here, with the Virtual Support Agent. Start a chat with a rep, asking them where this all stands.

jean-pierre116 Said:

"duplicated contacts now 175 thousand contacts :) I have only in all 945 contacts: I did tehy cannot do anything I kind of give up because of this I work 14 housr now 6 days a weeks trying to find where is teh good work phone number on my 245 same name contact ..so I guess si will give up with outlook and close exchange .."

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Ask this in the Microsoft Community:

Go Here: https://answers.microsoft.com. It's the same idea as using these forums - But it is for Microsoft users. Ask how to find duplicates and how to delete them by the thousands.

Where to Ask: Microsoft 365 and Office - Microsoft Community

New eMail Account:

So, do these contacts show up only on your computer? Or do they show up on your eMail account when you log in to it? I guess the ultimate solution would simply be to just create a new eMail account. and remember what contacts you have created. What I would do is export all of the eMails (not contacts), open a new eMail account, and then add these eMails back.

jean-pierre116 Said:

"so to be short all contacts duplicate are made Because oof exchange problem ( glitch ) ."

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Correct. It is a glitch - So, contact Go Daddy and see what they have to say.

A Link to Try:

1. Try this Link: Resolve or delete duplicate contacts - Microsoft Support
2. Scroll to: Delete a large number of duplicate contacts by using export and import
3. Proceed from there as necessary.

jean-pierre116 Said:

"half of my message did not go thru ..I wont type it again ..I need to work"

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Contact your eMail Providers, when you have the time. Update us on how this all works out.