Outlook 2011 for mac iCloud issues

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.

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....

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.

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

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.

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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.

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!

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.

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?

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.

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.

When I add an event to Outlook, it will automatically sync to iCal, which in turn syncs ti iCloud. Contacts sometimes will sync with address book, but not reliably. I always make sure that once a contact is added to Outlook I check address book ti insure it has been added. This is a hit and miss situation.

Well, I can only say thanks. It amazes me how many times I forgot the @, put in two or more ..., or just swapped letters around, thinking they looked right. I'm not dyslexic, but you could prove that by me. Slowly following your sound instructions saved the day.

Here's a refreshing experience for those who have their panties in a wad: I set up sync system in Outlook 2011; my contacts and calendar immediately synced to Mail and iCalendar, and they immediately synced to iCloud. No sweat. On the other hand, I still can't get Outlook 2011 mail to sync to iCloud even when following dontheilluminator's technique.

I have mail set up and it seems to be syncing well. I have two email accounts set up: my iCloud account and a gmail account. I used Mail.app to send a test message from iCloud to GMail and it showed up instantly, but in both my inbox and in my junk mail folder. I marked it as "not junk" and then there were two copies in my inbox, linked into one conversation.

I cannot get my calendar or contacts to sync though. I have enabled it in Sync Services but no soap. My inability to get my contacts to populate in Outlook from iCloud is probably what caused my test email to be classified as junk.

iCal and Outlook *appear* to be syncing, but it's only local, not through iCloud. I can tell because nothing goes to my iPhone. Additionally, when I create an appointment on my iPhone it appears immediately in iCal but fails to appear in Outlook. I must conclude that there is still not sync between iCloud and Outlook for calendars and contacts.

I have mail set up and it seems to be syncing well.

Mail doesn't "sync". It is just an IMAP account and all mail is stored on the server and accessed directly from there.

I cannot get my calendar or contacts to sync though.

That's not surprising. As mentioned frequently in this thread, Outlook for Mac is NOT compatible with iCloud because Microsoft have not included the industry standard CalDAV and CardDAV protocols that iCloud uses. iCloud does not use SyncServices.

See: Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 compatibility with Apple iCloud