Mavericks sync Outlook 2011

and there was no prior notice that Apple was disabling sync services, as far as I'm aware.

Except this: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/general/macosxlionapidiffs/ SyncServices.html

Deprecation

Deprecation is a status applied to a computersoftware feature, characteristic, or practice indicating it should be avoided, typically because it is being superseded. The term is also sometimes used for a feature, design, or practice that is permitted but no longer recommended in other areas, such as hardware design or compliance to building codes.

All the developers that depended on this, including Microsoft, were well aware that it was changing. It was up to them to adapt their software for the impending change.

Grant Lenahan wrote:

Your iphone will synch with an exchange server. Get your IT admin to give you the server address and credentials.

Then sync it to icloud ( i have not tried doing both, but why not?)

Tht should do it

Grant

That will NOT work, please try it for yourself before suggesting it.

I'm not deluging my calendar with my professional appointments and confidential data just to experiment. Its a suggestions worth making. What part of it won't work? You CAN synch to exchange. You CAN synch callendar to icloud. Will it not sync the exchane appointments backwards?

Why are you discouraging people from trying to help?

Grant

Because you can not sync Exchange and iCloud, if you are claiming that you can please detail your method, screenshots would be nice.

Until then your suggestion is wrong.

FYI, testing your suggestions to see if they work is a part of the TOU for this site, please read them.

read again.

1. sync iphone to exchange

2. sync iphone to icloud

this should populate icloud

I am not testing it.

Grant

I have tested it and it does not work, they are seperate accounts and will not sync. Shame on you for refusing to test your answers.

Things are getting a bit testy (I apologize for the pun). As I use Google as my mail client, and despite being disappointed that I can no longer use my expensive Outlook client, I have come to the fact that I need a different client. I am using Mail native to Maverick now, and it is doing the job, but has some limitations and bugs. I have started a new thread to open a discussion on alternative 3rd party mail clients, hopefully with some specific opinions towards how they work with Google. There are lots of reviews, but hopefully some real life experiences will be discussed.

Good luck to those who have to use Outlook on their Apple product.

It's a desolate picture! I signed up for a single 'cloud' Exchange account, which allows at least calendar, notes and contact sync between PC, Mac, iPhone and iPad. But the other issue is the horrible inconsistency of Outlook 2011 which has some great features but also has an array of bugs such as erratic format changes, mails 'stuck' in the outbox, absent options such as delayed send, format copy in mails etc.

I haven't even tried Mail on the back of consistent criticism for its minimalist approach.

Are there really any serious contenders to Outlook?

Robert,

Thank you very much for posting this. Infinatly more helpful than either of the folks at Apple of Microsoft.

It's working fine for me.

Thanx Again,

Eric

Saying that Outlook for Mac has never synced with anything except Exchange isn't entirely true. It used to sync with gmail. Here's how: http://www.macstories.net/tutorials/how-to-wrangle-outlook-2011-to-work-with-gma il/

So frustrating that one of the world's most popular e-mail clients and one of the world's most popular cloud platforms can't just get along.

This is relevant how?

With the advent of Mavericks, it isn't.

Only relvant in that you are a know-it-all.

billybaroo617 wrote:

With the advent of Mavericks, it isn't.

Only relvant relevant in that you are a know-it-all.

Apple - please correct this! I've been using Outlook for 20 years, i really like its functions. this is very upsetting.