Sync my hotmail (outlook.com) contacts with macbook pro?

Of course the bizarre thing is that it works perfectly on the iPad where I use Hotmail/Outlook.com as the central store for everything.

Hotmail now supports IMAP access (so it will sync) but did you ever change your account from POP (as it used to be) to IMAP (as it is now)

Csound1 wrote:

ED.Wildsau wrote:

If you are just after a 1 time sync to transfer your contacts to your mac

I'm not after any kind of sync with Outlook.com, but thanks for asking anyway.

...well not you but jamphi24 or anyone else who is reading this post which is called:

Sync my hotmail (outlook.com) contacts with macbook pro?

and not: Csound1 is sharing his thoughts with us. Sorry I accidentally replied to you. Must have something to do with that every second post is from you, although I cant see actually any solution from you addressed to the original issue of sync contacts. Oh hang on, there was actually something: set it up as Imap account instead of pop... very smart. I am sure that helped a loooot. You're welcome by the way.

Both Office 365 AND Outlook.com support Exchange Synchronization. For Mac setup, you have to specify the Server as it is not automatically detected.

The settings for outlook.com (hotmail, live, etc) are here:

• Server address: s.outlook.com
• Domain: <leave empty>
• User name: Your email address
• Password: Your password
• TLS/SSL encryption required: Yes

If you are interested in the Microsoft Support article on this you can find it here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows/outlook/send-receive-from-app

Cheers

S.

I was able to solve this, by exporting contacts from outlook.com to a cvs file, and getting them imported to my Mac ( iCloud).

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

-Vikas.

That doesn't sync contacts. Only Mail and Notes.

I found a solution - contacts can be moved from Hotmail to Mac and iCloud via Gmail.

1. Go to gmail, Settings -> Accounts and Import
2. Click Import Mail and Contacts, sign in to your Hotmail account and follow the prompts.
3. Import contacts in to gmail.
4. On your Mac, open Contacts and add the gmail account - you will see all your gmail contacts on your Mac
5. In your Contacts copy or move your contacts into the iCloud.

I found a solution - contacts can be moved from Hotmail to Mac and iCloud via Gmail.

1. Go to gmail, Settings -> Accounts and Import
2. Click Import Mail and Contacts, sign in to your Hotmail account and follow the prompts.
3. Import contacts in to gmail.
4. On your Mac, open Contacts and add the gmail account - you will see all your gmail contacts on your Mac
5. In your Contacts copy or move your contacts into the iCloud.

Most Outlook.com users have been migrated to the new Exchange backend. You can add your Outlook.com account as a regular Exchange account in OS X if your account has been migrated.