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

Hi,

I have just got a new macbook pro. I currently use hotmail via outlook.com, this looks after my mail, contacts and calendar. I do not use icloud. This all syncs perfectly with my ipad and iphone. I have been trying to set it up to do the same on my Macbook Pro but was having issues. From what I understand Exchange Activesync which works on the iphone/ipad is not supported on the Macbook. is this correct?

I have managed to get the mail working by adding an imap mail account. However this does not seem to sync contacts?

I see I can add a contacts account but can't seem to get it to work? Is it possible if so how please?


Thanks for the help.



MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 4, 2014 11:29 AM

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May 23, 2017 2:36 AM in response to jamphi24

After trying other options the following one worked. In outlook calendar got to "Options". Then go to "Calendar Publishing". Go to "Show availability, titles and locations" and press "Create".


Copy the "ICS" link. Open iCal on your iMac and under "File" click "New Calendar Subscription" and past the link into the box provided. Voila!

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Jan 4, 2014 11:51 AM in response to LowLuster

Outlook.com does not use Exchange, it's Imap or POP (on PC's and Macs, excepting PC's with Outlook 2013 only) and it does not support Contacts synchronization. It supports Mail and Notes only.


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Exchange ActiveSync is used for IOS and Android devices only.

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Jan 4, 2014 11:57 AM in response to jamphi24

jamphi24 wrote:


I can't see the option for contacts?


From the look of your screenshot it looks like you have added it as an exchange account. I didn't think macbook supported it? I tried doing that but it didn't want to connect?

It is not an Exchange account, it is Imap or POP on a Mac (and on PC's that do not have Outlook 2013)


Mail and Notes is all you get.

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Jun 11, 2014 10:37 AM in response to elementzero

elementzero wrote:


Is Apple ever going to address this issue... because it is apparently a flaw in the OSX system

It's nothing to do with Apple, Microsoft uses EAS (ActivSync) for IOS and Imap for OSX, ask them to use ActivSync for both and there will be no problem.

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Jul 24, 2014 5:46 AM in response to Csound1

If you are just after a 1 time sync to transfer your contacts to your mac there is a way via Google / Gmail. It's a pain in the bump since you need an account everywhere and they all want phone numbers and personal datas etc, but at least it works. Though I did it the other direction Mac -> outlook.com (people)


1. I got my mac contacts synced with Google (Gmail). That works pretty fine.

2. I then connected my outlook.com account with Google. Thats even more easy and can be done from within outlook.com.

3. Outlook.com then shows the contacts from Goggle as Google contacts in the same address book as the (maybe) already existing contacts from outlook.com. But you also can export / import them now as CSV file!

4. I did even go further and connected my work PC's outlook with outlook.com and so was able to finally upload (via the MS exchange server of the company) all Mac contacts to my windows phone (Nokia Lumina) and work PC.


It can be done shorter I know, since you could export CSV file from Google and then get it in the PC outlook directly, but I actually was looking for a constant synchronisation so:

Windows phone <-> Work PC outlook <-> Mac

have always all the same contacts and I can make changes from any device. Well, actually it looks like this now:

Windows phone <-> Work PC outlook <-> Oulook.com - Google <-> Mac


The cherry on the cake would have been to have the iCloud involved too, but I already had to cancel that to make the constant sync between Google and Mac possible.

So far no luck here. Currently the problem is that the work PC outlook does only get the outlook.com contacts synced but since the google contacts are only shown there and not automatically imported, it is all stuck at Google.

I wonder if anyone ever will come up with a one in all solution, I am sick of moving my contacts around changing formats or loosing infos while doing so every time.

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