Sync preferences for Outlook

I used to be able to set the sync preferences under "info" in ITunes and they would be that way the next time I opened ITunes. No longer. Now I have to set them every time I sync my devices. In addition I have to open the sidebar every time I open Itunes. Isn't there any way to have the program open to the configuration I want? Also I'm tired of accepting the software license and closing other opening screens. All these things changed when ITunes upgraded--or maybe it was with IOS 7.
Help please.

Hi Snozdop,
Thank you for your quick and helpful reply. Yes it does seem astonishing that Microsoft is not helping with a problem that must be affecting many of their customers.
Actually pretty much all the appointments are already in iCloud as I exported them to Outlook for Mac as part of this recent burst of activity. So populating iCloud again will not be a problem, if I need to.
It is helpful that you have referred to Exchange. If I am hearing you correctly then you are saying that any appointments that I set up using email accounts that use Exchange can easily be set up to show on all of my devices. This means that if I set them up using Outlook for Mac, then I will not need to use Sync Services in Outlook for Mac to inform iCloud of my schedule.
But if I am also hearing you correctly, I will still need to use Outlook for Mac to set up the appointments because other people's Outlook systems will still not recognise calendar invitations sent from iCal, even if the email address used to set them up uses Exchange. Is that correct?
If so, then I suppose I can work with it - although it still seems somewhat elaborate. I would be using Outlook on my iMac and Macbook Air and iCal/iCloud on my iPhone and iPad - all connected via separate accounts using Exchange.

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Sync Issue for Outlook 2003 Resolved

First let me say that this has been a bit of a laborious project. I was able to successfully resolve the sync issue on my connection and was replicated on a second machine and second iPhone using the same process.
NOTE: This worked with the following: Windows XP Pro, (Version 2002 SP2) and Outlook 2003. Your results may vary!
With your iPhone NOT connected, do the following:
Go to the Microsoft Website under Downloads and be certain you have the latest Service Pack 2 for Outlook and all other Windows security updates downloaded installed on your machine, then (IMPORTANT!) RE-START your machine!
In Outlook:
1. Go to Tools/Options/Other/Advanced Options/COM Add-Ins
2. There should be two add-ins listed:
- iTunes Outlook Addin
- Outlook iTunes Sync Addin
3. Be sure the boxes are checked for both items.
4. Then under Help/About/Disabled Items, highlight and enable the iTunes add-in, if it is still disabled.
5. Close Outlook, and RE-START your computer.
(Seems these add-in gets written into the Windows registry as well as the Outlook add-in manager.)
6. Open Outlook and check Help/About/Disabled Items and the COM Add-ins to be sure the add-ins are recognized.
Connect your iPhone and sync. Once the sync process is complete, check your phone for any/all synced items...
Again, once this process worked on my machine, and was replicated on a second machine (Same OS, and Outlook version) so I know it can be done successfully without help from Apple tech support.
I'd be curious to hear from anyone trying this process to see if this works in a different setting, (i.e. OS version, etc.)
Good luck!
Dell Windows XP Pro
Dell Windows XP Pro

NOTE: This worked with the following: Windows XP Pro,
(Version 2002 SP2) and Outlook 2003. Your results may
vary!
With your iPhone NOT connected, do the following:
[laborious process omitted]
Again, once this process worked on my machine, and
was replicated on a second machine (Same OS, and
Outlook version) so I know it can be done
successfully without help from Apple tech support.
I'd be curious to hear from anyone trying this
process to see if this works in a different setting,
(i.e. OS version, etc.)
I tried this, including rebooting my iPhone prior to resyncing it with Outlook, and there was no joy.
My symptom is that I can enter calendar items on the iPhone, and they appear on Outlook, but I can't enter calendar items on Outlook and have them appear on the iPhone.
My suspicion is this: I have multiple email accounts feeding into my Outlook account. I think that may have something to do with it. I've been waiting and reading the forums here, because I've been concerned that the iPhone support calls would be flooding in. But this is starting to be pretty annoying, so I'm going to try to call Apple and see if they can help. (And also with the "no additional mailbox" problem, which is also pretty durn annoying.)
If I find an answer, I'll post.

Sync fix for Outlook/WinXP/iTunes 9.1 verified; fix for Win7?

Hello:
As has been described elsewhere, the Outlook sync problem affecting iTunes 9.1.X under WinXP has one workaround that I can verify as re-establishing bi-directional Contacts and Notes sync:
- replacing the files: libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll in C:\WINDOWS\system32 with copies of those files from:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support
- Note: in my case, the iTunes Diagnostics: Help -> Run Diagnostics still reports a "failure" (no iPod/iPhone Detected) with "yellow light" for iPod/iPhone Connectivity, but the sync does indeed happen. (iTunes does show the phone under Devices as is normal...)
My question: as others have reported that this problem also exists in Windows7, am wondering if someone has indeed encountered it there, that this fix also works, and which corresponding directories the files "swap" should occur.
Particulars for this fix:
iTunes 9.1.1.11
WinXP Pro SP3
Outlook 2003
iPhones 3G and 3GS running 3.1.3
Thanks in advance.

I will answer my own question, now that I have upgraded to Win7 64 bit from Win XP:
I have had no problems syncing Contacts and Notes after upgrade to Win7 and d/l'ing the 64bit version of iTunes; no "fix" was necessary. I have tested Outlook 2003 sync for an iPhone 3G and 3GS, as well as an iPad 3G.
Cheers.

"Option's value is unacceptable" while configuring the sync settings for Outlook

Hello
I was wondering if someone could please help me with this error message:
"Option's value is unacceptable. Please check option properties"
I receive this message when trying to configure synchronization settings for Microsoft Outlook 2007 in Desktop Manager 5.0.1.
It does not matter whether I select Calendar, MemoPad, Address book or Tasks I get this error message.
I am aware that there is a BTSC article on this problem which simply states the IMAP Profile is corrupt. I have only had this problem since moving to Windows 7 from Vista. When moving to 7 I copied across my PST files. Outlook reads them fine but DM is throwing a hissy fit. I used the Microsoft Outlook PST repair tool and that fixed some errors in the file but DM still wouldn’t read it. I have also imported the PST file again into Outlook but no joy there.
Interestingly I have also created a brand new PST file in outlook and DM still gave me the error message. I don’t see how a brand spanking new PST can be corrupt. This leads me to believe my current PSTs are OK and DM is the problem.
I have tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling DM and have also tried deleting the RIM folder in the roaming folder in AppData to no avail.
I have Googled this issue and came across a few posts in this forum but couldn’t find anything that helped.
If anyone has ANY suggestions that would be great. My calendars work fine on my computer through Outlook, the problem is without being able to sync them they are slowly getting more and more different!
Thanks
Cameron
Solved!
Go to Solution.

What saddens me is that this problem still exists after 3-5 years of this problem first being introduced. I have tried the above and several other options posted on BB Forum, all to no avail. I have being enduring the inability to sync my BB and life together for nearly a year now. Talk about frustration and aggravation in tryng to sync my Outlook and BB calendars manually. I even went and upgraded my BB Curve 8330 to a BB Curve 9330, only to have the same problems when syncing.
But today I googled the internet once again to finally find the post that had the answers and resolved my issues! A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU to Matt Seitz and his live journal entry at http://seitz.livejournal.com/3593.html.
The following is from his post:
Blackberry sync with Outlook fails if no mail account is configured
It surprises me how software that is published by and widely used by major corporations can be so badly written.
I recently tried installing Microsoft Outlook and RIM Blackberry Desktop Manager so that I could sync my Blackberry with my PC. When I tried to configure the Blackberry Desktop Manager to sync with Outlook, I received a cryptic "Option's value is unacceptable" error message. It would have been nice if the software told me which option, what the value was, and why that value was unacceptable.
After much searching, I finally came across an article from RIM that explained this was because my Outlook e'mail (MAPI) profile was invalid. That was probably because I hadn't configured Outlook to access e'mail. I use Yahoo! Mail's web (HTTP) interface and didn't want to use Outlook (or any other POP client) to access my mail.
But apparently Desktop Manager requires that Outlook be configured with an email account, even if I don't plan to access email via Outlook. So, I dutifully added my Yahoo Mail account to Outlook, and simply told Outlook to never access it.
But that wasn't good enough. I then received an error from Outlook: "The operation failed. An object could not be found." Once again, the error is cryptic. What operation failed? Which object was not found?
A Microsoft article explained that the only cure for this error was to configure a whole new user profile in Outlook. I did that, and finally my Blackberry would sync with Outlook.
After creating a new user and linking it to an email, I too was able to finally sync my BB 8330 and my BB 9330 with Outlook. Hallelujuh!!!

Runtime Error when setting sync parameters for Outlook - what to do?

In Desktop Manager, I configure Synchronization to use with Outlook so I can pull my calendar onto the Blackberry. It lets me set it up and then gives me a Runtime Error - Cannot find system in table file. I have Comcast email setup in Outlook, but previously had used Outlook Express when I bought the Blackberry. Could this be part of the problem and if so, how do I fix it?
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How do I add Panic Transmit Favorites to MobileMe's Sync Preferences?

I know that I just need to go to a folder but I'm not sure where it was. I thought that it was in the /User/Library/Application Support/Schemas folder, but I only see that on my MobileMe but not locally on my machine. Does anyone know where I can find the folder on the Finder in order to add my Favorites from Panic Transmit back into the Sync Preferences for MobileMe?

Be careful rephrasing Terminal commands so people don't put the extra text you added afterwards. It's just:
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I can sync with my outlook calendar, but cannot sync with contacts or e-mail.

I can sync with my outlook calendar, but cannot sync with contacts or e-mail. When I click on Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars it doesn't open and reverts to the home page. When I try to open Mail I get an error message saying "Cannot get mail. The user name or password for Gmail is incorrect". If I press "settings" it reverts to home page. I was revised to restore settings which I have now done, but the problem has not been resolved. Can anyone help?
i do have a gmail account and may have used this when I first set up itunes/ipad (I'm new to Apple). However, I want to synchronize with my Microsoft Exchange account.

It may be a bit late for your needs, but there's a sync product for Outlook (an add-in) that will sync public and private folders/calendars. Once you have your items in a mailbox folder, the regular ios sync will bring it to your device. It's called Add2Outlook, it's made by DidItBetter.com Software.
It syncs private and public, mailboxes and folders in any direction. One-way, two-way, read-only or writable. It also works with Office 365 and hosted exchange providers, if that's your situation. It works for calendars, contacts, tasks, email, whatever. It can even sync to PST or between two different Exchange servers.
It installs on your workstation, not on the Exchange server.
Check it out here: Outlook Contact and Calendar Sync for Office 365

Sync with my outlook calendar and contact fails

Hi guys,
I am trying to sync my iphone calendar and contacts with outlook 2003, I have also checked the itunes add in plugin in outlook options. but I still can not sync it. I can sync it with google address book but not with outlook conatcts and calendar. I really need it. (my outlook is part of the excahneg server)
Of course I still have not created my excahnge server account. (my outlook is part of the excahneg server, but i assume it should anyways at least sync it! ) am I right?
my outlook is 2003.
my ios is 4.3.3
let me know if you need more things to know!
messi

It may be a bit late for your needs, but there's a sync product for Outlook (an add-in) that will sync public and private folders/calendars. Once you have your items in a mailbox folder, the regular ios sync will bring it to your device. It's called Add2Outlook, it's made by DidItBetter.com Software.
It syncs private and public, mailboxes and folders in any direction. One-way, two-way, read-only or writable. It also works with Office 365 and hosted exchange providers, if that's your situation. It works for calendars, contacts, tasks, email, whatever. It can even sync to PST or between two different Exchange servers.
It installs on your workstation, not on the Exchange server.
Check it out here: Outlook Contact and Calendar Sync for Office 365

Registering syncing preferences & Outbox greyed out

Hi,
Had a dig about but can't find the answers for these. Thanks in advance...
I just installed Leopard on an imac G4 yesterday. No real problems so far, except for a few little annoying things in Mail...
1. When I start Mail the activity monitor runs "*Registering syncing preferences*" for about a minute. How do I turn it off, what exactly is it anyway, isn't this for a .mac account or something?
2. Online or offline my Outbox does not display in the left sidebar and is grayed out in the pull-down menu (mailbox/go to). Having read some other similar posts I tried deleting the Outbox.mbox from Library, but no luck.
I always liked having an outbox and going back and tweaking mails before I went back online. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Scott

Thanks for that, but last night I managed to find a (awkward) work-around. Basically, keep an email in the outbox which CAN'T be sent. Meaning there will always be an Outbox. It's a bit of a long way for a short-cut but it works...
I removed my internet connection and typed up an email, which of course Mail couldn't send, so it made an Outbox. I then went in and changed the recipient to something that won't send "zzz" .
When I reconnected I asked Mail to "send it later". Just means that I have to do this everytime I go back online or restart, but it seems to work and sends all the other normal Mail fine. And until I can find something better, it'll have to do!
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Still can't stop Mail looking for "Registering syncing preferences" every time I start Mail. I've never synced my Mail with anything, and can't see any way to stop it. Driving me nuts!

My iphone4 just stopped syncing with my outlook calendar any ideas for a fix?

My iphone4 just stopped syncing with my outlook calendar. Any ideas for a fix?

My iPhone 3G and Outlook sucessfully synched everything (contacts, calendar, mail accounts, bookmarks, notes) until V 3.0 of the phone software. Then calendar would not synch no matter what. After a couple of hours on the phone with an Apple rep we discovered that when a new user account was set-up in Windows (XP SP 3), and a new instance of Outlook (Office 2003) was opened in that account the Calendar in the new account would sync. However, when the calendar from the old account was imported into the new account (via .pst export / import), it still wouldn't sync. At that point the Apple rep had no more help to offer. After much offline troubleshooting on my own I found a solution that at least worked for me by the following steps:
1) create a new mail account through: Control Panel | Category View | User Accounts | Mail (Add a new account, don't copy the old one)
2) don't know whether this step is necessary, but since the "old" .pst file was 1997-02, I exported / imported it into a 2003 Personal Folders .pst file, and then replaced the .pst file on the "new" mail account with the "updated" .pst file from the "old" mail account.
3) opened the new mail account and exported all Calendar appointments into an Excel file
4) in Calendar view of Outlook selected: View | Arrange By | Current View | By Category, then did an Edit | Select All and deleted all appointments.
5) then using File | Import / Export, imported the Excel file of appointments into Calendar,
6) open iTunes, select Preferences | Devices and Reset Synch History
7) under Info select only the Calendar Sync option and the option to replace the Calendar information on the phone with the new Calendar.
The calendar now properly updates (several regualr updates have since been tried). One small annoyance (but preferable to not syncing) the recurring aspect of any appointment (not the appointment itself) is lost, along with any color formatting, but those are easily fixed up afterward.

Sync iCal with Outlook for Mac 2011

I am currently running IOS 10.6.8.
I use Outlook for Mac 2011 and I have been having problems syncing my appointments with iCal.
I have outlook set up correctly in the preferences to sync all calendars but this does not appear to happen.

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I have an apple iphone 4gs... It is synced with my outlook exchange in the office. If I do a search for emails that also checks the server then all of a sudden I end up with various amounts unread email with the inbox saying "Inbox 71" ..which is not true

I have an apple iphone 4gs... It is synced with my outlook exchange in the office. If I do a search for emails that also checks the server then all of a sudden I end up with various amounts unread email with the inbox saying "Inbox 71" ..which is not true. The only way to make the inbox on the iphone back to 0 is to delete the account then re install it.
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Is there any way to sync Outlook for Mac with iPhone? I have tried everything but not successful. Apple says it is not possible to sync contacts from Outlook for Mac to iPhone 5. Any help will be much appreciated.

Is there any way to Sync contacts from Outlook for Mac to iPhone 5? Apple support says that only iTune can only sync contacts from "Contact" which is the default contact of Mac. If one is running Outllok on a Mac machine then it is not possible to sync the contacts with iPhone. It is strange that Apple distributors are promoting and offering machines with promise that Windows users can now run MS Office on Mac machines without any problem. While this is true, it is so strange that one cannot sync the contacts from MacBook Pro to iPhone5. If someone has found a way to sync contacts from Outlook to iPhone 5 please help as it is very frustrating to not be able to sync the contacts. Thanks, Amit.

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I use a Win7 PC with iCloud and Outlook 2010 for syncing my calendar and contacts. I can enter data in my Outlook Calendar and it will appear in iCloud, but data entered in iCloud does not sync back to Outlook. ICloud syncs to my iphone fine both ways.

I use Win 7 PC with iCloud and Outlook 2010 for syncing my Contacts and Calendar. They have stopped syncing...mostly.
Now, appointments I enter on my local Outlook (iCloud) Calendar goes up to iCloud fine. But, data I enter on iCloud directly does not come down to my local Outlook iCloud Calendar. If I reboot the computer, the iCloud data shows up.
Also, Contacts I try to enter on my Outlook (iCloud) Contacts goes up to iCloud fine, but does not show up in my local iCloud Contacts.
All syncing works with my iPhone.
I have signed out of iCloud on PC. I have stopped syncing and re-started. No change.
I have an .aplzod folder for iCloud. I have a separate Earthlink.net.pst email account in Outlook and a me.com.pst Outlook email account (which I don't actually use) listed under Data Files.
Any help would be appreciated. Curious that Outlook will upload to iCloud but not receive downloads unless I reboot. However, rebooting does not download the missing Contacts.
Jim Robbins

Hi Jim!
You've started off with some good troubleshooting steps, so let's see if we can take this a little further and figure out what the issue is with your iCloud contacts and calendars. I have two articles here that will help you troubleshoot this issue a little further, but the troubleshooting steps for both articles are exactly the same, so I will lay those out for you here:
Note: When using iCloud Control Panel 2.0 and later, iCloud Calendar event descriptions in Outlook 2010 do not support text formatting (bold, italics, or underline), HTML, images, or attachments. The contextual (right-click) menu has also been disabled.
If you are having trouble with a PC (with Outlook 2007 or 2010) and iCloud Calendar, try each of these steps, testing after each to see if the issue is resolved:
Verify that you are using a Windows configuration that is supported by iCloud. For more information, see iCloud system requirements.
When enabling Calendars in the iCloud Control Panel, part of the setup process is to copy your Calendars data from the default Outlook ".pst" file to iCloud, and then remove the Calendars from the ".pst" file by placing them in the Deleted Items folder in Outlook. The Calendars data is then stored in the iCloud data set within Outlook so that changes can be pushed to and from Outlook by iCloud. Be sure you are looking for your data within the iCloud dataset within Outlook after enabling Calendars in the iCloud Control Panel. The deleted files can be seen by viewing Deleted Items within your Outlook Folder List. This is not iCloud removing your data; iCloud simply copies your data into the iCloud data set and then removes the local Calendars data by placing it in the Deleted Items folder.
Make sure your computer is online. Attempt to view www.apple.com and iCloud.com. If you can't connect to the Internet, your iCloud calendars and events will not update in Outlook. Click here for more information about troubleshooting your Internet connection.
Open a secure website to test if you are online as is necessary for iCloud Calendar. This also tests if the ports 80 and 443 are accessible. Outlook requires port 443 access to iCloud in order to push and pull updates to and from the iCloud Calendar servers.
Verify that your iCloud member name is entered into the iCloud Control Panel pane. See iCloud Setup for more information about setting up iCloud on Windows.
Completely close and reopen the iCloud Control Panel.
If you recently made changes in Outlook and they are not moving to your other devices or vice-versa, click the Refresh button in Outlook.
Turn iCloud Calendar off and back on:
Close Outlook.
Open the Windows Control Panel:
In Windows 8, move the pointer to the upper-right corner of the screen to show the Charms bar, click the Search charm, and then click the iCloud Control Panel on the left.
In Windows 7 and Vista, choose Start menu > All Programs > iCloud > iCloud.
Remove the checkmark in the checkbox next to Mail, Contacts, Calendars & Tasks, and click Apply. Wait a few seconds, then replace the checkmark, and click Apply.
Open Outlook and test to see if the issue has been resolved.
Ensure the iCloud Outlook Add-in is active within Outlook.
Outlook 2010:
Open Outlook 2010.
Click the File menu.
Click Options in the left panel of the Outlook window.
Click Add-Ins in the left panel of the Outlook Options window.
Look at the list of add-ins beneath "Active Application Add-Ins" and verify that the "iCloud Outlook Add-in" is listed.
For Outlook 2007, follow these steps to verify the iCloud Outlook Add-in is active
Open Outlook 2007.
From the Tools menu, choose Trust Center.
Select Add-ins from the left column.
Look at the list of add-ins beneath "Active Application Add-Ins" and verify that the "iCloud Outlook Add-in" is listed.
For additional information about managing Add-ins with Microsoft Outlook, see this Microsoft support document.
Restart your computer. This may sound simple, but it does reinitialize your network and application settings and can frequently resolve issues.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3998
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3999
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

Need help syncing iCal and Outlook 2011 (for Mac) THANKS!

QUESTION: How do I sync iCal and Outlook up again without duplicating any more events, and very importantly, without sending any more email invitations?
I just bought an iPhone. I am trying to get my phone and my MacBook Pro synced up through iCloud.
I realize that I need to have Outlook 2011 and iCal set up for syncing for this to work.
I did this at one point, and it resulted in all of my ALL DAY appointments being duplicated in Outlook, iCal, and on the calendar on my phone - and iCloud sending out duplicate invitations to events.
Then, I turned syncing between iCal and Outlook and deleted all of the duplicates in my Outlook.
Of course, because I haven't set up Outlook to sync with iCal, iCal and my phone's calendar have not changed. There are still duplicates there.
How do I sync them up again without duplicating any more events, and very importantly, without sending any more email invitations?
Thanks in advance for any help you can be!
Cheers!

My iPhone 4 was working fine, synched with Outlook 2011 on my iMac 11.02 through iTunes. Calendar changes also appeared in iCal, even though I don't use iCal - I only use Outlook. Last week I was prompted to update Outlook, which I did successfully. Today, I plugged the iPhone into the iMac to synch and suddenly all Calendar and Contact items are gone from the iPhone and in iCal on the iMac. In iTunes, the option to synch with Outlook in the Info tab ("other") is greyed out. What happened? Why can't I synch the iPhone anymore with Outlook? All the Calendar and Contact info is still on the iMac in Outlook. Help!

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