Will moving to Outlook 2011 solve anything

i am considering moving to Outlook now that i purchased the office for mac suite.
mostly i did this to get excel in case i need it for a small business.
since i run a small business i don't have anyone in IT organizing my data but can anyone help me out with whether moving to Outlook helped /them/ get their business organized? i have the following issues to resolved:
1. mac contacts simply will not sync with anything else in the universe that allows me to retain my CATEGORIES/GROUPS and if it cannot keep this organization it is not possible to use it to sync to anything other than itself. i have also had issues with the database getting corrupted.
2. Mac Mail is throwing up frequent errors in both Mountain Lion and in Mavericks and in iOS7 and the amount of time i spend with this is extra-ordinary.
3. i have about 12 email addresses. if i change anything i have 12 email addresses in 3 email clients on 3 devices and i have to re-enter everything or anything that has change on all of these devices.
4. Mac Mail search appears to me to be not working or very weak or very slow or all of the above.
5. i cannot add a Reminder to Reminders and have it show up in my Calendar
6. Calendar events cannot travel across time zones which creates endless problems for me when traveling.
any suggestions on whether a move might solve some of this?
TIA

I have the same problem. Luckily I ran Mail and Outlook in parallel so I don't need to convert my email files, but now I can't get rid of Outlook as my default calendar. Does anyone know how to make iCal the default?

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Moving to Outlook 2011 advice

i am considering moving to Outlook now that i purchased the office for mac suite.
mostly i did this to get excel in case i need it for a small business.
since i run a small business i don't have anyone in IT organizing my data but can anyone help me out with whether moving to Outlook helped /them/ get their business organized? i have the following issues to resolved:
1. mac contacts simply will not sync with anything else in the universe that allows me to retain my CATEGORIES/GROUPS and if it cannot keep this organization it is not possible to use it to sync to anything other than itself. i have also had issues with the database getting corrupted.
2. Mac Mail is throwing up frequent errors in both Mountain Lion and in Mavericks and in iOS7 and the amount of time i spend with this is extra-ordinary.
3. i have about 12 email addresses. if i change anything i have 12 email addresses in 3 email clients on 3 devices and i have to re-enter everything or anything that has change on all of these devices.
4. Mac Mail search appears to me to be not working or very weak or very slow or all of the above.
5. i cannot add a Reminder to Reminders and have it show up in my Calendar
6. Calendar events cannot travel across time zones which creates endless problems for me when traveling.
any suggestions on whether a move might solve some of this?
TIA

I have the same problem. Luckily I ran Mail and Outlook in parallel so I don't need to convert my email files, but now I can't get rid of Outlook as my default calendar. Does anyone know how to make iCal the default?

Moving from Outlook 2011 back to Mail. How?

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However Outlook only produces OLM files... How do I get messages back over to Mail. I have looked everywhere and cannot find a solution.
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I have the same problem. Luckily I ran Mail and Outlook in parallel so I don't need to convert my email files, but now I can't get rid of Outlook as my default calendar. Does anyone know how to make iCal the default?

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Hi,
Are there any error messages occuring while you copy from pc to usb drive?
Have you tried copy files using copy command in command prompt?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240268/en-us
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HT1296 I just bought a new MacBook Pro and moved data over from my old MacBook Pro. Everything seemed fine at first but Outlook 2011 for Mac will not run. It just flashes the Outlook logo briefly and then closes. Help!

Everything seemed to work fine after moving everything over from my old MacBook Pro at first but I cannot run Outlook 2011 for Mac. The logo displays briefly and then the app closes. It never really even gets anything loaded other than the little logo.

Try removing and reinstalling Outlook
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Emails in the in the inbox can be moved to different folders and they will update (disappear from the inbox) on the Macbook with Outlook 2011 . the Windows PC outlook 2010, Iphone and OWA update accordingly. Sent Items that are moved on the Macbook are only
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Hi,
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoutlook?tab=Threads
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Since moving to the cloud can't get .mac/.me mail to work in Outlook 2011

I get the following error repeatedly in Outlook 2011 for Mac since moving to icloud on Lion OSX.
Anyone know what settings will stop the errors - getting them every few minutes.
Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct.
Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct.
Account name: "Mac"
Error code: -3170
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My server settings are as follows:
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Incoming server imap.mail.me.com
Using default port (993)
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Use SSL to connect is checked
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been through the ringer...called Microsoft, contacted Gmail, Apple and a tech support from my IProvder. With that being said I have another mac, iMac 2013 with the exact same version of Mac Outlook 2011 that works...I went through the 2nd step verification and had to delete as it was causing even more problems.
Should be a simple set up of google but Mac Outlook 2011 won't take it. My internet google acounts are all working and so is my MAC mail.
Any direction or help would be appreciated.
Mike
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Back up all data before proceeding.
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For some weird reason, I have to double click on just about anything to get it to work in Outlook 2011. For example, if I click once on a folder it does not go to that folder until I click it again. This is annoying in that there are a few things that respond to a single click, so as you are doulble-clicking around you hit one of the things that doesn't require a double-click and end up having to go back 5 steps to fix what you did.
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To test this theory, you could try disabling the scan feature. I assume you have good "real time" antivirus protection which checks every file saved to your hard drive. (If not, you really should get that, and you can use Microsoft's free [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials Microsoft Security Essentials] for now until you have time to review all the available choices.)
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MS Outlook 2011 for Mac will no longer automatically send and receive email since upgrade to OS 10.9 Mavericks. Does anyone know of a solution?

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Working with Outlook 2011 for Mac, my mails are slow and I can work only on-line, when off-line, mail cannot be opened because it is only partially downloaded. How to solve??

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Moving over from Mac Mail to Mac Outlook 2011

Hi All - I am in the process of moving from Mac Mail to Mac Outlook 2011. Could anyone please advise how I disable Mac Mail. I want to keep all of the old emails there but just start using Outlook 2011. I would happy for any suggestions. I am a bit wary to start trying touring over all of the emails from Mail to Outlook, I think it would be a very long process.
Sending emails from Outlook is taking a bit of time at the moment, I'm wondering if it is to do with still having Mail sitting there.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Loner T
Thanks so much for your reply. I have taken all of the accounts offline. It does say that the messages are being stored on servers.
Do you know is it easy or laborious to export the mailbox? I have not done this before.
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Outlook 2011 for Mac keeps asking me for password

I had been using Windows Live Mail (pop 3) for years until last week; rarely, if ever had any problems downloading my mail.
I just bought a Mac computer and am using Outlook 2011 for Mac; my operating system is Maverick (if that means anything to anyone).
The BT tech guys suggested I set up my mail accounts as IMAP so that all mail read on the server syncs etc. with my Outlook. It all sounded great. However, ever since I installed Outlook for Mail it asks me for my password numerous times during the day (for each of my 5 email accounts)....it usually does this when the computer has been in sleep mode, i.e., when Outlook tries to download mail from the server.
Something else to mention is that whilst the BT tech guys set up my IMAP accounts with:
Incoming Port - 993 (requires SSL)
Outgoing Port - 465 (requires SSL/TLS)
The BT Mail department (today) told me to revert back to 110 (outgoing) and 25 (incoming) and to call the incoming and outgoing mail.btinternet.com instead of the smtp.........(I forget the rest of it now) that the tech guys set it up as.
I've since reverted the incoming and outgoing to mail.btinternet.com but haven't changed the numbers to 110 and 25 because the BT Mail guy said "if you are able to send/receive using the 993 and 465...just leave them. And I *am* able to send/receive. The problem is more the password prompt and the message "server not recognised" or whatever it says....I can't recall the exact words.
I phoned Apple and they of course say it is an Outlook problem; not an Apple one, though they did help me delete the mail settings in their keychain thingie so that I could put in my passwords again (all passwords are correct by the way).
Apple did ask, however if my internet service provider are happy for me to have mail set up as IMAP; she epxlained that it really isn'y *my* choice; it's the server people's choice.
My questions are therefore: 1) who/what is my server? Is it BT? My email addresses are all btinternet.com and I'm also using BT Broadband for both home and my business/office.
I just don't understand why Outlook keeps prompting me for password so my second question is 2) does anyone know why I am being prompted for my password as often as I am? Does this have to do with IMAP settings? with Outlook? or with my Server? or possibly all of the above? and how does one identify the real issue?
Many thanks!

Hi Steve,
Thanks for this-yes, eventually, I do send/receive fine, once I've poppedd my passwords in.
I think you are right in that BT seem to be having unique server/login issues...at least this is what I've read elsewhere too.
Iroonically, this AM I opened my new Mac and have *not* been asked for passwords so perhaps the changes I made in the settings yesterday (keychain reset in Mac) and also changing it from smtp.....to mail.btinternet.com solved the issue...who knows? All I know is this last week I've nearly lost the will to live on more than one occasion, from the transition from PC Windows Live Mail to Outlook for Mac.

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