The Database for the Outlook profile can get corrupted over time and may need to be rebuilt on Outlook 2011 on Mac. To do this you can follow these instructions from Microsoft. Rectifying the Issue Outlook 2011 Contacts Search Not Working. Mac operating system has provided its users with a desktop-searching system known Technique 1: Complete Spotlight Index At the time when user has created a new contact in Outlook 2011, or currently added new data then, indexing of.
My current workplace uses Macs and my old workplaces used Windows. In my old workplaces I heavily used Outlook's Task functionality to manage my workload. I understand that the Task functionality in Outlook 2011 for Mac is heavily limited so I was very pleased to find. My problem is that my tasks don't appear in the Task folder, or anywhere else for that matter. Even if I search for a the title of a task I've recently found I still can't find them. After some Googling I found, which points to a Microsoft KB.
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So I went through all of the recommended steps on rebuilding/ adding a new identity using the 'Microsoft Database Utility' - the theory being that if I create a new identity I can test the task creation using a 'blank slate' identity. When I change the default identity to my newly created identity using the Microsoft Database Utility (have to restart the computer) Task creation still doesn't work. Any ideas appreciated, I really miss the task functionality in Outlook 2010 for Windows. I'm using El Capitan with Outlook 2016. My tasks would not show up, though I could add a task and have it show up in my phone and in OWA.
I got my tasks to show up by adding and removing my Outlook profile directory to Spotlight Privacy. I used Microsoft's KB article (linked above) and found these steps worked for me:. Close Outlook.
Open System Preferences Spotlight Privacy. Drag /Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/ to the Spotlight Privacy list (or click '+' and navigate to the folder). If you can't find your Library folder:. Click the '-' to remove the folder. Exit System Preferences. Open Outlook 2016.
I then saw my tasks. This happened to me, and I think I fixed it. In my case, I had set Spotlight to ignore a Microsoft User Data folder (i.e., don't index it), because my Mac's 'Today' and 'Past Week' searches are spoiled by hundreds of irrelevant Outlook files that clog the list of search results. I thought I had found a clever solution. It seems that Spotlight must be allowed to index that folder. Otherwise, Outlook 2011 won't show my Tasks.
I closed Outlook, went back to Spotlight prefs, removed that User Data folder from the Privacy list, and my tasks reappeared when I restarted Outlook. Only took a minute or two.
Same problem today, got it working when I Setup the account under the Exchange option For me, manually configured IMAP would only work for emails. I don't know if only emails are included under IMAP or maybe I missed a configuration setting. In outlook things just wouldn't appear even after showing in progress window and in Mac Mail tasks/contacts/etc would result in 'Retrieval using the IMAP4 protocol failed for the following message'. It's outside my realm of expertise, but this was my fix. I hope this is of some use to others who might stumble across this page 4 years down the road in 2019.
By Outlook 2011 for Mac offers hundreds of ways to customize the way messages are presented, processed, and replied to. You can access these settings in the Outlook Preferences dialog, which you open by choosing Outlook→Preferences from the menu bar. The settings that affect mail are found in Personal Settings group as well as the E-Mail group in the Outlook Preferences dialog. Notice these settings in particular:. General: Click the General icon in the Outlook Preferences dialog to find the Make Default button. Accounts: Click Accounts in the Outlook Preferences dialog to display the Account dialog. Be sure to click the Advanced button in the Account dialog and choose the Folders tab.
Notifications & Sounds: Click Notifications & Sounds in the Outlook Preferences dialog to adjust what kinds of sounds and visual notifications Outlook generates as you work with mail. Categories: Click Categories in the Outlook Preferences dialog to classify just about everything in Outlook.
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Fonts: Click Fonts in the Outlook Preferences dialog to choose default fonts for composing HTML and plain text messages. AutoCorrect: Click AutoCorrect in the Outlook Preferences dialog to edit AutoCorrect and AutoFormat options for text, as well as bullets and numbering. Reading: Click Reading in the Outlook Preferences dialog to change some of the default settings. Of course, you’re free to choose the settings that work best for you.
Composing: Click Composing in the Outlook Preferences dialog to change what kind of formatting is applied to messages you reply to. Signatures: Click Signatures in the Outlook Preferences dialog to add a signature. Rules: Click Rules in the Outlook Preferences dialog to set rules.
Alternatively, choose Tools→Rules from the menu bar. Schedules: Click Schedules in the Outlook Preferences dialog to tell Outlook to perform operations you specify at predetermined times.