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Uncertain why, I went straight to the sources. Possibly, Apple still might have been able to help, since it previously did sync with Outlook using MobileMe, until that was abandoned last year. Technically, it seems there may be an issue with Microsoft not supporting the right type of data sync format.

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So why does Outlook Mac feel so abandoned by all of them? It's also the supposed goal that Google and Microsoft both have, to get us living in the cloud. I've found that Apple has provided exceptional support on the Mac and iOS devices to pull contacts, calendars and other data from its own iCloud as well as other providers such as Google. No need to read a white paper on deployment options. Want to sync your Outlook contacts? No need to pay. That's the Apple iCloud Control Panel for Windows that I mentioned above. All I know is that anything with a big 'Request a call' button at the top isn't a system friendly to individuals: Then there's Office 365, which is another flavor of Microsoft Exchange mixed with Microsoft Office web apps. I just want my Outlook Mac calendar to also be online, in the way the Mac's own calendar can do.

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There's a friendly white paper you'll be directed to download to assist with your deployment options: When you head over to the Microsoft Exchange site, if you're confused about whether you need Microsoft Exchange Online or Microsoft Exchange Server, don't worry. How about Microsoft Exchange? Yes, that's a friendly choice. Pity it only works for the Calendar part of Outlook. In contrast, Google Calendar Sync is a free, dependable an easy-to-use tool that Google provides. What I do know is every time I've tried this in the past, I want to run screaming from the complications. I have no idea what went wrong with the latest installation I tried this week that caused that error. You'll enjoy the complication of being a 'domain administrator' for yourself, then after you get everything going, don't be surprised if you get an error screen like this: But it's going to be the cloud Google really intends for enterprise users, not for individuals. Yes, it'll get your data into the Google cloud. Take the aforementioned Google Apps Sync for Outlook. The overkill of industrial-strength solutionsĮven in Windows, where there's more syncing support, there's not much for the Mac to envy. But given how little sync support there is for other things I've mentioned, Tasks are likely no different. I don't use them myself, so I haven't tried testing ways to sync them. Tasks are the remaining data type in Outlook Mac that feel stuck without sync. Keep in mind that itself can talk to other accounts you have and sync between them, including a Google account. They can't seem to easily talk to Google, to iCloud or even to Microsoft's new site, for that matter. But with Outlook Mac 2011, your contacts are isolated. If you're a Windows user, stepping up to Google Apps Sync for Outlook gives you one option for Outlook Windows 2010. As I've covered before, in Syncing Notes from Mountain Lion Macs to iOS and Android, these stay stuck in Outlook despite Mountain Lion's new support for syncing notes.Ĭontacts also feel trapped.

The Mac's own calendar program can talk to iCloud or Google. Outlook Mac's calendar won't talk to Google nor iCloud. If you're on the Mac, you're out of luck.

My previous column, Google: Your bridge from Outlook to any smartphone's calendar, explains more about this. Outlook's calendar in Windows can also talk with Apple's iCloud, if you want, using the Apple's own iCloud Control Panel for Windows.

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With the help of Google, your calendar in Outlook for Windows 2010 can easily fly off your desktop to the web, iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Painfully short.Ĭalendar is a sad example of this. When it comes to syncing other data that users create and store in Outlook, the program falls short on the Mac-side. For now, the point is that when it comes to syncing email, Outlook loves the cloud.

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In a future column, I'll explain exactly why Outlook (either for Windows or Mac) is a perfect paring with Gmail, especially for its excellent offline support and the easy ability to open and manage multiple email windows. No, I'm not crazy (but if you love Gmail's web interface, more power to you).

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