Microsoft Outlook Mac Mail Location
Summary
Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported. May 20, 2019 Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported. Instructions for classic Outlook on the web. Turn Focused Inbox on. Open Outlook on the web. Select Settings Display settings Focused Inbox. Under When email is received, select Sort messages into Focused and Other. The Focused and Other tabs will appear at the top of your mailbox.
This article describes some useful tools for Microsoft Outlook for Mac.
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Outlook Search Repair
The Outlook Search Repair tool repairs search results within Outlook.
Important
Due to some changes in macOS Mojave, this tool no longer works in 10.14 and higher. If you are on macOS Mojave (10.14), you can follow the steps below to reindex Spotlight for Outlook for Mac.
Choose Apple menu, then System Preferences, and then Spotlight.
Select the Privacy tab.
In Finder:
On the Go menu, select Go to Folder...
Copy and paste the following location into the 'Go to the folder:' dialog box and select Go:
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/
Drag the 'Main Profile' folder to the Privacy tab. Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder.
You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you have.
See the following article from Apple to learn more: How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac.
- Jul 26, 2019 Set preferences for Outlook for Mac. 7/26/2019; 3 minutes to read; In this article. Applies to: Outlook for Mac, Outlook 2019 for Mac As an IT admin, you may want to provide Outlook for Mac users in your organization with a standard set of preferences in either of the following ways.
- Use Room Finder in Outlook 2016 for Mac to help you schedule a conference room for meetings. Skip to main content. Find a conference room. You can enter that name directly in the Location field. If you don't know the name, or if you're scheduling a meeting in a location that is unfamiliar, you can use Room Finder.
When to use the tool
Use this tool if search results within Outlook show nothing or return older items only. For example, if you search for an email message that you already have open and that message isn't displayed in the search results.
How to use the tool
Download and open the Outlook Search Repair tool.
Follow the instructions.
Note The tool searches for duplicate installations of Outlook. If no duplicates are detected, go to step 3. If duplicates are detected, remove the duplicate Outlook installations, and then restart the system. After your system is restarted, the Outlook Search Repair tool may reopen. If it does reopen, exit and restart the tool.
Select Reindex.
Note The Outlook Search Repair tool displays a 'Reindexing, please wait' message while it works. Wait for this process to finish. This may require an hour or more, depending on the size of your Outlook profile. Outlook doesn't have to be open when the repair occurs. A spotlight search will be slower and may not finish while the index is being repaired.
Exit the Outlook Search Repair tool when you receive the following message after the repair is completed:
Done! Reindexing has completed!
OutlookResetPreferences
The Outlook Reset Preferences tool resets all Outlook preferences to their default settings.
When to use the tool
Use this tool to reset any customizations that you've made to Outlook by using the Preferences option on the Outlook menu. This tool also stores the settings for the Outlook window size and position. This tool shouldn't be needed most of the time. But it can be useful.
Note The Outlook Preferences file doesn't contain all the preferences for the application. Also, resetting Outlook preferences doesn't remove email messages or account settings.
How to use the tool
- Download and open the Outlook Reset Preferences tool.
- Click the Reset Now! button. This closes Outlook if it's open, and then resets the preferences to their default settings.
- Exit the Outlook Reset Preferences tool.
SetDefaultMailApp
The Default Mail Application tool lets you easily make Outlook the default mail application.
When to use the tool
Use this tool if you want Outlook to open a new email message when you click a mailto: link in an email message or on a website. Selecting a mailto: link opens the default email application. Outlook isn't the default email application until you change that setting.
How to use the tool
- Download and open the Default Mail Application tool.
- In the Default Mail Application dialog box, select com.microsoft.outlook, and then click Make Default.
- Exit the Default Mail Application tool.
ResetRecentAddresses
The Reset Recent Addresses tool lets you reset recent addresses that Outlook stores. This tool deletes all recent addresses instead of you having to manually delete addresses one at a time.
When to use the tool
When you compose an email message and add people on the To, Cc, or Bcc line, Outlook suggests names as you type characters. The list of names that Outlook uses is a combination of stored contacts, the company directory, and recent contacts. Recent contacts have an 'X' character next to each name. Without this tool, you have to click the 'X' on each contact to remove that contact from the Recent Address List. The Reset Recent Addresses tool cleans out all recent addresses at the same time.
How to use the tool
- Download and open the ResetRecentAddresses tool.
- Click the Reset Now! button.
- Exit the Reset Outlook Recent Addresses tool.
When scheduling a meeting with Outlook 2016 for Mac, particularly a meeting where attendees will attend in person, you'll need to include a meeting room in the invitation. If you know the name of the meeting room, you can enter that name directly in the Location field. If you don't know the name, or if you're scheduling a meeting in a location that is unfamiliar, you can use Room Finder.
Note: Don't see Room Finder? Your admin needs to enable this feature on the Exchange server before the button will show up on your ribbon. Tell your admin to see Managing Resource Mailboxes and Scheduling for more information.
Open Room Finder
The Room Finder button is on the ribbon in the meeting invitation. (Create a meeting invitation)
If you're having a hard time finding Room Finder, you'll need to make sure this feature is enabled. If you are not the administrator of your organization, contact the administrator to enable Room Finder. If you are the administrator, you'll need to connect to PowerShell and run the following cmdlets:
New-DistributionGroup -Name 'room list name' –RoomList
Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity 'room list name' -Member 'room mailbox name'
This will allow the Room Finder to show up and allow you to view the room list and choose from the available rooms as desired.
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A tour of Room Finder
Room Finder opens in the scheduling page of your meeting invitation.
Select Recent Rooms in Choose a room list to see any recent rooms you've scheduled.
Select one of your recent rooms and it will be added to the Rooms list on the left side of the page. Its free/busy information will be shown in the scheduling grid.
Selecting the arrows in Choose a room list shows buildings and/or locations in your company. When you pick a room list, you'll see a list of all the conference rooms in that building or location that are available during the specified meeting time.
Once you've found an available room, check the box next to its name to include it in your invitation.
Tip: You can hide the Room Finder pane by clicking the Room Finder button again or by clicking the x at the top right of the Room Finder pane.
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To create a meeting invitation
At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Calendar.
On the Home tab, click Meeting.
In the To box, enter the names of people or resources to include for the meeting.
In the Subject box, enter a description of the meeting.
Click Room Finder to select a room.
Enter the details about the event.
When you complete your invitation, on the Organizer Meeting tab, click Send.