EmilyRushton 253346 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 For the life of me I cant get my Microsoft outlook on my mac to sync with my iPhone 5. It keeps syncing to Ical and apple contacts and I dont have an option to sync with outlook.... This is driving me insane, I hate PC but its days like this that I miss one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meaghan McLeod 179664 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Emily not sure if this helps. Sync Outlook with iCal and Apple Mail on your Mac You can sync your calendar and tasks with iCal, and you can also sync your tasks and notes with Apple Mail. To sync these items, Outlook uses Sync Services (Sync Services: A central database on your computer that allows applications and devices to share information such as calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes.), a central database on your computer. Note With OS X Mountain Lion, Apple no longer maintains active support for Sync Services. You might experience issues, if you are using Sync Services to sync your Outlook data - calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes - with local applications and smart phones, like iPhone, iCal and RIM. After synchronizing your Outlook information with Sync Services, the information is also synchronized with iCal and Apple Mail. To sync your e-mail between Outlook and another application or device, you can add the account in both Outlook and the other application. You do not need to turn on Sync Services in Outlook. Note Outlook does not currently support CalDAV or CardDAV. This means that it is not possible to synchronize your iCloud calendar or contacts with Outlook for Mac. However, Outlook does support iCloud Mail. For more information, see Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 compatibility with Apple iCloud On the Tools tab, click Sync Services. In the left pane, select the check box for the first item type (such as Calendar or Contacts) that you want to sync. Under Select the accounts to sync, choose the account or accounts that you want to sync for the selected item type. Note The On My Computer account includes all Outlook items (items: Units of information in Outlook, such as e-mail messages, calendar events, contacts, tasks, and notes.) that are not synchronized with a Microsoft Exchange account (Microsoft Exchange account: An account managed by Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft Exchange accounts are used by organizations with many users. They make it possible to synchronize e-mail, calendars, and contacts between multiple computers.). On the Outlook folder to add new items to pop-up menu, choose the location in Outlook where you want new items to be saved. "New" items are those that are added first in a different application or device, and then synced to Outlook. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for any other item types that you want to sync. Note For each item type that you want to sync, you must select the accounts and the Outlook folder to add new items to. Close the Sync Services dialog box, and then on the confirmation message, click OK.Depending on the size of your calendar, the sync might take some time to complete. You can close Outlook and the sync will still complete. For example, it will take time if you have a calendar that spans more than a year. Notes In Apple Mail, tasks and notes appear in the navigation (left pane) under the REMINDERS heading. Only fields that exist in both Outlook and the Sync Services database are synchronized. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newbie09876 795 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Unfortunately this is something that Microsoft blames Apple for and vice versa. I have the same problem and have not found a good solution yet either. Sync services is broken in Mac Outlook 11. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kellyxo 11682 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 I rarely chime in on these things :) but I had a similar issue. I think it's a Microsoft decision more than an apple one. Outlook has always felt crippled on my Mac. :( No support for older exchange services... No support for iCloud using CalDav or CardDav... And now no support for sync services... I sync my phone to iCloud and run free software called davmail as a path to outlook. Lots of tutorials online to get it working! It's a bit of a pain but it works :) Hope that helps :) Kelly xo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300291 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Did a little searching on the web Em Don't know if this link will help or not https://discussions.apple.com/message/22687900#22687900 Good luck RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300291 Report post Posted August 18, 2013 Just playing around on the web on my phone and stumbled across something that may be an answer Here's the link http://www.sync-mac.com/iphone-sync.html Don't know if that can sync your Mac outlook and iphone but worth a look Hope it helps Good Luck RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
