Outlook stuck downloading messages Post by leonc » 2015-06-08 21:55 I am a new user and am having my first 'issue' that I haven't been able to resolve on my own.

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.

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. Civilization 6 australia mac torrent. 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.

In Outlook 2011 for Mac, select the File menu, Open, and then Open Other User's Folder. In the window that appears, click on the pop-down button next to Type: and select Calendar 3. Type in the person's name (last name, first name will match best) in the User: text field. If there is more than one match, the Select User window will appear. Select the name of the person from the list. If you do not have permission to that user's Exchange calendar, a message window will be displayed.