How to change outlook identity mac
Follow such steps, to take the backup of Outlook 2011: i.
#HOW TO CHANGE OUTLOOK IDENTITY MAC MAC#
Create an Outlook 2011 Mac Backup Identity. In any case, users have to add and remove messages, tasks, events, and appointments then, Outlook creates a waste space. but I really don't want my user data being stored in ~Library for two reasons - 1) cluttering up my system HD and 2) being held in a hidden location.ĭefaults write users want to create an Outlook identity, more hard disk space is required to receive the identity database. I accept that Apple had what it considered good engineering reasons for mail data locations to change to ~Library. If it fails, I'm just going to move all my mail over to Apple Mail (and, yes, I probably should have done that years ago). Now all I have to do is figure out the correct symlink for Outlook 365! Wish me luck. (I use Outlook & Apple Mail with different email services for a number of reasons.) It was only when I moved my Apple Mail folder from ~/Library/Mail to my data HD that I had to build a symbolic link for Apple Mail I think a symlink was necessary because the original (default) location for Apple Mail data was in the ~/Library folder. In reality all it took was an alias between the default location ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data and a similarly named folder on my data HD. I also realized that my description of what I did with Outlook 2011 wasn't correct. Thanks! That's very interesting information. To hide them again, follow the same steps but replace the Terminal command with:ĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles NO Relaunch Finder by right clicking the Finder Icon whilst holding the ‘Option/alt’ key