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To uninstall Office for Mac 2011 move the applications to the Trash.Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process. Before you remove Office for Mac 2011, quit all Office applications and make sure there's nothing in Trash that you want to keep. Leave Office applications closed while you go through this process. 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.

The new Office for Mac is great. True to Microsoft's claims, the latest bundle of productivity apps is indeed 'Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac.'[1].

Office 2016 implemented several new OS X's APIs, including Sandboxing (mandatory for Mac App Store apps, which Office isn't). Sandboxing apps that don't need access to the whole file system is certainly a step in the right direction, however in this case it also brings an inconvenient limitation to the Outlook 2016 - it is no longer possible to easily move Profile (previously called Identity) to a new location (e.g. different drive). To add insult to injury, Outlook for Mac does not have the 'Mail to keep offline' feature of its Windows counterpart, which allows to select time range of e-mails to keep cached locally[2]. That can be troublesome if you have a huge mailbox and not so big SSD in your Macbook.

Luckily, there is a way to move the Outlook Profile folder away to a different Volume (e.g. a moderately fast SDXD card adapter like TarDisk).

The following step-by-step guide explains in great detail how to manually reach our goal. If you're more of a script person and you prefer computers working for you rather than the other way around, have a look at my Gist that contains a Shell script that will do all the work for you.

Script in action:

Manual approach:

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  • Step 1: Find the Outlook binary and copy it to Desktop.
    It should be located here:
    /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Outlook

  • Step 2: Open the binary in hex editor (e.g. Hex Fiend) and search for:
    <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>

  • Step 3: Replace the subsequent <true/> with <fals/> and save changes. You might be asking why are we changing the value to <fals/> and not <false/>. The reason is that when changing text strings inside compiled binaries, replacing a string with another one that is longer than the original is asking for trouble. Using incomplete flag is much better thank using 1 more letter than the original string used.

  • Step 4: Copy the modified binary back to the Outlook.app bundle (keeping a backup copy of unmodified binary is highly recommended)

  • Step 5: Launch Outlook and check in Activity Monitor that Outlook is now running un-sandboxed

  • Step 6: Close Outlook and move following folder to its new location:
    /Users/<username>/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook

  • Step 7: In place of the original folder, create a symbolic link called Outlook pointing to the new destination.
    To do that, modify and run following command from Terminal:
    ln -s '/Volumes/TarDisk/Outlook' '/Users/<username>/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook'

When done, the source and destination folders should look like this:

^^ Old location (in Library)

^^ New location (on the Volume you're moving the folder to)

Congratulations, you've successfully moved your Outlook Profile folder away from the default location.

However, I recommend you to keep reading after the notes!

Notes:

  • First 4 steps will need to be repeated every time Outlook's binary gets replaced during an update.

  • Why isn't creating a symlink enough? Because sandboxed applications are allowed to access only pre-defined folders (Group Containers) and OS will not let them exit these folders using workarounds like symlinks.

Ok, so we now have Outlook running un-sanboxed.
However, we've also corrupted the app's signature in the process and that brings some consequences - specifically the fact that Outlook now cannot access keychain. If you have just one account or if you don't store your IMAP credentials in OS X's keychain at all, that does not have to bother you.

If you use Outlook with several accounts (like me) and you don't like the idea of typing all the passwords every time you startup Outlook, continue reading.

In order to re-sign Outlook with our own code-signing certificate, we first need to create one.

You can create your own certificate in about 2 minutes for free directly from OS X's Keychain Access utility. Follow a short (and slightly out-dated) step-by-step guide here. For the sake of completeness, I am including screenshots of all steps taken on OS X El Capitan below.

More text will follow.

After the certificate is created, we can sign our modified binary of Outlook with it.

If you open Terminal and verify Outlook's signature at this point, it will be reported as invalid (and rightly so).

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To sign the binary, copy and paste following command to Terminal and replace the certificate name with a name you chose while creating the certificate:
sudo codesign -f -s 'CERIFICATE NAME HERE' /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app/

When done, you can verify that the app is signed properly by running the following code:
sudo codesign -v /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app/

If you receive no output, that means the app's signature is valid and Outlook can now access the keychain once again.

That's it :) I recommend the scripted approach instead of doing everything manually with every update Outlook receives.

  1. Dear Microsoft, this isn't the Tab we use for Updates :)
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  2. Nice little slider that the Mac version lacks
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When it comes to email clients, Microsoft Outlook’s name comes first as it is one of the most commonly used email clients. It acts as a personal information manager that manages user’s information in an efficient way. It manages emails, calendars, contacts, tasks, etc. and is available for both Mac and Windows. There are some features that make Outlook Mac 2016 different from Mac Outlook 2011. Outlook Mac 2016 has a more standardized look and feel and also it provides integration with OneDrive. Read to know how to rebuild Outlook database Mac 2016 profiles and how to backup Mac Outlook database.

In the case of Outlook Mac 2016, the performance factor has improved this is because Microsoft switched from its previous database to SQLite. Besides all this, some situations occur in which a user has to repair and rebuild the Outlook profile Mac 2016. Now, Outlook Mac 2016 user can easily repair and rebuilds the profile as Office 2016 automatically rebuilds the Outlook Mac profile if issues like Outlook data corruption occur. This is one of the main upgrades from Office 2011 for Mac, in which the user had to manually rebuild the Office database.

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Location of Outlook 2011, 2016 Mac Profile

  1. For Outlook 2016 Mac: /Users/me/Library/Group Containers/123THEID.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile/Data/Messages/
  2. For Outlook 2011 Mac: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/

Easy Solution to Rebuild Outlook Database Mac 2016

The users who are facing issues with Mac Outlook Database / Profiles / Identities can try this hassle free way to repair and use Mac Outlook 2016, 2011 without any issue. This Outlook Mac Database Recovery Tool is an one-stop solution which allows users to rebuild Outlook Database Mac 2016, 2011 as well as Outlook 365 profiles. Additionally, it provides several other features as well such as 10 file format options to export data, option to preserve folder hierarchy, etc.

Let’s have a look at some of its features:

  • Rebuild Outlook Database Mac 2016, 2011 Easily
  • Repair & Export Mac Outlook Profile in 10 File Formats
  • Rebuild Database & Maintain Folder Hierarchy
  • Date & Category-Based Filter & Repair Important Data

Manage Profiles in Outlook 2016 for Mac using Outlook Profile Manager

In Outlook 2016 for Mac, one can manage profiles with Outlook Profile Manager. It is an inbuilt tool for Outlook Mac 2016 by using this utility one can create a new profile or delete the existing profile and much more. You can not use the Outlook Profile Manager in Outlook 2011 for Mac as it is an inbuilt utility for Outlook Mac 2016 only. Step to manage profiles in Outlook 2016 for Mac are given below:

Learn How to Rebuild Outlook Database Mac 2016 Profiles Via Outlook Profile Manager

Follow below mentioned steps to manage and rebuild Mac Outlook 2016 profiles via Outlook profile manager.

Access Outlook Profile Manager

  1. First, you have open the Finder menu and then navigate to Applications
  2. Click on Control, in the Applications window
  3. Now, you have to click on Microsoft Outlook and choose Show Package Contents
  4. After this, navigate to Contents and then Shared Support
  5. Now, open Outlook Profile Manager

Create a New Profile for Outlook Mac 2016

  1. Once, you have opened the Outlook Profile Manager, click on the + (plus) button
  2. Now, in the text box, you have to type a name for the new profile and then press Return

Delete a Profile

  1. To delete a profile in Outlook Profile Manager, click on the profile to delete
  2. Now, you click on the – (minus) button
  3. A confirmation dialog box will appear, click on Delete in the confirmation dialog box

Set a Default Profile

  1. In Outlook Profile Manager set a default profile by clicking on the profile to set as default option
  2. Now, click on the gear button and choose Set as default

Steps to Rebuild Outlook Profile Mac 2011

To rebuild Outlook profile Mac 2011 you just have to follow the steps given below:

1. First, click on the Turn Off Office Reminders on the Outlook menu
2. Now, you have to quit all the Microsoft Office application including Outlook and Messenger for Mac also
3. Open the Microsoft Database Utility (Default Location is Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office)
4. After that, you have to click on the identity of the database you want to rebuild
5. Click on the Rebuild option

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How to Take Backup of Mac Outlook 2016 Database?

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In-spite of creating OLM file in the backend the Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac also stores messages and other items as an SQLite database in the directory /Users/username/Library/GroupContainers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles folder. There is a functionality called Time Machine in Mac machine which automatically takes backup of computer files on a regular basis. If a user’s file gets corrupt, damaged or lost then he/she can make use of Time Machine to rebuild Outlook database Mac 2016.