November hasn't been a great month for Mac mail reliability. First came problems with Mavericks and Mail.app's and other IMAP mail services. Apple released a bit of a. That fix didn't solve everything and the problems with mail on Macs continue.
According to ZDNet readers, Mail.app on OS X Mavericks is having trouble with missing commas in Cc: and Bcc: fields, as well as, slow performance when opening some attachments. And then there's Microsoft Outlook. In a, Editor John Rizzo details the sync problems with Outlook on Mavericks and a workaround by using Microsoft Exchange Online (which costs $4 a month). I also pointed to this workaround in a post last week about. However, Rizzo offers another workaround by running Outlook for Windows in a number of virtualization choices. He suggests that it may not be for everyone. There is one more (though more complicated) workaround: run Outlook for Windows on your Mac in a Windows virtual machine using Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, or Oracle VirtualBox.
I attempted to test with the Mac Mail App, but it makes it difficult to tell when the attachment has been uploaded and the file has been sent. Any way to prove definitively that it is Exchange Web Services vs. Outlook 2011 for Mac? Microsoft Outlook is a core application that many businesses use for emailing and scheduling meetings. It can be frustrating when it is slow to start.
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Although Apple has removed Sync services from OS X, it continues to offer Sync Services for Windows, including Windows 8. Sync Services is included in the current version of iTunes for Windows, so you can do direct iOS-to-Windows syncing.
Admittedly, installing Windows in a virtualization environment just to direct-sync iPhone to Outlook is a lot of expense in terms of dollars and Mac resources. But if you're already running Outlook for Windows in a virtual machine, this is an easy solution. By registering you become a member of the CBS Interactive family of sites and you have read and agree to the,. You agree to receive updates, alerts and promotions from CBS and that CBS may share information about you with our marketing partners so that they may contact you by email or otherwise about their products or services.
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