Tag: iCloud and Outlook Problems: Syncing Calendar
Microsoft Outlook Tune-Up
$89 for 30 minutes
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Outlook 2013 or 2016 optimizing (Things I do to make Outlook perform faster, open and close faster, turn off applications that might cause Outlook to break)
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Create a document for you of your email accounts, PST and OST files (Screenshot images and links to where your files are on your computer)
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Review hard drive free space (quick spot check to make sure you’re not in the RED LINE ZONE, Outlook can break if you’re out of hard drive space)
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Outlook Mailbox Folders sizes versus server size (IMAP and Gmail are notorious for not matching and not matching means data is in one place and not the other)
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PST and OST file size match up (What Outlook shows vs what the computer data file shows)
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If you’re using IMAP, I will let you know if your contacts and calendar are in the proper file type (Should be PST)
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Review of your data backup program, make sure that Outlook data (PST and OST) are included.
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Email folder management and archiving tips (Alert you of the large folders and what to archive, the tune up does not include the actual archiving of email)
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Tips and recommendations for your future (If you should upgrade your Outlook, upgrade to another program)
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Documentation of the tune up sent via email, this can be kept for your records or to share with your IT company
FAQ
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What if you go over the 30 minutes? That means you might have a more complicated setup and I will let you know as soon as possible if you need extra time. This would more than likely be due to many email accounts and PST files.
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What if I want you to fix something while you’re in the computer? If I have time to work on a repair, I will do so. If not, then we will schedule a regular one hour appointment at another time.
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Billable work after the tune-up is $149 per hour
What is not included in the tune-up?
Repairs, troubleshooting, software upgrades, data backup, Office 365 consulting, detailed work, training, email archiving, migration to Exchange, iCloud setup/repairs, 3rd part app repairs, calendar and contact syncing. creating PST files for calendars and contacts in IMAP OST files.
To get on my calendar
To schedule your consult, please use this link to find a good time on my calendar that matches your free time. I offer the tune-up two different ways.
1.) You can be on the call with the whole time
2.) You can remote me in, drop the call and I can email you the documentation of the tune-up.
3.) Your assistant can remote me in and I can email you the documentation after
To schedule time, use the 30-min appointment on my calendar below.
Warning: Read This Before You Install iCloud for Outlook Synch
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If you found this post via a Google search, you are probably having issues and need help now. If you are a business, call me at 612-865-4475 and let’s get this figured out now. If you want to continue reading, see if this helps!
As an Outlook “expert”, I deal with many clients on a daily basis with Outlook issues–oh yea, it’s awesome and very robust but she can break but it’s not always her fault. I fix Outlook for a living… I configure new apps, show users shortcuts, help them clean up their 1000’s of emails, repair broken files, etc. I’m busy! Well, sometimes new apps show up and I have to do the “On Demand Learning Technique” (which is learn while I troubleshoot) and figure stuff out fast. These apps all have different ways of working and with so many different types of computers & devices (Mac,Windows, iPhones, iPads, Tablets, etc)…it’s a job just keeping up.
One thing I have learned in the past 2 weeks is that my business clients are not so happy with the iCloud and Outlook, not so much. They are thrilled to figure out that iCloud does some amazing synchronizing and they are in love with their wolf pack of technology, but after they have let the giddiness settle….then comes the realization that the Outlook calendar trumps iCloud. And unfortunately, it sends clients to me to help with alternative synchronizing methods. iCloud just doesn’t deliver with calendaring options for business. Fortunately I am extremely talented with the Outlook program and am catching these issues more quickly for the clients.
Examples of problems you may encounter (and just Google this, you will find many more)
- If you run 3-5 calendars, welcome to dysfunction junction.
- Got a lot of re-occuring events that someone else scheduled for you and you used to edit the notes? Good-bye to that jolly good option.
- Enjoyed viewing your to do calendar meetings in your side bar? Well, that too my friends is gone.
- iCloud also moves all of your contacts to their folder (so if you use BCM or have a lot of notes in the contacts, these may or may not work in iCloud or be viewable/editable)
- And don’t forget to install the iCloud control panel too! (seems to be a set missing in most online How-To for setting up iCloud)
iCloud may also select a random default calendar for you. Depending on how many emails accounts you have and PST files, depends on which one it picks. You may be inviting people or recieving calendar invites from and for the wrong accounts (If you manage many) If you don’t know how to manage it, it will be messy to clean up.
iCloud is free, the good tools that allow you to continue to manage Outlook in the manner you have for years, is not. I guess it comes down to how robust you are with Outlook and how many changes you are willing to make, sacrifice or have to learn.
If you want to learn about an alternative way to synchronize your world, you can try these tips I found from Geek in the Forest.
If you want help now with your Apple and Outlook synching, call us and get on my calendar. 612-865-4475
