Office 2016 for Mac no longer includes the ability to rebuild or repair profiles. It is recommended to create a new profile. |
The Mac identity consists of a collection of email messages, tasks, contacts, accounts settings, calendars, and more. This identity is located in the Microsoft User Folder data. Users can take help of backup outlook 2011 mac identity, when the data of Mac Outlook identity gets damaged or corrupted. Switching off all the applications. Click on application name menu from the toolbar available on top.
Answer
Step 1: Quit all applications
You must quit all applications before you continue with the following steps. To quit an application, click the <application name>menu on the toolbar (top), and then select Quit. If you cannot quit an application or do not know how, hold down the Command and Option keys, and then press Esc on your keyboard. Select the application in the Force Quit Application window, and then select Force Quit. Click Force Quit to quit the application.
Note You cannot quit Finder.
When you are finished, click the red close button in the upper-left corner to close the window.
Step 2: Determine the amount of space available on the hard disk
Before you perform any database maintenance, make sure that you have at least three times as much hard disk space available as the current size of your Outlook identity. For example, if the identity is 1 gigabyte (GB), there should be at least 3 GB of free space available on the hard disk (not including the space that is needed for virtual memory).
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To determine the size of your identity, follow these steps:
- In the Finder, click Go, and then click Home. Open the Documents folder.
- Open the Microsoft User Data folder.
- Open the Office 2011 Identities folder.
- Click the Identity folder.
- On the File menu, click Get Info, and then click Get Information. Note the size of the database.
When you create an Outlook identity, hard disk space is allocated for the data that the identity receives as you work. When you add and delete messages, appointments, tasks, and notes, the database can develop wasted space.
Step 3: Discover and back up the current identity
To back up your identity, follow these steps:
- In the Finder, click Go, and then click Home. Open the Documents folder.
- Open the Microsoft User Data folder.
- Control-click or right-click the Office 2011 identities folder, and then select Duplicate. A copy of the folder is created.
- Quit all applications.
You have created a backup of your identity (or identities) and are ready to continue.
Note This backup can be used by third-party database recovery software, which generally work better on non-rebuilt identities.
Step 4: Rebuild the database
- Quit all applications.
- Hold down the Option key on the keyboard, and then start Outlook 2011.
Note You can also browse to the Database Utility by opening the Application folder and then opening the Microsoft Office 2011 folder. Open the Office folder, and then double-click Microsoft Database Utility.app.
- In the Database Utility window, select the database that you want to maintain, and then click Rebuild.
- The Rebuilding Main Identify window will open and show the progress. When the operation is completed, you will receive the message 'Your database was rebuilt successfully.'
- Click Done.
Start Outlook and see whether the problem is resolved. If the problem is not resolved, contact IS&T Help Desk to assist you in creating a new identity in Outlook 2011.
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Symptoms
Outlook 2011 Identity Location
When you import an Outlook 2011 identity into Outlook 2016 for Mac, you may receive the following error message:
Your identity cannot be imported as you do not have sufficient permissions on your 2011 identity.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
- Open Terminal using one of the following methods:
- With Finder as the selected application, on the Go menu select Utilities. Double-click Terminal.
- In Spotlight Search, type Terminal and then double-click Terminal from the search results.
- Go to the parent directory of your Outlook 2011 identity in Terminal by typing the following command.
- Type chmod -R 755 <Identity_Name>, and then press Enter. Steps 2 and 3 are represented in this screenshot:NoteIf you do not know your Identity name, you can type LS in Terminal and then press Enter for a list of the Identity names.
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This should set the correct permissions for your identity. You should now be able to launch Outlook and import your 2011 identity by selecting Import on the File menu.
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More information
Outlook 2016 for Mac is available with the following subscriptions:
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- Office 365 Home
- Office 365 Personal
- Office 365 University
- Office 365 Business
- Office 365 Business Premium
- Office 365 Small Business Premium
- Office 365 Midsize Business
- Office 365 Enterprise E3
- Office 365 Enterprise E4
- Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
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- Office 365 Government G4
- Office 365 Education A3
- Office 365 Education A4
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