All about Outlook for Mac Issue and Error

OLM Repair

Outlook for windows is user most favorite application. With the fast growing era of technology Microsoft introduced outlook for mac and fulfill all demands of Outlook users. The main difference between Outlook for mac and outlook for windows is the file format supported by both is different. As MS Outlook uses PST file format to save user mailbox data in the same way Mac outlook uses OLM file format to save user mailbox data. In this post I will discuss all about OLM file structure and complications with OLM file. I will also share remedies to deal with OLM file complications.

OLM Files Introduction: OLM files are known as Mac Outlook Backup file. Like PST files in MS Outlook for Windows OS, these files are responsible for storing user mailbox information like Emails, Contacts, Attachments, Calendars, Tasks, Notes etc.
File Extension:  .OLM
 

Where OLM file is stored in System:
•    ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities/Main Identity/Database
•    ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities/Main Identity/Data Records
 

Common Issues with Outlook for Mac

• Running Slows
• Blank emails Shared calendars are not highlighted
• Issues in synchronizing mac outlook with outlook.com folders
• Mac outlook crashes and freezes
• Don’t allow user to resize pictures
•  Issues in message reading

Possible Solution to deal with these issues:
 

Microsoft has suggested rebuilding your identity database to deal with this kind of issues. Here are steps to rebuild database:

o    First of all users are advised to close all running application
o    Now hold option key for long to open Outlook 2011.
o    Do double click on Microsoft Database Utility which is categorized under Office folder
o    Now select database to be rebuilt
o    Click on 'Rebuild'
o    User will see a window showing the rebuilding process
o    Wait till process get completion

• After completion user will see message ' Your data was rebuilt successfully'.
• Click on done.
 

By using above steps user will easily rebuild their database of mac-outlook.
 

NOTE: Please take necessary backup of OLM file before rebuilding of database.
Outlook Errors
 

Along with issues discussed above, fed errors occurs which can hamper performance of Outlook 2211. Here are few most common errors that every user faces due to corruption of Mac Outlook files (OLM).
Outlook Error 17199: This is one of most common Outlook error faced by users. This type of error is a clear indication for corruption of OLM file. User can resolve this error by performing following steps:

• Open up mac-outlook 2011 program. 
• Visit your internet connection and check whether it is uninterrupted or not working fine.
• Now clean your inbox by deleting all email messages from outbox of outlook.
• Go to click on the Send/Receive button.
•  Now restart your outlook to check whether everything is working fine or not.

Re-enter username and password of outlook. Follow following steps to re-enter your user name and password.

• Open Outlook mac application
• Point to Tools menu Click on Accounts tab
• Select email address from the window
• Enter all necessary credentials (Email address and password)
• Be sure about details of all Outgoing server and Incoming server contacts

Wait till login process complete. After completion of process click on red button to close windows

• Mac-Outlook error17099:  Problems in sending and receiving emails. User faces this error when he tries to send a common mail message to large group but unable to do so. Possible reasons for this error are:  Specifies limits of sending emails by Internet Service providers   
• SMTP server returns an unexpected error.    
• OLM file got corrupt

Solution to repair this error is repairing the OLM file. It is very easy to repair corrupted OLM file without any expert guidance if you are using automated method. To repair your corrupt or damaged OLM file user are requested to use perfect OLM repair utility that provides users complete assurance of no data loss after repairing process. One such utility is Stellar OLM repair.