I also have an Exchange Calendar with gobs of public folders (I live by my to-do lists), and I have three separate Directory Service accounts that I use as part of my work.Įntourage’s database was a big file that changed constantly, which made for painful backups. I have over 70 IMAP rules, a handful of SMTP and Exchange rules, and too many Mailing List Manager rules to count.
Back-end servers run the gamut from MobileMe, Kerio, and Communigate Pro to Exchange 2007. I tested Outlook 2011 in the same configuration that I use Entourage on a daily basis: six IMAP accounts total, with three accounts using SSL for both send and receive, two Gmail accounts, and one Exchange 2007 Exchange Web Services (EWS) account. I’ve seen the same behavior in other Cocoa applications-Cocoa just doesn’t do drag and drop as well as Carbon. You don’t have to do the click-and-hold delay when dragging text, and dragging an attachment into a background Entourage mail window is a far simpler experience than doing so with Outlook 2011, where I had to bring the message window to the foreground and then drag the file from a Finder window in the background to the message window. As a result, Outlook 2011 takes a step back when it comes to drag and drop. Some of the user interface (UI) lags in Entourage while checking mail or doing other tasks never appeared or were far less annoying than in Entourage.Ĭocoa magic aside, drag and drop in Carbon applications always works more intuitively. Outlook 2011 launches minutes faster for me on the first launch of the day after a shutdown. Microsoft will begin rolling this release 16.58 in mid-February and expects to complete the rollout by late February.Though I did no benchmark testing, Outlook 2011 feels faster than Entourage. They will still however be able to switch back to the old experience.
Outlook Mac users who may have previously not used New Outlook or have tried New Outlook and switched back to Legacy Outlook will be switched to the new client. With the addition of Online Archive, Shared Mailboxes, Shared Calendars, and Delegation, Microsoft feels the new app is feature-complete enough to replace the old Outlook experience. Microsoft feels that this new toolbar helps reduce your visual clutter and helps you focus on what’s most important. Microsoft has replaced the ribbon with a new customizable toolbar.
The major change in this new Outlook for Mac experience is the new toolbar on top.
Microsoft has been testing the new Outlook for Mac with Insiders in the Beta and Preview channels, and today Microsoft announced that the new Outlook for Mac will become the default experience for the Current channel, ie regular users. The Microsoft sync technology offers faster and more reliable syncing experience, improved search results, reduced email load times, and enables Outlook for Mac team to bring more Office 365 features easily.
This new Outlook for Mac uses Microsoft sync technology that already powers Outlook for iOS and Android and Windows Mail app. Way back at Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced an all-new Outlook for Mac experience with redesigned UI, improved performance and several new features.