I have Mac OS X1.7.5 and Outlook 2011 14.2.5. If I type the word App. with or without the period in a sentence Outlook gets a 'Application not responding' and I get the spinning ball. If I spell 'application' out or type the word 'App.' by itself it does not lock up.
The only thing I can think of that has changes recently is that I updated the Microsoft Error Reporting a couple days ago, but now on 2 different Macbook Pro's (both running Mountain Lion), Outlook freezes with the beach ball.   If I wait several minutes it eventually unfreezes, but since email is critical, its very frustrating.  I've noticed this behaviour on 2 different machines today.   Both are connected to an Exchange server and multiple IMAP server as well.   Any ideas?
When trying to open a message , Outlook hangs and I saw a spinning ball...

I tried deleting message but nothing happens just Outlook hangs...

I created a new identity and it works fine for a while but I got the problem again...

What can I do?

Option 2.

Is there any way to "migrate" my folders and subfolders on "My mac" to Apple Mail?
my laptops (Dell) cursor is driving me crazy...it has a little ball next to the arrow that keeps on blinking...what do I do to correct this

 

What's up Support!

 

I'm getting complaints from my users when they click on the 'Search This Folder' field (upper right hand corner of main Outlook window)  In Outlook on the Mac to search for email and the SPINNING BALL OF DEATH begins. Outlook then becomes unresponsive forcing the user, at times, to FORCE QUIT Outlook. WHICH I HATE!!!!

I've been able to recreate the problem myself, on their workstations, but with a little patients Outlook eventually becomes responsive.

We're New Yorkers. Thus... no one is patient here!

 

I can't seem to figure out whats causing it.

 

Can someone point us in the right direction?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

I am using Outlook 2011 on a 27" IMac 16Gb ram.  I5 processor.  Mt. Lion. (this was happening with Lion as well)

I go to write a new email or even respond to an email message.  Once the window opens and I begin to type I get the spinning Beach Ball for sever seconds.  I can continue to type and once the beach ball goes away my typing will appear.  I have rebuilt my profile in Outlook and have also created a new profile and the same issues happen.  I am connected to Exchange 2007.  I am the head of IT and no other issues from any other use has been reported this just happens to me.   I am also the only user on the network that is using a Mac all other users are using windows.

I have talked to Apple and this can not find any issues with my system that would be causing this behavior.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as this has been driving me crazy for the last 9 months.

Thank you

Jeremey
I am using Outlook 2011 on a 27" IMac 16Gb ram.  I5 processor.  Mt. Lion. (this was happening with Lion as well)

I go to write a new email or even respond to an email message.  Once the window opens and I begin to type I get the spinning Beach Ball for sever seconds.  I can continue to type and once the beach ball goes away my typing will appear.  I have rebuilt my profile in Outlook and have also created a new profile and the same issues happen.  I am connected to Exchange 2007.  I am the head of IT and no other issues from any other use has been reported this just happens to me.   I am also the only user on the network that is using a Mac all other users are using windows.

I have talked to Apple and this can not find any issues with my system that would be causing this behavior.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as this has been driving me crazy for the last 9 months.

Thank you

Jeremey
Since updating to version 14.2.3, Outlook 2011 hands after opening an email or two, sometimes I can open 3.  Then I get the spinning ball which does not go away (I've left it for over half an hour) and I have to force quit.  This never happened before the 14.2.3 update.  I have tried rebuilding the database several times - no help.
I have been having issues with outlook 2011 for mac.  Outlook no longer shows the reply/forward arrows on replied/forwarded emails.  Also my "all mail" folder on gmail account is missing.  Outlook has been giving me the "beach ball" when typing new emails and has been asking me for password to email account. 
the other day outlook forced me to recover my identity and database as well.
Thanks for your help
(Mac issue starts in paragraph 6 but the background is important, since I think these problems are related.)

My company is a SaaS provider with more than 1000 customers. We are using a hosted Exchange 2010 system provided by a 3rd party. In addition to separate email accounts for each employee, we also have a "Support@" mailbox into which all email correspondence with our customers in received and stored. This account has a large folder tree with more than 1500 folders (including archives for customers who are no longer using our service.) The overall size is about 4GB and 100,000+ messages.

We have two support people who both have their own email accounts and who also are supposed to have access to the Support@ account so that they can respond to customer support requests, then create folders (for a new customer) and move messages around. The Support Inbox is generally empty since we handle all emails as soon as they arrive.

One support person is using Outlook 2010 - he has two Exchange accounts configured. The other is using Outlook 2007. She has the Support account configured as an "Additional mailbox to open" when she starts Outlook (since 2007 apparently doesn't support 2 Exchange accounts.) Both of these employees are configured in Exchange to have "Full Access" and "Send As" permissions. Within Outlook, both employees are also configured as "Owners" of the Support mailbox.

The problem we are having is that this is not working. The two employees can see the Support mailbox but they don't have full access to it. For the guy using Outlook 2010, his system started to synchronize but then stopped about 10% in and won't continue. For the gal using Outlook 2007, she can see most of the tree. But if I create a new folder, she doesn't see it and she can't move messages into folders.

For both employees, if they use Outlook Web Access, everything works correctly. They can move messages around and see them immediately. So this strongly suggests that security is correctly configured in Exchange, and that this is an Outlook problem on their local computers.

Now, I'm having a slightly different problem. I run Outlook 2011 on a Mac. I also have Full Access/Owner rights to the Support mailbox. I can see the full tree; I can create folders and move messages around with no problems. However, approx. every 1-2 minutes, I get a Mac beach ball (equivalent of the Windows hourglass) and everything locks up for about 10 seconds. Then I can keep working. Of course, the Mac uses individual files for each messages, instead of a monolithic PST file; not sure why this would matter...

Our email hosting company is now trying to tell us that the problem is we have too many folders and there is a limit of 500 folders. This doesn't make sense. These problems actually started about 4 weeks ago after they did some reconfiguration work on their servers. Before then, we had basically the same number of folders and messages and were not having this problem (maybe we added 10 folders since then; lots of messages though.)

We're at our wits end with this. This is our whole support operation and our support team need to be able to access folders and messages. I think this is some kind of synchronization problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I will cross-post this request in the Outlook Forums as well, since it may be an Outlook issue.

Dan