outlook 2011 for mac duplicate calendars

01. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags:

I am using outlook 2011 on an iMac.  When I first bought it a couple of years ago I imported my PST outlook file from my windows laptop.  Instead of adding the information to the default 'on my computer calendar it created a second calendar under another 'on my computer' heading with the name of the backup file.  I wasn't really aware of this at the time.

When i discovered I had two calendars I tried to work out how to merge them or delta one, but could only delete the one that contained my back up info. I couldn't work out how to merge them and so finally just kept working on the imported version as I couldn't delta the default calendar the one without all the my information in it  Then I bought an iPhone and an iPad and tried to sync my calendar with them and yet another version was added causing more problems.   For  a while things got very confused and it was pot luck which calendar new information was saved in unless i was working in outlook.  

I have just signed up for a Microsoft exchange account with a new domain and email as I was  told I could then work on my outlook calendar via the outlook web app and no longer have the problem I was experiencing with syncing.  I have turned off the apple iCloud syncing for my calendar on both devices. 

I added my new exchange account and of course it created yet another calendar in outlook so I now have 4 calendars!    I have spent hours online trying to find a solution and also on the phone with our success.   If i try to export my calendar it only exports the data in the default calendar - which is incomplete!   If I then try to import it it adds yet another calendar!!!!   

My calendar entries go back to 2009 and it is important that i keep them as they are work related. Please can someone tell me how I can get  ALL my calendar data from the correct calendar into my new exchange account calendar?  How do I back up the calendar version i need and not just the default one i don't get an option to choose.   Or can i somehow assign the default calendar as the exchange calendar and get my data into that one instead?   I'm loosing the will to live at the moment as it seems to be a mac related issue. 

I was going to reinstall outlook but having discovered i can't back up the calendar version i need I don't see how to do that.   I found lotos of suggestions for windows based version and none for the mac version.  

Syncing Live Mail Calendar with Android Phone

06. February 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,
I have a Galaxy Note 3 that I am trying to sync a live mail calendar with. The events appear on the phone in the default calendar app correctly, but when I edit the events on the phone, the event changes for only 30 seconds and then automatically reverts back to how it was before. How can I make the calendar on my phone sync properly with windows live calendar?

Cannot publish outlook calendar to outlook.com

06. August 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: , ,
Whenever I try to publish my default calendar in Outlook 2010 to Outlook.com, I get the following error:

"The upload of "Calendar" failed. The Office.com folder you are publishing to does not exist."

I am able to sign-in to my outlook.com account, I have verified my email address, and I can access the calendars in outlook.com. In Outlook 2010, I double-checked Account Settings > Published Calendars to make sure that I was signed into the correct account. I am unsure of which folder exactly the calendar is trying to be uploaded to, and how to change it if I need to. Any help is appreciated.

Opening another user’s secondary calendar

01. October 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , ,
Several people have shared their calendars with me. However, they do not share their default calendar, but secondary one's for organizational/business use. I can open default calendars fine, but if they only share their secondary calendars, I cannot open them in Outlook for Mac. They are sharing from Windows Outlook 2010.

How can I open these shared calendars without the other user needing to share their default calendar as well?

How do I move an appointment from one calendar to another?

19. August 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , ,
I imported my calendar from the Windows version of Outlook, and while I set it as my default calendar on the Mac, all new appointments are still displaying in the calendar that came out of the box.  Not only can I not delete this calendar that I don't use, I can't even copy/paste appointments from that calendar to the one I actually use.  Has anyone else ever had this issue, or know of a workaround? 

Sharing multiple calendars between Outlook and Windows Live

17. June 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail · Tags: , , , , , ,
I have two calendars in Outlook 2010, the default one for home and other for work. I want them both to appear in Windows Live.
I've installed Hotmail Connector and the default calendar from Outlook appears in Live, no problem, but the other one doesn't appear.
I've tried publishing the work calendar and sending an invitation to myself (same account for Hotmail and Windows Live)  to subscribe to it but I'm told that the calendar has to be made public before I can subscribe. However,  it's private so I can't do this. Import and export is no good; they need to sync.

I haven't tried the other way around, that is to create a calendar in Live and sync it to Outlook, so this might work, but it isn't what I want to do. I need to create the calendar and events in Outlook and have them flow through to WL. Not sure what I'm forgetting or whether this is possible. Hope someone can help.

Thanks.