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Mac Outlook Error

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Get Rid of Mac Outlook Error: "Sync Services has a problem and needs to close"
 

It indeed isn’t a surprise at all to know that Outlook for Mac users often get encountered-with errors that gives various messages. Often the errors restrict the accessibility of data items stored within it such as emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc. On the other hand some of the other errors affect sending and receiving of mails that in turn makes the usage of Outlook 2011 terrible. On several occasions, one out of many common error messages that pop up while opening Outlook desktop mail client is as follows:

 
Error: “Sync Services has a problem and needs to close” Explained

 

Description - The error implies that Microsoft Sync Services has met with a problem and requests to close it.

 

Reason – Basically there resides two main causes for the error to occur. The duos are:

 

  • Sync preferences are corrupt in nature – Including emails syncing issues can occur with contacts, contacts group and calendar events too.

 

  • Sync cache needs to get cleared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution – The resolutions provided by Microsoft, the developer of Outlook 2011 are given below. It suggests that the steps mentioned below should be followed sequentially to remove the discussed error.

 

  • In preferences  Sync services should be turned off

 

  • Back up should be made of Office 2008 identities folder

 

  • Microsoft Sync services should be reset

 

  • Sync services cache should be cleared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But the problem is that the way outs involved for clearing and resetting sync services is not that easy. It involves well defined steps, which if not used properly may damage the Mac Outlook data file to an extent that leaves no chance for recovery. So it is advised that a backup be created to be on the safe side. But then, to fall into any adverse situation due to known bugs, is certainly not an intelligent task to continue with Outlook Mac. Hence it is directed to export its data either in PST, EML or MSG format for the reason that Windows Outlook being the chief alternate for Mac Outlook and the converted files then could be used in popular programs like Outlook, Windows Mail, Entourage, etc. before data gets unusable.

 

Key Tool to Export Outlook 2011 Data

 

As manual procedures have less consistency, a third party application called Outlook Mac Exporter can be made use of for fulfillment of the suggested purpose. In accordance with the tool’s requirements Outlook Mac data should be first exported into OLM format before actually starting the conversion. Thereafter the OLM files should be transferred to Windows system by loading it in pen drive as the suggested software is executable on Windows OS only. The entire method will let one convert Mac files to Windows Outlook

 

 

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