Outlook for Mac
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5,202 votes
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Ability to import and export contacts
Please add the ability to import and export contacts in Outlook for Mac. It'd be great if the formats that one could import and export contacts to were the same as the options on Outlook on Windows. This would make it easy to transition back and forth, particularly for folks who are switching platforms for work.
3,760 votesWe are renaming this post to focus on “Import and export of contacts” in Outlook. For MBOX and PST formats, please vote for separate posts.
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get a de-duplication tool for contacts
get a de-duplication tool for contacts
508 votes -
Sync contacts, calendar and notes for mac with Outlook 2016
Allow the Mac calendar, address and notes to sync with Outlook 2016 and also bring back the sync service icon in preference
438 votes -
Support distribution lists for Exchange accounts
Please add support for contact distribution lists for Exchange accounts. Outlook for Mac does not recognize the distribution lists I have available in Outlook Web App.
400 votes -
Sync Outlook Contacts to Mac Address Book
Please add the functionality to sync Outlook Contacts to the Mac Address Book. This functionality used to exist in Entourage, but is more important now than ever for compatibility with Intune Conditional Access.
I know this syncing was removed because Apple deprecated iSync.
This functionality should ideally support wiping downloaded contacts in the event that Outlook is wiped by MDM.
207 votes -
Enable Server side Distribution List
Outlook for Windows and Outlook Web Access support locally stored distribution lists. This is not supported by Outlook for Mac even with the new Version. Please add this functionality to be compatible!
180 votesIs this request for contact groups or server side distribution lists? Mac Outlook does support server side distribution lists for exchange accounts.
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allow importing contacts from the Mac Contact app to Outlook for Mac
be able to import contacts from the Mac Contacts app to Outlook directly
122 votes -
Improve the contact card
It takes too many clicks to see relavant information for a given contact, improve this!
122 votes -
Be able to change the order of first name and last name in the "Name" field in Contact list
Be able to change the order of first name and last name in the "Name" field in Contact list to support other countries' name conventions
106 votes -
Add "New Contact for Same Company" option
With the PC version, you can create a new contact from an existing one by select something like New Contact for Same Company and it fills in the address and company name so you can just quickly add details for that person.
100 votes -
Put the categories back in sidebar!
Put the categories back in the sidebar! Why on earth would you take that feature away? Now I can't view contacts or calendar by category, rendering the categories essentially useless.
78 votes -
Please find a way to sync my icloud contacts to Outlook
Please find a way to sync my icloud contacts to Outlook as I really want to stop using apple mail
70 votes -
have the ability to disable autocomplete feature for email as it's remembering emails for all emails received even junk mail, don't need it.
Have the option to remove auto complete for emails. It's remembering all email addresses of emails received and sent and no need to have junk mail remembered! It's also duplicating email addresses and creating new contact cards even though the contact's email is in their card.
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Integrate Outlook Contacts with Linkedin Contacts
Now that Microsoft owns Linkedin, it would be extremely helpful if Outlook was the primary sync point for all contact information. Within the notes section, place a summary of the positions held from the Linkedin profile. Synchronizing contact information and keeping profile info in one spot would make looking up contacts with specific skills, job titles, backgrounds, companies, etc much easier. Plus, making it perform the sync in the background would help keep contacts fresh.
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Sync contacts across Outlook instances - Mac and Windows
Sync contacts across Outlook instances - Mac and Windows. I am not able to have my contacts sync across latest versions of Office365 Home, OfficeOnline, Office Windows and Office Mac (15.x). Curiously, iOS Outlook does sync.
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Make Outlook for Mac Contacts much more like Windows
Suggest Outlook Contact section look a lot more like that of Outlook for Windows. It was a big disappointment to move to the Mac.
58 votes -
Support CardDAV (not just Google but all CardDav servers)
Add support to allow Outlook address book to sync with a CardDAV server. Eg. I have a CardDAV server on my Synology NAS. Mac Contacts can connect to it but Outlook for Mac can not.
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Bring back the Global Address list
I cannot see all of the contacts on our public exchange server. What happened to the Global Address list function?
55 votes -
Make initials icon color editable
Currently the circular icons with initials of your contacts are randomly assigned a colour. It would be useful if the colours could be assigned by the user so that e.g. Bob Scott who works for Yellow Cabs is yellow and Bill Smith who works for Brown's Brewery is brown, and not randomly the opposite or some other irrelevant colour. That way you could associate the right BS with the right person or company.
55 votes
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