Set up Microsoft Outlook (for Mac)

How Outlook for Mac (Mail Client) works with your email account servers: Adding an email account to the Outlook for Mac app means that your email server mailboxes sync to the app and you benefit from all the great features that the client app gives you (for email, contacts and calendar) compared to using webmail. If you have a Microsoft account (outlook/live or hotmail) you also benefit from having your contact (People) and calendar servers sync as they use ‘Microsoft Exchange’

Introduction to Outlook for Mac: See a one page guide in the Tomtie website Quick links area. The areas to get to know are – The vertical bar on the left shows the different applications of Calendar, People, and More apps then the left hand Navigation pane each added email account which expand to show folders (Inbox, Drafts, Archive, Sent, Deleted Items, Junk Email and more. The very top has the Search box with ibbon below

Download and install ‘Microsoft Outlook’ through App Store: Search ‘outlook for mac’ then click ‘GET’ – sign in to App Store with Apple ID, wait for app to download and install then add email address and email provider (Microsoft 365 is for business/school accounts and Outlook.com for personal Microsoft accounts), enter password and two factor authentication code if required, then personalise

Add an email account to Outlook for Mac: Outlook ❯ Settings ❯ Account.

Change Settings in Outlook for Mac to make it easy to use: Outlook ❯ Settings ❯ to see three sections which are ‘Personal Settings’ which includes ‘Notifications and Sounds’ – ‘Email’ for Reading, Composing, Signatures, Rules and Junk – ‘Other’ for Calendar, My Day, Privacy and Search