Tech Question - Mac Mail v. Outlook (Greg? Your Opinion?)

tarzy

Long story short - I work on a Mac laptop. Many of my clients (some tiny, some big corporations) are on PC.
I'm having issues with email meeting requests, specifically cancellations/changes.
I purchased Outlook for Mac 2011 hoping it would help, but so far it's just causing other problems, and now there are sync issues with iCloud.
From everything I've read, there's really no way to resolve this.
My clients' IT departments won't help me since it's my own equipment.

My question - should I just stick with Mac mail, since everything else I do is Mac (iphone, all my programs, etc.)

Or is Outlook a better mail program?

What do other freelancers use?
Thanks so much!

13 years ago

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1 reply from Greg

Greg

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When I worked at Microsoft and other companies before that I used Outlook.

These days I'm very happy using Mac Mail. It is a lot simpler and faster, and works better with other Mac stuff.

Outlook is much more powerful though. You might miss some features if you move to Mail.

It is also worthwhile to make a distinction between Mail and Calendar. If you are dependent on Outlook's calendar then you probably won't be happy with the Mac Calendar app (previously called iCal). It is very rudimentary.

So my guess is that your calendar issues won't go away with the move to Mac Mail. Or more accurately, you will trade your current issues for a new set of issues relating to Mac Calendar's deficiencies.

Just to add to the complexity, one other option to consider is BusyCal. Lots of people swear by this for calendar functionality on the Mac.

You might need to just try these different options for a while to see what works well for your particular situation.

13 years ago

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