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1a.: Re: move from Outlook 2010 to Mac From: Rob Gendreau
1b.: Re: move from Outlook 2010 to Mac From: Jim McGarvie

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1a.: Re: move from Outlook 2010 to Mac

Posted by: "Rob Gendreau" rob.gendreau@gmail.com rob_gendreau

Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:48 am (PST)

If you use Office a lot I'd stick with Outlook 2011 since it integrates with Office in some beneficial ways. The Mac Outllook, however, pales in comparison to its Windows counterpart. Mail doesn't offer much more, although if you add Mail ActOn and/or Mailtags it becomes much more useful. Postbox is nice, but is optimized for gmail users. Works fine with other providers, and is worth a look. There's also Thunderbird and Sparrow, both of which you can demo I believe.

Rob
On Dec 25, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Jim McGarvie wrote:

> I've had my first Mac-a MacBook Pro-for a year now, after about 25 years of
> PCs, and as many years of MS Outlook as it has been around. I wouldn't call
> myself a power-user of Outlook, but I have done quite a bit with it,
> personally and professionally, and I am comfortable with it.
>
> Since I switched to the Mac-which I like a lot-I have been running Outlook
> 2010 in Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop. It works OK, but when I have a
> computer problem it is invariably on the Windows side and I would like to
> wean myself away from most of my Windows programs.
>
> For someone like me, what is my best alternative to Outlook? I also own
> Outlook 2011 for Mac, or would the native Mac programs (Mail, iCal etc.) be
> better? I want to be able to do most of what I can do with Outlook,
> including good syncing via iTunes or whatever with my iPhone and iPad.

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1b.: Re: move from Outlook 2010 to Mac

Posted by: "Jim McGarvie" jim@mcgarvie.us jgarv2002

Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:09 am (PST)

Thanks Rob. I do use Office a lot. As I recall I tried Outlook 2011 when I
first got the Mac but wasn't impressed and stuck with Outlook 2010. Maybe
I'll give 2011 another try. Is it safe to assume it syncs OK with my
iDevices via iTunes?

From: macbook@yahoogroups.com [mailto:macbook@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Rob Gendreau
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 7:49 AM
To: macbook@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MacBook] move from Outlook 2010 to Mac

If you use Office a lot I'd stick with Outlook 2011 since it integrates with
Office in some beneficial ways. The Mac Outllook, however, pales in
comparison to its Windows counterpart. Mail doesn't offer much more,
although if you add Mail ActOn and/or Mailtags it becomes much more useful.
Postbox is nice, but is optimized for gmail users. Works fine with other
providers, and is worth a look. There's also Thunderbird and Sparrow, both
of which you can demo I believe.

Rob
On Dec 25, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Jim McGarvie wrote:

> I've had my first Mac-a MacBook Pro-for a year now, after about 25 years
of
> PCs, and as many years of MS Outlook as it has been around. I wouldn't
call
> myself a power-user of Outlook, but I have done quite a bit with it,
> personally and professionally, and I am comfortable with it.
>
> Since I switched to the Mac-which I like a lot-I have been running Outlook
> 2010 in Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop. It works OK, but when I have a
> computer problem it is invariably on the Windows side and I would like to
> wean myself away from most of my Windows programs.
>
> For someone like me, what is my best alternative to Outlook? I also own
> Outlook 2011 for Mac, or would the native Mac programs (Mail, iCal etc.)
be
> better? I want to be able to do most of what I can do with Outlook,
> including good syncing via iTunes or whatever with my iPhone and iPad.

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