Microsoft Outlook Mac Mail Location
Back up Microsoft Outlook data
If you have changed your backup file selection or moved your Microsoft Data File to a different location, verify that the file is included in your backup file selection. For the default location of your Microsoft Data File, see Outlook File Locations below.
Jul 26, 2019 Set preferences for Outlook for Mac. 7/26/2019; 3 minutes to read; In this article. Applies to: Outlook for Mac, Outlook 2019 for Mac As an IT admin, you may want to provide Outlook for Mac users in your organization with a standard set of preferences in either of the following ways. Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported.
On Windows, the Code42 app backs up the home folder, including the default location of your Microsoft Data File, by default. So in most cases, your email is backed up automatically and you don’t need to take any further action.
If your Windows Outlook data is very large or you are using Outlook for Mac, see below for some further considerations based on your operating system.
CrashPlan for Small Business does not back up or restore .ost files
Microsoft .ost files are excluded from backup for CrashPlan for Small Business. For more information about Outlook Data Files, including why you do not need to back up .ost files, see Microsoft’s Outlook documentation.
See What is not backing up for a complete list of files excluded from backup.
Windows
Microsoft Outlook Sign In
The Code42 app backs up open files like Microsoft Outlook PST files using the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). This approach has a low impact on system resources and is fully supported by Microsoft.
For more information, see our full article about Understand and troubleshoot backing up open files with Windows VSS.
Mac
To ensure the database and all Outlook data can be recovered, we recommend exporting your Outlook data to an Outlook for Mac Data File (.olm) and backing up that file.
Microsoft Outlook Mac Osx
Outlook’s Main Identity folder contains a database of Outlook data and many separate data records for emails, preferences, contacts, and other information. Microsoft provides instructions for recovering the Main Identity folder, but it may not fully recover all of your Outlook data, which is why we recommend recovering from an .olm file.
