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tl;dr - If you use Outlook for Mac and you’re thinking of upgrading to OS X El Capitain, don’t…yet! Edit (Fix): There is an update available now that fixes this problem. You can install it by opening Word, clicking ‘Help’ in the menu bar then clicking ‘Check for updates’. You should see the critical update available. Download, install it, and enjoy Outlook 2011 on your El Capitan Mac :) For more information, visit: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3098229 It’s been an eventful day, for all the wrong reasons. Usually my Apple updates go well, but today I discovered that if you try and sync Outlook (running on El Capitan) with an Exchange server, you get a (nice, redesigned) beachball. This is a known bug (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3098396), and the official workaround at the moment is to stick to using Yosemite. ...

Things have been ticking over nicely since Microsoft updated its Exchange Online services to Office 365. The other day I needed to find the spam controls (Forefront) and they weren’t where I was expecting them to be so I thought I’d post the details here in case anyone else is having trouble finding them. You’ll need to be logged in as an Office 365 admin: Login to the Office 365 Portal Click ‘Admin overview’ on the left Click ‘manage’ under ‘Exchange’ Click ‘mail control’ on the left Click the ‘configure’ link on the right under ‘Forefront Online Protection for Exchange’ That’s it....

I came across a strange problem with Outlook Calendar recently where every appointment which was added to the Calendar and then edited suddenly repeated forever! A scary concept! It seemed to be related to a piece of software called ‘OutlookAddinSetup’. From what I’ve read (http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29012397/re-recurring-calenda…), this seems to be something which comes installed with Dell computers. After I uninstalled this program (from Control Panel, Programs, Uninstall a program) the problem has stopped and events only occur once....

No idea what this means, but I thought I’d post it in case anyone else was having the same problem - don’t you just love spurious error codes? I was trying for a while to sign on to MSN messenger but I kept getting error code 80048834 (ohhhh…that one….). After some help from Google I came across a forum post where a couple of people were having the same issue. Anyway, for people skimming this post I’ll jump straight to the solution…...