microsoft outlook mac rebuild database error

#Microsoft outlook mac rebuild database error for mac

Open up Outlook 2011 while holding the option key, and you will be presented with the Microsoft Database Utility. Select your identities and click the Rebuild button, or optionally delete and recreate them to ensure they are fresh. Go to the Documents folder within the user account, open the Microsoft User Data folder, and then copy the 'Office 2011 identities' folder to a separate location.

Back up your current identities database.

To do this, first quit your Office applications and any other programs you are running, and then run the following procedure: If you have not yet upgraded your Office 2011 installation to Service Pack 2, then Microsoft suggests you first ensure you rebuild your database so it is in good condition before installing the latest update.

Yesterday Microsoft acknowledged in a blog posting that some users have been experiencing this error, and has provided a couple of options for getting around it.

After applying this update, a few people have had problems in which the Office identity database has become corrupted and when launching Office programs have received messages stating 'Please upgrade the Office database.'

#Microsoft outlook mac rebuild database error for mac

Recently Microsoft released the Service Pack 2 upgrade for its Office 2011 for Mac productivity suite, which primarily addresses issues and functions with Outlook for Mac, but also addresses problems with other aspects of the Office suite.