As it says above, which one do you use and why? Like, I've used Mail for a long time, and it's okay; quite functional, no real issues with it. I recently have access to Outlook for Office 2016, and.it seems okay. I don't really know what the differences are, and online reviews are sketchy at best as to differences. So, I'd like to ask my fellow Mac users, which one do you prefer, and why? Bonus if you use the mobile versions on iPad or iPhone (which i suppose I would; I'm the sort of person that likes to use the same set of apps on all my devices, if possible). I use Mail for personal, and Outlook at the office (because I have no choice).

In Outlook 2016, there is this huge gray bar at the bottom which lists (in a very big font) Mail, Calendar, People, Tasks, etc to switch to their corresponding folder. In previous versions of Outlook, they were listed as icons within the pane on the left which also displays all your folders. In the Outlook for Mac log collected for Outlook for Mac 2011 and Outlook 2016 for Mac through version 15.11.2, each entry has a name that identifies the feature that is being logged. The following table lists the label for each feature.

If Apple bundled a bunch of it's software together (Mail, Calendar, Notes, etc.) into one app they would be a bit more comparable as stated, but I'm not sure they are. It's hard to say which I prefer. I'm just so entrenched in the Apple ecosystem at home, and on all of my personal devices, that I haven't made an attempt to switch to other software. I have to say, however, I do find the Microsoft Office Suite much better than Apple's similar products. However, I like Apple's OS much more than Windows so I tend to work with its default applications on all my personal devices. If I didn't have to incur the expense of paying for more software I might try using Outlook, etc.

On my Apple devices. I hope this helps. PIM = Personal Information Manager. It incorporates Mail, ToDo, Calendar, Contacts, etc. In one application. Apple has these as separate applications.

When I used a day planner it made sense to keep everything in a central location. And by using the separate applications I can let them update across the iCloud and all my systems stay current. That doesn't happen, or didn't, with Office. Have no experience with Office 2016 so it could have changed. Outlook tends to come bundled with Office and the new Office is a subscription based software so we won't be using it.

My wife and I use the separate applications and for us it is not a problem. There was at least one comment about Outlook regarding 'Exchange' accounts - one of the recent previous updates added 'Outlook.com' accounts as a native option, but read on. I also use Win 10, which has apps for mail/contacts/calendaring and an 'Accounts' app.

A few weeks ago I had to wipe a Mac and I opted to start fresh. In my Win 10 VM, when adding accounts I noticed that iCloud.com accounts are available so I added one - my iCloud Mail and Calendars (including my 'groups) and Contacts were all ported in and available for editing in the Win 10 native apps.

The caveat with the imported items is that not all of the data fields map over BUT, unlike Gmail Outlook.com hasn't bunged up my data in my iCloud portal. Then, I noticed that the Win Calendar/People apps data fields resembled those in my two Office 365 accounts, so.

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On my Mac, in Outlook 2016 and the Internet Accounts I added my Outlook.com account as an Exchange Account, and it worked - all of my Outlook.com data showed up in Mail, Calendars, Contacts, and Outlook 2016 as Exchange account data. So, there's the 'free' conduit for getting data in both the Mac apps and Outlook 2016 (I no longer use Outlook 2011 but don't see why it wouldn't work). My caveat is that I am being careful with making sure that I keep my data for each account segregated, since Outlook.com is still being moved to the Office 365 platform, Apple uses its own version of data fields, and I keep my business data in Win Outlook 2016, and I only use Gmail for junk. And, don't expect 'real time' synchronization with an Outlook.com account, but it's still workable. I don't see that the above hijacks this thread too much, thought I'd share how to sync Mac data into Outlook 2016 without a 'real' Exchange account. Outlook (Accompli) on iOS is very good, imo - Outlook 2016, not really close to the features of the Window's equivalent, sadly.