#Outlook for mac message sources folder how to#

Step 5: Launch Outlook and check in Activity Monitor that Outlook is now running un-sandboxed

Step 4: Copy the modified binary back to the Outlook.app bundle (keeping a backup copy of unmodified binary is highly recommended) Using incomplete flag is much better thank using 1 more letter than the original string used. The reason is that when changing text strings inside compiled binaries, replacing a string with another one that is longer than the original is asking for trouble. You might be asking why are we changing the value to and not. Step 3: Replace the subsequent with and save changes.Step 2: Open the binary in hex editor (e.g. Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Outlook Step 1: Find the Outlook binary and copy it to Desktop. If you're more of a script person and you prefer computers working for you rather than the other way around, have a look at my Gist that contains a Shell script that will do all the work for you.

#Outlook for mac message sources folder how to#

The following step-by-step guide explains in great detail how to manually reach our goal. Luckily, there is a way to move the Outlook Profile folder away to a different Volume (e.g. a moderately fast SDXD card adapter like TarDisk). That can be troublesome if you have a huge mailbox and not so big SSD in your Macbook. To add insult to injury, Outlook for Mac does not have the 'Mail to keep offline' feature of its Windows counterpart, which allows to select time range of e-mails to keep cached locally. Sandboxing apps that don't need access to the whole file system is certainly a step in the right direction, however in this case it also brings an inconvenient limitation to the Outlook 2016 - it is no longer possible to easily move Profile (previously called Identity) to a new location (e.g. Office 2016 implemented several new OS X's APIs, including Sandboxing (mandatory for Mac App Store apps, which Office isn't). True to Microsoft's claims, the latest bundle of productivity apps is indeed 'Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac.'.