Microsoft Outlook for Mac Backup Situaltion

Fred Hamer

Hello everyone, I have recently setup my new mac and have installed the latest version of Microsoft Outlook for Mac. I signed in with my 10 years old Gmail account and it had downloaded all the emails successfully. Now I have to use this system only for office purpose so I want to make sure that all the emails are backed up in this system as the Gmail server is almost filled up and I want to perform a cleanup. I also looked up for backup options for Outlook for Mac. I did a backup using the export feature of Outlook for Mac but trust me it was a very lengthy process as there are a lot of emails on my Gmail account. I was not able to understand the Time Machine backup as I only want to backup my emails, not other things. Also, If the backup can be performed automatically that would be cherry on top as going through the export process every week or day would be very excruciating. Kindly let me know any other way to Backup Microsoft Outlook for Mac Automatically.

Thanks

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Tony Gump9y ago
Accepted answer
The following are some suggestions for third party tools for Automatic Outlook for Mac backup:
http://www.mailbackupx.com/how-to-scenerios/how-to-backup-outlook-mac-mails-on-mac.html
https://backupoutlookmac.blogspot.com/2016/04/efficient-outlook-mac-backup-tool.html
Read the articles, they are offering something unique. Thanks
Fred Hamer9y ago
This independent too named Mail backup X saved my entire mailbox and performed Outlook for Mac Backup like a champ. Some of its features are very impressive and cant be over-looked for a third party tool. I have never seen so many features incorporated in a single application. It can bacup, convert, restore and even act like an email client to view my backed up emails. This is so awesome. And I can backup all the email clients available on my Mac. Thank you so much for the suggestion.
Sundaram Subramanian9y ago
Turn Time Machine on to back up your Outlook items
On the Apple menu, click System Preferences, and then click Time Machine.
In the Time Machine dialog box, switch Time Machine to On, and then click Select Backup Disk.
Select the location where you want to back up your files, and then click Use Disk.
Your files will now back up daily.