Office 2011 for the Mac – Outlook auto-sync problems with Calendar and Contacts across multiple machines and phone using Gmail

20. September 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , ,
How can I constantly sync Outlook 2011 for Mac contacts and calendar between two Macs and my Motorola phone using Gmail?  I am one person and do not have Exchange Server.  My phone is my main device.  The MacBook and IMac are at different locations.  I need constant syncing everywhere.

I also find it interesting that Office 2011 is not a set category by Microsoft in the Version drop down box.  Jeez.

1.  Will the new Windows Phone by Lumia overcome this?
2.  I have an Outlook email account.  If I change exclusively to this, will it allow constant and immediate synchronization?  Or is the IMAP protocol always going to be the issue?
3.  Why isn't there an "Exchange Server" type of workaround for individuals via the cloud or locally stored??

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