Microsoft has just released brand new Microsoft Office 2016 preview for Mac. Have you downloaded and installed Mac Preview Edition? I just did and it worked perfectly fine except Outlook crash each time when I start the Microsoft Outlook.app.
Here are the symptoms:
Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0 Error Signature: Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS Date/Time: 2015-03-05 21:15:11 +0000 Application Name: Microsoft Outlook Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Outlook Application Signature: OPIM Application Version: 15.8.150303 Crashed Module Name: OutlookCore Crashed Module Version: 15.8.150303 Crashed Module Offset: 0x0003d1c4 Blame Module Name: OutlookCore Blame Module Version: 15.8.150303 Blame Module Offset: 0x0003d1c4 Application LCID: 1033 Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409 Crashed thread: 32
How to fix this error?
Well there is a simple solution to fix it. Just execute below two commands on Terminal.app and you should be all set.
defaults delete com.microsoft.Outlook - to delete old preferences
killall cfprefsd - to kill cached preferences
After above steps, just launch the Outlook application and you should be all set. Just don’t import anything from Mac 2011 installs.
This issue doesn’t impact old Outlook 2011 application – it works without issue.
Where is my Database File for Outlook 2011 and 2016? The Outlook database is completely separate from the one used in Outlook 2011.
Outlook 2011 uses
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities
Outlook 2016 uses
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile
Enjoy New Office. So far it’s all good.