Consumers can now use Outlook for free on macOS, no Microsoft 365 subscription or license necessary. Download Outlook for free in Apple’s Mac App Store here.
Jeremy Perdue for Microsoft’s Outlook Blog:
With Outlook, you’ll get a modern and beautiful user interface that has been designed and optimized for macOS. And these enhancements go far beyond surface level. The new Outlook is optimized for Apple Silicon, with snappy performance and faster sync speeds than previous versions.
Outlook for Mac does more to integrate into the Apple platform so that you get the most from your macOS device. To help you stay on top of your email and calendar while using other apps, you can view your agenda using a widget and see reminders in the Notification Center. We are also creating a peek of upcoming calendar events in the Menu Bar (coming soon).
We know life is multifaceted and Outlook is leveraging the Apple platform to support you by making it easier to switch contexts. With our new Handoff feature, you can pick up tasks where you left off between iOS and Mac devices, so you can get up and go without missing a beat [requires downloading Outlook for Mac from the App Store and login to your iOS device and macOS using the same Apple ID].
The new Outlook Profiles (coming soon) allow you to connect your email accounts to Apple’s Focus experience. With Outlook Profiles, you won’t get unwanted notifications at the wrong time so you can stay focused on that important work email, with no distractions from your personal email.
There is more to do and many more features we are excited to bring to the Outlook Mac experience. We are rebuilding Outlook for Mac from the ground up to be faster, more reliable, and to be an Outlook for everyone.
MacDailyNews Take: If you have to use Outlook on your Mac(s), at least it’s free now.
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“If you have to use Outlook on your Mac(s), at least it’s free now.”
I think that’s called damning it with faint praise!
Still microcrap free.
I can’t access my outlook again. Help me, pls!
Another case of “you get what you pay for”
Effing frickin’ Microfsck. They can go and get frakked. Freakin’ evil scum! Bill Gates the Epstein pedo too, what a cnut! The guy needs a heart attack – stat. He needs to be Epsteined. Like Epstein, Bill Gates is a stain on society. A full on loser of epically kid-fiddling proportions.
Thank you but no thank you! Yuk
To other people, this is good news. Choice and competition is good.
Objective reviewers know that Outlook, though once upon a time more complicated to learn, does several things better/faster/easier than Apple Mail (which is basic freebieware and has an interface that is a far cry from the glory days of Apple GUI leadership). Integrated calendar, powerful rules, and support for email templates have pushed Outlook far into the lead in professional usage. But to anonymous comedians here, apparently businesses & power users are always wrong to use anything but what came default on your Mac. Ok.
FYI, it’s been several years since Gates or Ballmer were actively fscking up Microsoft. Clippy is gone. While never particularly innovative in general, MS to its credit did gather and continue to refine the best & by far the most powerful productivity/office suite available for the Mac. His Holiness Jobs himself made peace with Microsoft to ensure that the best office suite remained available for the Mac. It actually works well. Today Outlook is as easy to understand and user-optimize as Mail.
Building on feedback from its large user base, MS has kept the incremental improvements coming. What improvements has Apple made to its Mail client over the years? A couple minor tweaks each OS cycle, mostly superficial, and often blatant copies from emerging competitors. I can’t think of many users who consider Apple Mail a leader. It’s built-in spellchecker is still weak and cumbersome. Apple’s stupid decision to always tie its default freebieware to OS releases also cripples the ability for many older Mac users to adopt its latest apps, despite no technical limitation. As others above say: you get what you pay for. It applies to Apple too.
But don’t take my word for it. Since Apple’s freebieware is so capable and so popular, obviously people will have lots to say about it. They’ll provide good reasons why they can’t live without the massive power of Apple Mail. Count the number of posts here at MDN that include reviews, questions, or helpful tips about Apple Mail. They must be outnumbered by Musk glorification posts at least 500:1, probably more. Interesting … where are all the Mac users that love Mail? Makes you wonder why this site exists….
https://zapier.com/blog/best-email-client-for-mac/
I use Outlook and Apple Mail. I much prefer Apple Mail. Also, people drive different cars because of preferences. Etc, etc. 🙂
Apple Mail was, is and will always be a turd.
Apple has the resources to improve if they want to. Unfortunately thanks to shit companies like google and farkbook, the whole industry has decided software can’t generate profits. People expect all consumer software to be free, which means it’s a dataminer, it’s adware, it’s tied to subscription/services, or it is obsolete. Apple does ALL OF THE ABOVE.
“many more features we are excited to bring to the Outlook Mac experience. We are rebuilding Outlook for Mac from the ground up to be faster, more reliable”
Whether or not you support Microsoft, think about it.
Microsoft software engineers and navigation designers, taking advantage of advanced Apple tech, to produce software that is superior to the same on their OWN platform. Then to admit it, is double remarkable!… 👍🏻
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