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1) Quit all open Microsoft Applications
2) Open a new window and navigate to /Users/<<UserName>>/Documents
3) Open another new window and in this window navigate to /Users/<<UserName>>/Library/Preferences
4) Drag the Microsoft User Data folder from your documents folder into the Preferences folder
You can now reopen all your Microsoft applications and they will automatically detect the Microsoft User Data folder has been moved into Preferences.
Having the Microsoft User Data folder in the Preferences folder makes it less likely to be accidentally deleted when a user is clearing out their documents folder.
(A Microsoft User Data folder will still be created in Documents if you are Using Microsoft Messenger for Mac. From what I can tell this doesn't contain any useful information at all. Please advise if I am wrong about this.)
J.C
I would suggest moving the reason statement to the top so folks would hear up front why this may be desirable:
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Having the Microsoft User Data folder in the Preferences folder makes it less likely to be accidentally deleted when a user is clearing out their documents folder.
To move your Microsoft User Data folder out of the Documents folder follow these instructions:
1) Quit all open Microsoft Applications
2) Open a new window and navigate to /Users/<<UserName>>/Documents
3) Open another new window and in this window navigate to /Users/<<UserName>>/Library/Preferences
4) Drag the Microsoft User Data folder from your documents folder into the Preferences folder
You can now reopen all your Microsoft applications and they will automatically detect the Microsoft User Data folder has been moved into Preferences.
(A Microsoft User Data folder will still be created in Documents if you are Using Microsoft Messenger for Mac. From what I can tell this doesn't contain any useful information at all. Please advise if I am wrong about this.)
J.C
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Thoughts?
Nubz N.
With a Microsoft Exchange account, all Outlook items are stored on the Exchange server and synchronized with Outlook at regular intervals. This allows you to access the items from another computer and to retrieve server-based copies of your items if your hard disk is damaged.
For IMAP and POP accounts, items other than email messages are stored on your computer, not on the mail server. If you use multiple account types in Outlook, such as Exchange and IMAP, you might see folders labeled 'On My Computer' in the navigation pane. The items in these folders are saved only on your computer and are not synchronized with a mail server.
The “On My Computer” label indicates that the items in that folder are accessible only through the Outlook application, not through the Finder on your computer. Although 'On My Computer' might suggest that you can find these files by searching your computer, the label only signifies that the items in the folder are not on a mail server.
If you don't know what type of account you have
- On the Tools tab, click Accounts.
- In the left pane of the Accounts dialog box, click the account. The account type appears with the account description in the right pane. In the following illustration, the account is an IMAP account.
Microsoft Office User Data Folder Mac 10
To find out what type of account you have
- On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
- In the left pane of the Accounts dialog box, click the account. The account type appears under the account description. In the following illustration, the account is a POP account.
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See also
What are IMAP and POP? Should link to https://support.office.com/en-US/article/What-are-IMAP-and-POP-ca2c5799-49f9-4079-aefe-ddca85d5b1c9