I have set up iCloud for my Outlook Calendars, Contacts and Tasks, but it has been a disaster. iCloud messed up my Calendars, Contacts and Tasks. Here is what happened:
- After adding iCloud, all of my Outlook Calendars, Contacts and Tasks got deleted. According to
iCloud: iCloud Control Panel setup could not upload all items - Apple Support, “During setup, the contacts, calendars, and tasks in your default Outlook Data File are copied from Outlook to iCloud. The original contacts, calendars, and tasks are then moved to your Deleted Items folder to prevent duplicates.” However, my Calendars, Contacts and Tasks are not in my Deleted Items folder; rather, my Delete Items folder is empty. I cannot find my old Contacts, Calendars and Tasks anywhere.
- Copies of my Outlook Calendars, Contacts and Tasks were added under a new “iCloud” item in the tree view on the left in Outlook, but those Calendars, Contacts and Tasks are problematic for several reasons:
o First, I cannot find a significant number of the items I previously had in each of these categories. Is it that they are still being indexed?
o Second, it appears iCloud has randomly decided to sort all of my contacts by Category and I am not sure how to get them to re-display as they were previously, alphabetically.
o The new search function apparently only now works if I put into the search box items that appear in the Full Name. If I type in any text in the Notes, the item does not turn up on the search results.
o Previously, once I typed anything into the search box, Outlook would automatically launch a search. Now, I need to press Enter before anything actually gets searched for.
Is it possible to restore my previous set-up? Unfortunately, I did not back up my .PST before I launched iCloud.