Temporary Files Outlook 2016 For Mac

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Hands up if you’ve ever saved an e-mail attachment straight from Microsoft Outlook and promptly lost it?

*raises hand*

The subfolder name Outlook creates (after opening the first attachment) is located with the Temporary Internet Files folder and contains a random element. The top-level folder is called “Content.Outlook” and then has a subfolder which is named with with 8 random numbers and letters. Where Is the Temporary File Folder on Mac. It is not easy to find the Mac temporary files location. The Mac itself creates a directory in the /private/var/folder, which indicates that the temporary files' precise location will not be the same as anyone else's. You can still find the folder by follwing the steps below: Go to Finder. Having melted my brain trying to find Outlook temp folder on Mac Office 365 for hour+, found an elegant way to retrieve files. Find an email with an attachment, Open it and click on File, then “Save As” when Outlook Temp Folder pops up. Added support for Outlook 2010, fixed a bug and did some fine-tuning. Outlook 2010 is now properly recognized (1.0 contained only preliminary support for Outlook 2010). Fixed a bug where a message box could pop-up when using OutlookTempCleaner in silent mode (via a logon script for example) and no version of Outlook is installed on that system.

Hmmm… thought so! It’s SO easy to do, right?

You open up your e-mail attachment, hit SAVE or SAVE AS and away you go. There you are, working merrily away, sometimes for HOURS and then POW! When you try to find the document again, it’s not in the folder you thought it was.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

You curse your computer and threaten it with physical violence (oh! is that just me?). Then, just as you’re about to lose the will to live and start over, it hits you.

You forgot to change the folder destination!

Instead of saving it where you thought you had, you’d actually saved your document into Outlook’s temporary folder.

PHEW!!!

Files

All you have to do is retrieve it from the Outlook Temp folder and move it to where you wanted it in the first place.

Voilà! Problem solved.

But hold on a minute. You’re using a mac. Where IS the Outlook Temp folder?

If, like me, you’re a multi-platform user, you’re probably quite familiar with locating temporary files on Windows. But on a mac, there are LOADS of hidden folders, including “TemporaryItems”, which is where your Outlook Temp Folder lives.

Why it would be hidden, I have no idea. It seems odd to me, but there you go! Maybe another Apple user can answer that question.

Anyway, the Outlook Temp folder is located in your Library’s “Caches” folder, although you might not be able to access it in the normal way, i.e. via Macintosh HD/Library/Caches.

But never fear, Sue is here!

  • Open a finder window
  • In the Finder Menu bar (at the top of your screen), select “Go”.
  • And scroll down to “Go to Folder…”

Temporary Files Outlook 2016 For Mac Osx

  • Type the folder location “~/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/Outlook Temp” and click “Go”.

Hey presto! You’re in the Outlook Temp folder!

Inside the Outlook Temp folder, you’ll see the document you’ve inadvertently saved there, which you can then move to where it needs to be.

Yay!

And what about all those hidden folders I mentioned?

  • Open a Finder window.
  • Click on the “Go” menu as before, then hold down the Option (Alt) key and “Library” will magically appear within the list of folders.

(Apologies for the dodgy photography, the mac wouldn’t take a screen shot during the command, so I had to snap it with the iPhone in one hand, whilst trying to click and press at the same time! I know they said being a PA was all about juggling tasks, but this is ridiculous!)

  • While holding down the Alt key, scroll down and click on “Library” and you’ll now be able to see a whole host of folders you never knew you had!

(No photo of this step, I’m afraid as I couldn’t take a photo and perform the command simultaneously. I’m good, but I ain’t THAT good!)

  • Open a finder window
  • In the Finder Menu bar (at the top of your screen), select “Go”.
  • And scroll down to “Go to Folder…”
  • Type the folder location “~/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/Outlook Temp” and click “Go”.

Hey presto! You’re in the Outlook Temp folder!

Inside the Outlook Temp folder, you’ll see the document you’ve inadvertently saved there, which you can then move to where it needs to be.

Yay!

And what about all those hidden folders I mentioned?

Temporary Files Outlook 2016 For Macbook Pro

I hope these tips come in handy for the next time you lose an e-mail attachment, or you find yourself looking for another folder on your mac.

A hui hou,

PST: This is the primary data file type featured by Outlook. When used individually, Outlook creates its default storage in the form of a Personal Storage Table file, i.e. a PST file. This file is built in a binary structure and consists of all the data exchanged or generated using the corresponding profile - emails, address book, calendar (events, anniversary, meetings), tasks, journals, and notes (RSS Feeds - optional). This data file is a proprietary of Outlook and can only be read by the respective application and no other.

Outlook 2016 File Location

OST: This is a cache copy of the Exchange profile. When working under an Exchange Server environment, configuring Outlook in Exchange cache mode generates an Offline Storage Table file, i.e. OST file. This file is meant for offline usage, i.e. when not in connection with the server. Automatic synchronization takes place as soon as the profile is connected with the Exchange environment. The file again is a proprietary and a dependent on the origin Exchange profile plus environment.