Get iCloud Contacts to Display as Outlook Address Book
After much searching of the interwebz and finding no easy solution, I decided to start poking around myself.
So the symptom is that you're running Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp and you setup iCloud mail in Outlook 2013, but when attempting to setup the iCloud contacts folder as an Address Book the check box that says "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" is grayed out and cannot be checked.
As reference, I'm running a Late 2013 15" MacBook Pro retina with a discrete graphics card (which has nothing to do with this issue, but full disclosure and all that), but I've found this issue referenced multiple systems (including non-apple systems).
The solution, it turns out, is far easier than anything I found online.
Perform the following:
1. Right click on the Windows button (Windows 8.1) or click on the Start Button (Windows 7).
2. Open Mail control panel.
3. Click E-mail Accounts button
4. Click the Address Book tab
5. Click "New"
6. Click the radio button next to "Additional Address Books" and click "Next."
8. Select Mobile Address Book and click "Next"
10. It will tell you that Outlook needs to be restarted for changes to take effect - click "OK"
11. Click Finish and quit Outlook (if it's running)
12. Open Outlook and select "People" from the bottom of the window
13. Right click on Contacts under the iCloud heading and select "Properties"
14. Select the Outlook Address Book tab on the right of the window
15. You should now be able to place a check in the box that says "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book"
16. Close the window
17. Restart Outlook (this step is optional, but anytime I make a change in software I restart it)
Feel free to post questions in the comments.
So the symptom is that you're running Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp and you setup iCloud mail in Outlook 2013, but when attempting to setup the iCloud contacts folder as an Address Book the check box that says "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" is grayed out and cannot be checked.
As reference, I'm running a Late 2013 15" MacBook Pro retina with a discrete graphics card (which has nothing to do with this issue, but full disclosure and all that), but I've found this issue referenced multiple systems (including non-apple systems).
The solution, it turns out, is far easier than anything I found online.
Perform the following:
1. Right click on the Windows button (Windows 8.1) or click on the Start Button (Windows 7).
2. Open Mail control panel.
3. Click E-mail Accounts button
4. Click the Address Book tab
5. Click "New"
6. Click the radio button next to "Additional Address Books" and click "Next."
8. Select Mobile Address Book and click "Next"
10. It will tell you that Outlook needs to be restarted for changes to take effect - click "OK"
11. Click Finish and quit Outlook (if it's running)
12. Open Outlook and select "People" from the bottom of the window
13. Right click on Contacts under the iCloud heading and select "Properties"
14. Select the Outlook Address Book tab on the right of the window
15. You should now be able to place a check in the box that says "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book"
16. Close the window
17. Restart Outlook (this step is optional, but anytime I make a change in software I restart it)
Feel free to post questions in the comments.
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