Outlook Never-ending Data Import

[Capt. Pat]

Mac OS 14.3, Outlook Version 16.81.2

Recently Outlook has started displaying a message "On My Computer data is currently being imported" Checking

the status box indicates no progress after 48 hours - the process is still running (see screenshots). Is there a fix to this issue?

 

[joevt]

Are you converting from old Outlook to new Outlook?

I think Microsoft wrote this import using the slowest method possible. Maybe it's using Visual Basic or AppleScript or something?

You can try letting it run overnight.

I don't think new Outlook will support Rules for POP mail so I had to switch back to old Outlook (Legacy Outlook). I don't know how long Microsoft will support Legacy Outlook. I might have to switch to Apple's Mail.app. Legacy Outlook search is always broken since it use Apple's Spotlight.

 

[Capt. Pat]

I've let it run for two days straight, and no evidence of any progress. Using Apple Mail now works fine and it's free.