Microsoft Announces Outlook for Mac is Now Free to Use

[MacRumors]

Microsoft today announced that its Outlook app for Mac is now free to use, eliminating the need for a Microsoft 365 subscription or license.

Outlook supports multiple email providers, including Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo Mail, and others, with a unified inbox and universal search functionality available. As noted by The Verge, the app has been optimized for Macs with Apple silicon chips.

Microsoft redesigned Outlook on macOS in 2020, and the app supports Notification Center widgets, Handoff between macOS and iOS, and more.

Outlook for Mac is available for free on the Mac App Store.

Article Link: Microsoft Announces Outlook for Mac is Now Free to Use

 

[MayaUser]

Beautiful, truly beautiful

 

[hagjohn]

Its nice but it takes up the whole screen.

 

[markfc]

Is this another completely new version of Outlook? I’m confused.

My current version allows you to switch between the old outlook and the new outlook but neither of them look like this?

 

[kjvmartin]

Is this better than the default Apple mail client?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

YAY! That's awesome. It should have been FREE since day one tho. Remember when Hotmail did not require any subscription?

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

Haven’t used it since about 2003.

Don’t need it, especially if they Bingify it and demand that it needs telemetry enabled.

No, that’s corporate data and you can’t use it to train your Clipply GPT.

 

[bhall110]

So they can have more of my data no thank you.

 

[icanhazmac]

Hmmm, nothing is free, probably phones home a lot with all your data.

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

Hmmm, nothing is free, probably phones home a lot with all your data.

Yes, obviously they all want your emails to train their bots now.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Is this another completely new version of Outlook? I’m confused.

My current version allows you to switch between the old outlook and the new outlook but neither of them look like this?

It's the "New" outlook, with the calendar side pane visible. It's under View -> Task Pane.

 

[bsbeamer]

Apple has a chance to fix Apple Mail and the constant "this message has no content" blank emails. If not, there will be more people who give this a shot.

 

[rm5]

Is this better than the default Apple mail client?

FAR BETTER! I use Outlook on my MacBook... it's just better all around!

 

[GrumpyCoder]

Awesome, now add Exchange on Premise support for the Mac version and it might actually be useable for business purposes. Two years+ ago they said it's coming soon and pointed everyone who needs it to older versions of Outlook.

 

[sos47]

if i could choose i would prefer Excel over Outlook.

 

[Mr. Dee]

A sign of the times and competition. It’s the email choice for many in the enterprise. But Microsoft realize there are next generation knowledge workers who are not as loyal.

 

[Danfango]

The only place I use Outlook is where they pay me enough not to complain about it.

 

[Minxy]

I haven't used an email program on my computer for years. If I use Outlook for my multiple email providers that invariably overtime will mean many files, some with attachments, will it start taking up storage space on my Mac or is everything kept in the cloud?

 

[adrianlondon]

If anyone tries it, can they please check if it's possible to set up multiple "From" addresses for those of us who own a domain name?

I can do that so nicely in Apple Mail and Outlook on MacOS has never supported it.

 

[deannnnn]

I use Outlook for Mac all day every day for work and while it's honestly pretty good, it has a TON of bugs that absolutely drive me crazy. I wish they would polish it up. Maybe getting more users will help?

 

[ghostface147]

And still no ability for contact lists unless you use the old outlook interface.

 

[DotCom2]

Apple has a chance to fix Apple Mail and the constant "this message has no content" blank emails. If not, there will be more people who give this a shot.

I have this issue as well. Yes, they need to fix this...SOON!

 

[tharitm]

Microsoft today announced that its Outlook app for Mac is now free to use, with a Microsoft 365 subscription or license no longer necessary.

Outlook supports multiple email providers, including Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo Mail, and others, with a unified inbox and universal search functionality available. As noted by The Verge, the app has been optimized for Macs with Apple silicon chips.

Microsoft redesigned Outlook on macOS in 2020, and the app supports Notification Center widgets, Handoff between macOS and iOS, and more.

Outlook for Mac is available for free on the Mac App Store.

Article Link: Microsoft Announces Outlook for Mac is Now Free to Use

@Joe Rossignol seems like you are missing the negation in the first line, the way its right now seems like you need Microsoft 365 at least, but source article says you don’t need a subscription or Microsoft 365.

 

[Devnul0]

Does it use the system Calendar and Contacts, or does it use its own? Nothing in the press info clarifies that. Ditto on the "different From addresses" question as well.

 

[3xBoom]

Do bugs come free too or require a monthly subscription? I suspect that MS aimed to announce this a few years back but the Y2K bug messed up their scheduling and now it got fixed.