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Users Report Microsoft Exchange Calendar Problems After Updating to macOS Ventura
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If there is an annual problem with exchange accounts then you would think Apple would dog food this and have one of their teams use exchange for their work calendar and email communications and make sure that team is having no issues in addition to looking for and addressing any exchange issues from beta testers before release. You cannot keep allowing the same set of exchange bugs to show up in every maxOS release.
Maybe now they can finally fix the long, LONG, LONG time bug of birthdays being 1 day off! :smh:
I'm not letting Ventura any where near my M1 Max until 13.3 or later. In the meantime, I shall test Ventura on x86. But s3 sleep + drives attached via thunderbolt is a no-go.
That's best directed to Microsoft QC as they get early access to upcoming OS releases from Apple.
Agreed, with one exception. I would like to see Apple's apps go into a bi-weekly(ish) or even monthly rollout like many other apps... separate from the OS. This should apply to both MacOS and iOS variants.
The classic OS update carousel.
By new years eve it should be fairly stable.
By new years eve it should be fairly stable.
Same here for both macOS and iOS. We've also started directing all our Mac users to try the Microsoft apps. The number of helpdesk calls for issues with mail and calendar syncing dropped dramatically when we moved in that direction. Some Mac users still use Mail and Calendar but they are few and far between.
macOS Mail/Calendar (and the underlying components) are Microsoft Apps? That is going to be news to Microsoft and Apple.
Try reading the issue again. Users are reporting issues using the NATIVE apps with Microsoft Exchange. Other apps (like Outlook) don't have a problem. So, explain to me why you are blaming Microsoft?
So by your logic, everyone should wait until .2 release? How would anything be found and fixed if no one updated and found issues?
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Except for the fact (and I think you already understand this) that we didn't have to go through that trouble every single year. This yearly update cycle just feels unnecessary for macOS. It seems like right after all the bugs get fixed from the current version and developers finally get around to making their apps compatible, another major update is announced that breaks everything all over again. We don't need this.
I'm curious, does that include using the Outlook app on your phone? -- I used Exchange in Apple's apps for years but seeing too many issues this time around. Wondering if I go Outlook, is it best to use it on the Mac and iOS?
As it happens, Outlook has been having problems with Exchange for a long time now, so this could be partly on Microsoft. The "new" Outlook for Mac doesn't support Exchange at all and Outlook for Windows has increasingly been having major problems with Exchange accounts. They're pushing folks to go to Microsoft 365 and away from the old Exchange servers. We're finally planning an upgrade in the Spring and it won't come a moment too soon.
As for my own Mac, I've been using Ventura's Mail, Contacts, and Calendar with my Exchange account since the beta launched in June and I haven't had a single problem with any of them this entire time. So, as wide-spread as this issue sounds, it's certainly not 100% of users having issues. I can't reproduce the problem on any of the Macs I have here (I run a help desk with a Mac-heavy user-base), so maybe it's related to some specific configuration of Exchange that our org doesn't use. I'm currently encouraging users to upgrade to Ventura until I discover a first-hand reason not to.
As for my own Mac, I've been using Ventura's Mail, Contacts, and Calendar with my Exchange account since the beta launched in June and I haven't had a single problem with any of them this entire time. So, as wide-spread as this issue sounds, it's certainly not 100% of users having issues. I can't reproduce the problem on any of the Macs I have here (I run a help desk with a Mac-heavy user-base), so maybe it's related to some specific configuration of Exchange that our org doesn't use. I'm currently encouraging users to upgrade to Ventura until I discover a first-hand reason not to.
I support about 150 Mac users with our Exchange server. About 40% of them use Outlook for Mac exclusively, the rest use Apple apps. I've had close to 100% issues with the Outlook and almost 0% with Apple apps. In the 15 years I've supported Apple in IT, I can count the Apple / Exchange connection issues I've ever had on one hand. However, support Microsoft products gives me job security.
I'm not sure what they're talking about... I've have issues with exchange not syncing correctly with apple calendar in macOS 12.x all the time - I'd just blame Microsoft for this - they will certainly prioritise their own windows client over their macOS client over Apple-made clients
I've had no problem with either the iOS or the Mac Outlook (full) programs on my devices. I like to keep work and personal separate, so it works for me.
I’ve had these issues from two point releases before Ventura, so must be some other change.