
To back up your identity, follow these steps: In the Finder, click Go, and then click Home. Step 3: Discover and back up the current identity When you add and delete messages, appointments, tasks, and notes, the database can develop wasted space. When you create an Outlook identity, hard disk space is allocated for the data that the identity receives as you work. On the File menu, click Get Info, and then click Get Information. To determine the size of your identity, follow these steps: n the Finder, click Go, and then click Home.

For example, if the identity is 1 gigabyte (GB), there should be at least 3 GB of free space available on the hard disk (not including the space that is needed for virtual memory). Step 2: Determine the amount of space available on the hard diskīefore you perform any database maintenance, make sure that you have at least three times as much hard disk space available as the current size of your Outlook identity. When you are finished, click the red close button in the upper-left corner to close the window. Click Force Quit to quit the application. Select the application in the Force Quit Application window, and then select Force Quit. If you cannot quit an application or do not know how, hold down the Command and Option keys, and then press Esc on your keyboard. To quit an application, click the menu on the toolbar (top), and then select Quit. You must quit all applications before you continue with the following steps. That is a multiple step procedure and lengthy process so be ready for some work. Usually the maker (Microsoft) recommends the first thing to do is to REBUILD the database

Rebuild the Outlook for Mac 2011 database to resolve problems as recomended by Microsoft
