I like the look of the new Outlook for Mac. But the functionality of the Calendar seems to have lost a lot of things compared to the old Outlook. I can't Option-drag a meeting to create a copy on another day or a new time (it's a standard way of doing things on a Mac and worked in the old Outlook) I can't drag an event to another calendar in the section at left to move this event to this calendar. When creating a new event, there's no option to change the reminder time for the event. I have to create the event, save it, open it again, go the event options, change the reminder and I still have to click on two buttons to save the change. Way too much trouble. Am I missing a magic option somewhere? I'm working from home on a Mac, connected to an enterprise version of O365 at my university.

This still does not work for me in month view or any other view -- when I follow these instructions, nothing happens -- no copy of the event appears, regardless of whether I choose the calendar the original item is in or a different calendar. (Currently running Sonoma 14.1.1, Outlook for Mac 16.79)

Maybe they can have ChatGPT code this feature, since their humans don't seem to be able to do it

Nearly two years later and this basic functionality is still missing from Outlook for Mac. This is really terrible design. It's fairly essential to be able to duplicate events in a calendar. Microsoft, what are you doing over there? Do you want to alienate your Mac users?

I haven't read all the 80 replies carefully, so this might have been already presented, but here's the only "trick" I have found to do what Option-drag used to do: Right-click the item, choose "Move" -> "Copy to folder..." and hit Enter. Now you'll have two identical items. Drag one of the two items to the place you want it. It's a couple more buttons to hit than Option-drag, but still a lot faster than manually creating each item (if you e.g. want them all to be the same length, same category, same reminders, etc.). cheers Anders

Option-Drag to copy an event in the new Outlook for Mac?

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I like the look of the new Outlook for Mac. But the functionality of the Calendar seems to have lost a lot of things compared to the old Outlook.

I can't Option-drag a meeting to create a copy on another day or a new time (it's a standard way of doing things on a Mac and worked in the old Outlook)
I can't drag an event to another calendar in the section at left to move this event to this calendar.
When creating a new event, there's no option to change the reminder time for the event. I have to create the event, save it, open it again, go the event options, change the reminder and I still have to click on two buttons to save the change. Way too much trouble.

Am I missing a magic option somewhere?

I'm working from home on a Mac, connected to an enterprise version of O365 at my university.

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Hi Christian,

Thank you for posting your issue on Microsoft Community. There are several features that aren't yet available in the new Outlook experience and some known issues such as Mail and events can't be moved or copied between accounts. However, our product team is investigating this issue in the new Outlook for Mac. You may switch back by turning off the New Outlook switch to avoid this issue.

For detailed information see under Features not yet available in the new Outlook for Mac/Known issues

Your time and understanding will be highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Shyamal

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2023-11-29T17:19:47+00:00

This still does not work for me in month view or any other view -- when I follow these instructions, nothing happens -- no copy of the event appears, regardless of whether I choose the calendar the original item is in or a different calendar.

(Currently running Sonoma 14.1.1, Outlook for Mac 16.79)
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2023-05-08T11:35:56+00:00

Maybe they can have ChatGPT code this feature, since their humans don't seem to be able to do it
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2022-09-02T19:02:43+00:00

Nearly two years later and this basic functionality is still missing from Outlook for Mac. This is really terrible design. It's fairly essential to be able to duplicate events in a calendar. Microsoft, what are you doing over there? Do you want to alienate your Mac users?
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2022-08-29T10:22:06+00:00
I haven't read all the 80 replies carefully, so this might have been already presented, but here's the only "trick" I have found to do what Option-drag used to do:
- Right-click the item, choose "Move" -> "Copy to folder..." and hit Enter. Now you'll have two identical items.
- Drag one of the two items to the place you want it.
It's a couple more buttons to hit than Option-drag, but still a lot faster than manually creating each item (if you e.g. want them all to be the same length, same category, same reminders, etc.).

cheers

Anders
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