subject: How To Solve Pst Corruption Issues Due To Sync With Mobileme? [print this page] By default, Microsoft Outlook stores all its emails, contacts, notes, calendars etc. in a personal data folder called .pst file. The file can get corrupt in several ways, rendering your data inaccessible. One of the typical scenarios is when you use MobileMe (Apple provided subscription-based set of software and online services), the odds that it can bring corruption to .pst file. MobileMe allows synchronizing Outlook address book and calendar with various devices using Push functions. But it can corrupt them too, which causes inescapable situations of using your most recent backup. In cases when no suitable backup is present, you require a perfect third-party for PST Repair that can recover the lost calendars and contacts.
To exemplify such scenarios, consider a practical instance when you use MobileMe to sync your Outlook contacts. Following the sync with MobileMe, you might observe one of the below symptoms:
(1) Outlook .pst file grows quite larger in size.
(2) When you try to create a new email and select the 'To' button, you find email address missing from the address list.
(3) You notice that when you click Ctrl+K to autocomplete the names, it fails.
(4) Each MAPI, including .pst file, stores a unique entry ID for all its objects with the expression EntryID. But when you right-click to view the properties of any contact, you receive an error message suggesting that an invalid EntryID was passed in.
These errors are specific to Outlook 2003 and 2007.
Cause
Outlook address book or .pst file has got corrupted due to sync between Outlook and MobileMe.
Solution
To prevent such such events from occurring, it is suggested to install and use the latest version of MobileMe control panel and iTunes. Make sure you backup first.
For repairing the corrupted .pst and its data, you need to run Inbox Repair Tool that can fix most of the corruption issues related with .pst file. If this fails, you should opt for better third-party solutions of Outlook PST Repair. These are infallible tools competent to safely repair a corrupted .pst file. PST Repair products come with easy-to-apply installation procedure and working, giving you a hassle-free recovery of lost data.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is an advanced and powerful solution to all PST corruption issues. The Outlook PST Repair utility supports Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. It is a comprehensive repair application with rich graphical features and risk-free scanning. The tool can restore all Outlook items from a corrupted .pst file and can extract deleted items as well.
