Below that you will see a section called ON MY COMPUTER with (if Mail is selected) a set of five folders below it by default. Next, look in the Navigation Pane (left side of screen) if you have an Exchange account, you will see the folders associated with Exchange at the top. I discuss this control more later in this appendix, but leave the check box cleared for now. Also, to make the list of local folders more clear, in that same General settings dialog box, clear the check box next to the setting: Group Similar Folders, Such as Inboxes, from Different Accounts. To ensure you can see your On My Computer folders in the Navigation Pane, go to File>Preferences>General and clear the check box next to Hide On My Computer Folders. Local folders on Outlook for Mac 2011 are called On My Computer folders. This roughly duplicates the Personal Folders feature on Windows Outlook. In the excerpt below I describe how Exchange users on Outlook for Mac 2011 can store mail locally, thus clearing space on their Exchange Server account. Here’s an excerpt from my new Outlook book ( the 3rd edition of Total Workday Control).