What is a .OLK14MESSAGE file?
The .OLK14MESSAGE file is a type of file used by Outlook 2011, which is an email and calendar program made for Mac computers. This file is special because it holds information about an email, like who sent it and the subject line, but it doesn't have the actual message that was sent. The main part of the email is kept in a different file called .OLK14MSGSOURCE.
When you use Outlook to check your emails, the program saves copies of your emails as .OLK14MESSAGE files on your computer. These files are put in a specific place within your Documents folder, under the path [user]/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities/Main Identity/Data Records/Messages/. This means that even if you're not online, Outlook can show you a summary of your emails by using these files.
If you want to open one of these files, you can usually just double-click on it. The main programs that can open .OLK14MESSAGE files are Microsoft Outlook 365 or newer versions, and a special tool called Gladwev OLK14 Message Recovery Tool. This tool is helpful if you need to recover or view the contents of these files in a more user-friendly way.
Even though .OLK14MESSAGE files are saved in a format that's specific to Outlook, you might still be able to see bits of the email's text by using a simple text editing program like Apple TextEdit. However, this might not always work perfectly because of the special way these files are formatted.
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