| How to Export email from Outlook for import into Mac Apple Mail or Entourage





  • Congratulations on getting a shiny new Mac!
  • You probably have years worth of email sitting in Outlook.
  • How do you migrate it over?
  • There are different ways to do it, but MessageSave is by far the easiest and most reliable! (As opposed to some of the other methods, it correctly handles large mailboxes, timestamps, attachments, sender addresses, foreign language emails, etc.)
  • View the video to see just how easy it is.
  • Download MessageSave and see for yourself how simple it is.
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The process is very simple:

  1. Download and install MessageSave on your Windows PC and restart Outlook.
  2. Run "Tools -> MessageSave -> Apple Mac Export -> Export Messages" menu command to export your Outlook folders as MBOX files.
  3. Copy the MBOX files over to the Mac.
  4. Import the MBOX files into your Mac mail client ( Apple Mail or Entourage ).
  5. That's it. You're done. View the demo to see how simple it is.

Note: MessageSave also supports exporting Contacts and Calendar in addition to migrating messages.

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To import an MBOX file into Apple Mail:

  1. Copy the .mbox file to your Mac. A USB flash drive or an external hard drive is probably the easiest way to do that.
  2. Open Apple Mail.
  3. Invoke "File->Import Mailboxes" menu command.
  4. Check the "mbox files" option and click "Continue".
  5. Select your MBOX files in the next window and click "Continue".
  6. That's it. You are done. Congratulations!
  7. View the video if you would like to see the entire process in action.

To import an MBOX file into Entourage:

  1. Copy the .mbox file to your Mac. A USB flash drive or an external hard drive is probably the easiest way to do that.
  2. Open Entourage.
  3. Simply drag and drop it onto the Entourage Inbox (in the Entourage folder list).
  4. After that, you should see a small triangle to the left of the Inbox. Click on it to display the newly imported folder(s). Note: If you have a large number of messages, Entourage might take a bit of time processing your MBOX file.
  5. That's it. You are done. Congratulations!
  6. View the video if you would like to see the entire process in action.

Note:

  • MBOX format is supported only when using MessageSave with Outlook 2002 or newer.
  • To import an mbox file into Entourage, simply drag and drop it onto one of the folders in the Entourage folder list. Be sure to drop it into a local (On My Computer) folder, as opposed to a folder on a server. (You will be able to move it later).
  • Apple Mail and Entourage might have trouble importing very large mbox files (over 3000 messages). If you hit this issue, try splitting your large Outlook folder into smaller folders with fewer than 3000 messages each. This is a Mail and Entourage issue, not MessageSave.
  • Apple Mail (and Thunderbird) have issues importing mbox files with very long names, or with certain characters, such as #, in the file name. If you see errors, try renaming your mbox file.
  • We have tested MessageSave on folders with tens of thousands of messages - it worked without a hitch. However, exporting large folders might take a bit of time. Also, the evaluation version is limited to processing 50 messages at a time. Be assured that the full version does not have this limit.
  • When you try to import the mbox file(s) into Apple Mail, the import dialog may display the mbox files as grayed out. Simply click "Choose" and Apple Mail will import the files.

Apple computers are becoming more and more popular. You see the silver MacBooks everywhere. Apple's ad campaigns seem to be working very well as more and more people are switching from Windows computers to Macs. With that, they often have a need to bring their mail over to the new platform.

Outlook is the most popular email client for Windows. MessageSave makes it very easy to export your Outlook email and import it into a Mac mail client, such as Apple Mail, Entourage, etc. MessageSave will work with any Outlook email account (PST or Exchange). MessageSave preserves attachments, sender email addresses, message timestamps, multiple languages. Download the trial version and see for yourself how easy it is. MessageSave supports exporting contacts and Calendar in addition to migrating messages.

 

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