No doubt there are several email clients available in the market but Outlook in Windows and Apple Mail in Mac are the most popular email clients used all over the world. Microsoft Outlook which is a part of MS Office Suite is used mostly by business and personal users for sending and receiving emails. Microsoft Outlook application acts as a personal information manager and manage whole database of user in a perfect manner. The entire database of MS Outlook is stored in PST format. On the other hand, Apple Mail client supports saving of user database in MBOX format. In case, a user switches from Windows machine to Mac machine then user has to convert Outlook data file to Apple Mail. In this article, we will know how to export MS Outlook to Apple Mail. Before we come to the solution to export Outlook database to Apple Mail, let us first understand a common query asked by most of users.
User Query : I was using Microsoft Outlook on my Windows machine. Now, I have purchased Mac Book Pro and I want to convert my Outlook data to Apple Mail. I don’t know how to migrate the whole data of Outlook to Mac Mail. Please guide me to transfer the database in an effective manner.
As we discussed above Outlook and Apple Mail use different file formats. In this situation, users have to face trouble in accessing Outlook data file in Apple Mail. When an employee leaves an organization and move to a new workplace where Apple Mail is used, in order to access database stored in MS Outlook, users require to export MS Outlook Mail folder to Mac Mail.
Now let us discuss the solution to perform the export. There are various solutions available on the internet but the users don’t know which one is the trusted solution for them and most of the users pick manual solutions as they are free of cost. But let we clear in this post when you should choose manual solution. Plus, we have come up with another effective solution i.e. Software or third-party solution. Now, we will discuss them one by one so continue with us till the end of this post to know the best way to export Outlook Mail Folder to Apple Mail.
There is no straight-forward solution to perform the export. However, a free solution is available that export Outlook Mail folder to Mac Mail in three stages –
Now, export the imported PST file to MBOX format by following the steps –
After that copy MBOX file with the help of pen drive and move to it your Mac system. Perform the steps –
While using the manual solution, non-technical users are unable to understand the process. Plus, the solution is time-consuming. There are various changes that users may face data loss issues. In case, you have not performed the steps correctly, you will not find a required solution.
If you want an easy and trouble-free solution, then you should try a third-party solution. MailsClick Outlook to Apple Mail Converter is the ultimate solution that works in an easy manner and can be handled by any user without possessing technical skills. Only a few steps are there with this program. It works with all editions of MS Outlook in an unfurled manner. You can simply check the program with its free version.
