how to transfer Outlook files to iMac??

Outlook stores all messages inside a proprietary .pst file - the Mail program under OS X cannot read it at all.

The easiest way to transfer messages over is using an IMAP email account (e.g. .mac, but also many others). Copy all mails to folders on the IMAP server - then add the same account to the Mail application on the Mac. Now you can just drag and drop mails from the server to local folders under Mail.

There are also a few tools and scripts that will either import .pst files on the Mac or convert the .pst file to an OS X compliant mbox for the Mac - searching on e.g. Versiontracker will bring up a few. I can recommend http://www.littlemachines.com/ - O2M application, it costs 10 USD, but well worth it.

You could purchase Microsoft Office 2004 for your Mac and import your mail into Entourage. This will also ensure you can read your other word and excel files.


George

another suggestion is to email yourself!!

send it to a new web based, gmail,hotmail,yahoo etc, and then open the Mail program and import or send from the web based to the nomal one under Mail

Your best bet in Entourage. It is the Macs "Outlook" basically.

I've been trying to do this too. I thought I could save my Windows Outlook files (messages, addresses etc.) as a .pst file, transfer that to my new Imac and then import that into Entourage. Doesn't seem to be working. Entourage won't read the .pst files and Help talks about setting up Exchange accounts which I don't really understand. Any ideas?
I wonder, given my old PC is about 7 years old (running Windows Professional 2000) whether the Outlook files might just be too old and not compatible?
Thanks

Hi, Do you have any children who are able to copy email & other details from PC to Mac Address Book?
I paid my daughter to do just that, old cell phone -> Treo 680 (worth every cent)
Do you need the complete emails or just the addy"? - I'm sure you can put All the emails into a folder on your PC desktop & burn onto a CD. The mechanics of reading them should not be to difficult to determine..L

Hi, george he has a Trial Office on his new Mac..L

Thanks for your reply L. I've got quite a lot of emails in different folders which I was hoping could easily reappear in the same kind of format in Entourage. Were you suggesting saving all the emails as text?

Hi, yes save as text..L

The way I did it for both myself and my dad was by following the information on this page. Very simple and took just a few minutes.

http://guides.macrumors.com/MovingEmail_from_PC_Outlook_to_AppleMail

Cheers

Mike R

Thanks for that. i tried what the site said, it all worked but I couldn't seem to drag the exported back messages into Entourage. Any ideas?

I am not sure exactly why you cant drag the message into Entourage.

This second link may work better for you. http://www.riches.com.au/articles/export-outlook-entourage.htm
Do everything it says but exchange all mention of Mozilla with Thunderbird instead.

I hope that helps. Just shout out if it doesn't and I will see what I can do.

Cheers

Mike R

Got there eventually. Many thanks for your help
Cheers
Pete