how to transfer emails from PC/Outlook to Mac/Mail

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Looking at other posts (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2664208?start=60&tstart=0) this is what I found to be a helpful answer for many:

This is by far the easiest and risk-free way to do this that I found. I've made a few switches in the past 12 months after changing from Windows, thinking Outlook would be the best option and now regretting it I wanted to change back. No need to buy add-ons or software, apply for gmail or anything else outside of your Mac.

Drag all your mail folders from Outlook onto your desktop and then you can bulk select them through the Import Mailbox option in the File menu in Mail.

Thanks JChp53!

JChp53 wrote:

There is a longish way to do this.

In Outlook, Select the folder you want to move (If there are folders within the folder, you have to select each individual subfolder, as the subfolders won't copy along with the main folder, only the messages in the folder will copy). Click and drag the selected folder (ex: inbox folder) to a new folder on your desktop. I couldn't figure out a way to select all the folders, so i dragged each folder and subfolder from Outlook into the folder on the desktop. Once you're done copying all the Outlook folders, open up Mac Mail. Go to File --> import mailboxes. Then select "Files in mbox format" and click continue. Then select desktop, and the folder you dragged all of your Outlook folders into. Hit "Choose." Mac Mail will import all of these folders, and when it's finished, will tell you that they are under the folder labeled "imports" in Mac Mail, and you just have to move all your subfolders back into their main folders.

Like I said, it takes a little while longer than I would like, but it worked for me and now I have all my old mail from Outlook in Mac Mail.

Hope that helps (and that I explained right)!

In your initial posting you mention migration from Outlook to Mail on Mac multiple times. Then in your last post you state, "I am using Outlook on the PC, and have to move it to Mail on the Mac." This would be pretty much the definition of a migration. You now say you are not migrating these files from one program to another. You may want to reword what you are trying to do. If your not migrating your data then what are you trying to do?

You could also just buy Outlook for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/outlook

BTW my initial post in the gray section answers your question of migrating/transferring subfolders from Outlook (PC) to Mail (Mac).

Hi Green Fox,

If you're using Outlook in an Exchange environment then your mail folders may be archived PST files. I'm not sure how you'd migrate these over as I've never tried but I'm sure there are options to do so.

Green Fox Events wrote:

I think you misunderstood me. I am not trying to migrate from Outlook to Mail on a Mac. I am moving from a PC to a Mac. I am using Outlook on the PC, and have to move it to Mail on the Mac.

i thought this was a very common procedure but aparently it is very difficult.

Thank you.

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JChp53 I tried the mail import method you outlined and got the message that there were no mbox formatted messages or folders.?

Outlook, in an Exchange environment writes ost files, not pst.