Hi there,
I have two Imap accounts. moreover, there are some mails under the On my Computer folder, imported from the Entourage, which I used for a limited time. I had liked to take an offline copy of all my emails, as a backup.
Any suggestion for the same?
Thanks in advance
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
I used to backup my Outlook emails using Time Machine. The de-facto backup tool, in Mac, would easily cover all my files well. However, with time, I noticed that few mails in the backup came up with headers only and no mail body. On the first thought, I thought, it is probably the Time Machine who is guilty. Later I discovered that the Outlook was the real culprit. Outlook would often download my headers, but not the mail body. As a result, Time machine never received an entire message. Time Machine is a big no for backing up emails, in spite that it is not the biggest culprit.
Still, here is the link
How to backup mails using Time Machine?
Looking out for the best way on how to backup outlook emails, I found a tool from Inventpure named Mail Backup X. It sends me warnings against partly downloaded emails. Hitting the Resolve the warning often helps to download the full content.
That is helpful.
How to backup Outlook Emails on Mac?
Thanks Lindel.
Well yes I can see few of emails tagged as "Uncached data." Is this what you are calling partly downloaded emails?
Are you sure they are partly downloaded, or just that the Application fails to read them?
Thanks any ways. it has created offline copies in my local storage. Moreover, I have tried creating a backup on anothr external drive.
Thanks Lindel.
I confirm, those mails were partly downloaded. I switched to Outlook Offline Mode. The mails were empty from inside. Mail Backup X pointed at the right mails.
That was helpful. Thanks for introducing the same.
How to backup Outlook emails on Mac?
