In the corporate world, we have a wider selection of email clients to communicate within the organization. Some e-mail clients are incompatible with each other due to different file formats. This makes e-mail migration, such as Apple Mail to Outlook a bit difficult. “For example, in a company, the default e-mail platform used to be Apple Mail on MAC OS and now the organization has decided to switch to Outlook. Since Outlook for Mac can import OLM and PST files only, this whole scenario becomes complicated. Because Apple Mail do not support such file formats and works with MBOX.”Considering this situation, users want to convert Apple Mail to Mac Outlook without losing existing mailbox data. To simplify the operation, we will discuss the manual and the instant method of exporting emails from Apple Mail to Outlook here.
Furthermore, a survey shows that many Apple Mail users are passing their e-mail to Outlook (MAC or Windows) to take advantage of Outlook.
What are the ways to convert Apple Mail to Mac Outlook?
As you continue the conversion process from Apple Mail to Outlook, you will see that there is no direct way to migrate Apple Mail MBOX into Outlook for Mac. We know that Apple Mail stores all data items in MBOX format. Furthermore, Outlook does not support integration of e-mails in MBOX format directly into its application because it is stored in PST format. So you can choose one of the following three methods:
- Sync Apple Mail via IMAP
- Convert Apple Mail to Mac Outlook using Eudora
- Use the MBOX to PST converter for Mac
Synchronize Apple Mail
The Apples Mail integrated email client uses the IMAP archiving format to keep a copy of the email on the server and on the system (MAC OS). If you already have an iCloud account, you can access an email client supported on Windows 10, such as Microsoft Outlook 2016 or another email client such as Windows Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird and others.
For example: if your email address is xyz123@icloud.com, simply use the icloud.com credentials to set up a new account on the Microsoft Outlook email client on Windows 10.
Export emails from Apple Mail to Outlook
Part 1: Start Apple Mail on the system from the File menu and click Export Mailbox.
Select the format or program to export the data >> Continue. And save the file in a specific location.
Part 2: Now, attach the MBOX file extension as “inbox.mbx” to .mbx and enter “inbox.mbx”. Now move the renamed file to the Eudora directory. For example; C: Document and Settings AppData Qualcomm Eudora.
Part 3: Finally, import Outlook Express files into Outlook, because Outlook doesn’t provide the option to import Apple Mail emails into Outlook. Follow the steps.
- On the File menu> click Import> Import / Export Wizard.
- Now select “Import Mail and Internet Addresses” and hit the “Next” button to continue.
- Select the Eudora option and select the Import mail and address book option. Click Next.
- Now select one of the three options shown in the image below.
- Select the MBOX file from the saved location.
Import Apple Mail into Outlook using a third-party tool
While manual methods can convert Apple Mail to Mac Outlook, not everyone uses them. The cause of a single error can result in the loss of important data content and there is always the risk of losing data integrity. Therefore, proprietary software for Mac OS, such as Mac MBOX Converter, will be used for this purpose.
It provides an easy to understand interface that any naive technology or user can use to import Windows Mail into Windows 2016, 2013, 2010. This is a software you can trust. Furthermore, it does not limit the size of the MBOX file to implement the MBOX to PST conversion process and the user can choose to add the converted PST file to Microsoft Outlook for user convenience.
Last words
After completing the conversion steps, you now need to know why we mainly recommend using the third-party Apple Mail to Outlook converter tool to convert Apple Mail to Mac Outlook. It provides you with a hassle-free environment for immediate MBOX email transfer. In addition, a free trial version is available to better understand the software with conversion capabilities, but save the converted files to get a paid version of the software.
I hope this can help you!!
