Apple mail Import Not Functioning

Question

Hi I have a mac book pro with MAC OSX 10.8.2 running having Ms outlook 2011 as mail client. Due to some technical glitches Ms office seems to crash one time or the other. Before it gets worse i want to switch to apple mail which seems to be rumming completely file. I tried moving my mails from outlook 2011 to apple mail but the mail import function in apple mail does not import properly all the mails some imported contain incomplete data and some have gardage material in them. Please suggest some smart solution to transfer all my mails from outlook 2011 to apple mail asap. Eagerly waiting for solutions to this problem. Thank you.

Jim Stroke · Answer

What kind of email account? IMAP or POP? Any IMAP email accounts should be easy as you will just need to add the email account to Apple Mail as any messages and folders should be on the email server. For POP then you will need to do some sort of export/import. You could try drag and drop from Outlook to Mail. I believe this will work but I don't fully recall. Last but not the least you mail migration can be made very easy using application software have a look at this one:- Olm to Mbox I hope this helps you

Steve Edwards · Answer

Your post was helpful too. Thank you

Steve Edwards · Answer

Well for now I have just tried its trial version and it seems to be working much fine. I will get this tool soon and convert all my mails. Thank you for suggesting this tool.

Tony Gump · Answer

For mac to apple mail transfer you need to do a small job just convert files from outlook 2011 (olm) to apple mail (mbox) compatible format. You can check Here: Click Here There were some similar queries here:- https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4976673 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macoutlook/import-outlook-files-to-apple-mail/68c8e381-710c-4bad-8393-b5e45c9115fc All the best. Thanks