Export Mac Mail to Pst Outlook 2010 - Easy and Clean Solution

Exporting Mac Mail to Pst Outlook 2010 just got much more easier, quicker, and effective. Find out what is it.

Question – I am looking to Export Mac Mail to Outlook 2010, but I haven't got any ideas how to do that. I recently purchased a windows desktop for my personal work, and wish to keep Mac reserved for office. However, there are many emails in Mac Mail that I wish to be transferred in my Outlook 2010 in new Windows PC. Please let me know how to do that with the most accuracy and speed.

Answer –

Mac Mail can't export to Pst file format. Pst is only exported by Windows Outlook versions. But I think what you meant to ask is if you can move the content from Mac Mail to Outlook 2010 for Windows.

Let us see what it would take to do that.

First of all, you need to export the emails from Mac Mail to Mbox (Not Pst) file. Then, convert Mbox file to Pst file, and import it into Outlook 2010, or any other Windows Outlook versions.

To export the content from Mac Mail to Mbox, do the following -

•    Select the Mailbox, then choose 'Mailbox' > 'Export Mailbox'

•    Choose the folder, and click “choose”

The data will be exported to .mbox format.

Now, you are going to convert this .mbox file into .pst which can be imported to Outlook 2010 for Windows. To convert the Mbox files to Pst, there are many converters out there, but the best one is “Mail Extractor Pro” that offers an easy way to do that. You can download the free trial version Click Here.



After downloading and installing it, choose to launch the app from the list of applications in Mac.

Choose “Load” > Open > and then select the Mbox file that you exported above.

Another option is to auto-load the Apple Mail database in case you don't have Mbox file. The tool will read your “Mail” folder correctly, and load every content directly without needing Mbox file.

Once the data is loaded (through the “Mail” folder of through Mbox file), you can see the folders in the preview section. Feel free to select or deselect the folders that you want. After that, click the button “Convert” in the end. The tool will remind you that it is a free trial edition. Click “Continue” and sit back. “Mail Extractor Pro” will start its conversion process, and within few minutes will generate the Pst files.

Everything that is converted into Pst file is exactly in its original form. That means, every information that was inside Apple Mail remain as it is with no modification. Things like embedded images within email body, folder strucure, non-English text, and so on are generally lost, but not with “Mail Extractor Pro”.

The question asked above also request a speed way of migration, and there are no faster tools than this one. 1GB of Mbox file can be converted to Pst in less than 10 minutes. So, you get to spend very less time in actually performing the conversion.

Once the Pst file is generated, copy that into your Windows PC anywhere. And launch Outlook 2010 in windows. To import the Pst file -

1. Go to 'file'
2. In the 'open' category, click 'Import'
3. click “Import from another program or file”, click “next”
4. click “Outlook data file (.pst)”, click “Next”
5. Browse to choose the Pst file that you created from “Mail Extractor Pro” and select it.
6. Choose the folders that you want to import.
7. Click “Next”
8. Click “finish”.

You will find all your folders from Apple Mail here in Outlook.

This is simply the easiest, quickest, and the most accurate way to export Mac Mail to Pst Outlook 2010. The good thing about this Pst file is that it can be imported to any Windows Outlook versions, and even Outlook 2016 for Mac.

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