Summary: If you want to move emails from Mac Mail to Office 365 mailbox, read this post to know the process to manually transfer Mac Mail to Office 365 Outlook account using IMAP settings. Also, you will find about an MBOX to PST converter tool that can help in easily migrating Mac Mail data to Office 365.
Mac Mail or Apple Mail is an email application that comes by default with every Mac running on macOS X 10.0 or above. On the other hand, Outlook 365 is an email service that is integrated with Microsoft 365 subscription service and provides enhanced privacy and security features. As Office 365 Outlook is cloud-based, you can manage your emails and other items from any device and from anywhere in the world. Due to these and various other useful features, users tend to migrate from Mac Mail to Outlook 365.
If you’re migrating from Mac Mail to Outlook 365, then this is not an easy task because the data files of the two clients are not compatible with each other. Mac Mail saves all the mailbox data in MBOX file, which is not supported by Outlook on Windows. Outlook 365, on the other hand, uses Personal Storage Table (PST) – its proprietary file format. However, for easy migration, you can use a powerful MBOX to PST converter tool to convert Mac Mail MBOX file into PST format.
Below we’ll be discussing the process to migrate Mac Mail to Outlook 365 manually and by using an MBOX to PST converter tool.
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To migrate Mac Mail to Outlook manually, you can use IMAP configuration on Mac. Here’s the step-by-step process:
Moving emails from Mac Mail to an Office 365 account can be tricky. The manual method has certain drawbacks such as:
To overcome the limitations of manual method, you can opt for a professional MBOX to PST converter tool, such as Stellar Converter for MBOX. The tool is easy-to-use and helps complete the migration process in a few minutes. It efficiently converts all the mailbox data from MBOX file into PST and other formats, with complete integrity. You can also directly export the converted emails to Office 365. It also allows you to preview the converted emails and other items before exporting them.
Here are some benefits of using this tool:
Migrating from Mac Mail to Office 365 Outlook manually is not an easy procedure. It is advisable to use the manual migration method (IMAP configuration) if you are technically proficient. If you want a faster and secure conversion with 100 percent accuracy, it is preferable to use a third-party MBOX to PST converter tool to migrate the Mac mail to Office 365 Outlook mailbox. We’ve covered both manual and automated migration methods in this post. You can choose the best one depending on your needs.
Saba Zehra Rizvi is Content Team Lead at Stellar. She specializes in providing solutions for issues related to Outlook, Excel, Access, and SQL. She also has a knack for writing process-based blogs, articles, and knowledge base on file conversion tools, such as GroupWise, OLM, NSF, MBOX and others. She also guides her team on strategizing the content and time management
