This guide provides instructions on importing a .pst email data file into MS Outlook or Apple Mail.
For instructions on exporting email data, click here.
What is Imported?
Data that can be imported from a .pst file includes the following:
- Emails
- Contacts
- Calendar items
How to Import
Microsoft Outlook
- Open Outlook and click “File“.
- On the left, click “Open & Export“, then click “Import/Export“.
- Select “Import from another program or file” and click “Next“.
- Select “Outlook data file (.pst)“, then click “Next“.
- Click “Browse” and select your outlook data file. Then click “Next“.
- If prompted, enter a password and click “OK“.
- Select “Import items into the current folder” and click “Finish“.
Apple Mail
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose “File” > “Import Mailboxes“.
- Select a source in the list, read the information that appears below the list, then click “Continue”.
- If you’re importing a mailbox exported from Mail or a folder in the ~/Library/Mail/V8 folder on another Mac, select Apple Mail. To get to the Mail folder on a Mac, click the desktop to make sure you’re in the Finder, press and hold the Option key, choose “Go” > “Library“, then click the “Mail” folder.
- If you’re importing messages from a Windows or UNIX computer, select “Files in mbox format,” then locate the folder containing the files.
- Reorganize the imported messages, if you like.The messages are in a new mailbox called Import in the Mail sidebar. You can drag folders and messages from the Import mailbox to new or existing mailboxes, then delete the Import mailbox.