convert outlook pst files to mbox help

tech0925 · Sep 4, 2009, 12:12 PM

Can someone please help. I am trying to convert my pst files to work on a mac os x version 10.5.8. using thunderbird. I used thunderbird on windows vista to import my pst files to thunderbird. Then I saved the mail directory and transfered to my mac. I dont know what to do now. I heard you must rename some file to mbox. Please Help........

sidewinder · Sep 4, 2009, 12:18 PM

Come on folks. Can't you use Google????

http://defenestrated.typepad.com/def...rbird_pc_.html

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alesh · Sep 4, 2009, 12:27 PM

Try O2M, worked for me, when i was moving from Windows to Mac last year...

http://www.littlemachines.com/

A.

tech0925 · Sep 4, 2009, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alesh

Try O2M, worked for me, when i was moving from Windows to Mac last year...

http://www.littlemachines.com/

A.

Thanks I took your advice and converted everything with o2m and transferred it to my Mac. Now I am trying to figure out how to import the mbox files into thunderbird. Is this the best email client to use as well? I imported into my imail but I do not like the set up. Thanks

tech0925 · Sep 4, 2009, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

Come on folks. Can't you use Google????

http://defenestrated.typepad.com/def...rbird_pc_.html

S-

Believe me, google is my best friend; however, it wasnt very helpful this time.

sidewinder · Sep 4, 2009, 08:48 PM

Another Google find:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=489917

This is not hard to do....

S-

tech0925 · Sep 4, 2009, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

Another Google find:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=489917

This is not hard to do....

S-

Thanks Sidewinder. That post lead me to the best way to fix this issue. The problem was that thunderbird did not originally have the import mbox file option. You could only import from other email clients. This import option can be downloaded and installed here http://www.nic-nac-project.de/~kaosm...import-en.html directly to thunderbird. I hope this helps anyone else with this problem.

sidewinder · Sep 4, 2009, 09:58 PM

But you said that you already imported the pst files into Thunderbird on the PC. So all you had to was migrate from PC Thunderbird to Mac Thunderbird. That requires no special files or anything else....

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Sep 4, 2009, 12:12 PM	#1
tech0925 macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2009	convert outlook pst files to mbox help Can someone please help. I am trying to convert my pst files to work on a mac os x version 10.5.8. using thunderbird. I used thunderbird on windows vista to import my pst files to thunderbird. Then I saved the mail directory and transfered to my mac. I dont know what to do now. I heard you must rename some file to mbox. Please Help........
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Sep 4, 2009, 12:18 PM	#2
sidewinder macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern California	Come on folks. Can't you use Google???? http://defenestrated.typepad.com/def...rbird_pc_.html S- __________________ Mac Pro: 8-core 2.8 GHz, 10GB RAM, OS X 10.8.4; iPhone 5 32GB iOS 6.1.2
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Sep 4, 2009, 08:48 PM	#6
sidewinder macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern California	Another Google find: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=489917 This is not hard to do.... S- __________________ Mac Pro: 8-core 2.8 GHz, 10GB RAM, OS X 10.8.4; iPhone 5 32GB iOS 6.1.2
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Sep 4, 2009, 09:58 PM	#8
sidewinder macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern California	But you said that you already imported the pst files into Thunderbird on the PC. So all you had to was migrate from PC Thunderbird to Mac Thunderbird. That requires no special files or anything else.... S- __________________ Mac Pro: 8-core 2.8 GHz, 10GB RAM, OS X 10.8.4; iPhone 5 32GB iOS 6.1.2
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Sep 4, 2009, 12:27 PM	#3
alesh macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2009	Try O2M, worked for me, when i was moving from Windows to Mac last year... http://www.littlemachines.com/ A.
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