trouble importing vcards from Outlook

sir42 · May 5, 2004, 10:32 PM

Well, I finally made the switch and I received my brand new iBook just the other day. The setup seems to be going smoothly, but I'm having trouble importing my vcards from Outlook on my old machine (Windows 98) to Mail. I don't have a cd-rom on the PC, but I do have .mac. I tried copying my contacts into the .mac folder on the PC, and I tried e-mailing the vcards to myself. Each time, I wind up with .msg's on the mac side. I have a feeling I'm missing something. Can anyone offer any words of wisdom? Thanks!

Frisco · May 5, 2004, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sir42

Well, I finally made the switch and I received my brand new iBook just the other day. The setup seems to be going smoothly, but I'm having trouble importing my vcards from Outlook on my old machine (Windows 98) to Mail. I don't have a cd-rom on the PC, but I do have .mac. I tried copying my contacts into the .mac folder on the PC, and I tried e-mailing the vcards to myself. Each time, I wind up with .msg's on the mac side. I have a feeling I'm missing something. Can anyone offer any words of wisdom? Thanks!

You need to export your vCards that contains all the addresses you want to transfer. You can't simply copy them. I believe you should export them all as a single file. You can also use export using a LDIF file if Outlook supports that.

You are going to import into Address Book, not Mail. Mail uses Address Book for it's Contacts. Open Address Book, then choose File > Import. Choose vCard and select the vCards you want to import, or choose LDIF, and select an LDIF file to import.

Horrortaxi · May 5, 2004, 11:59 PM

vCards are the standard, but since when does Microsoft play by the rules? Go and download Outpod which will let you make your Outlook contacts into vCard. You will end up with all your contacts in 1 vCard--you get that onto your Mac and drop it into Address Book.

sir42 · May 6, 2004, 09:09 AM

I downloaded outpod and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

Haouka · Aug 3, 2004, 12:48 PM

Indeed, very good solution for a problem I had couldnt solve (I tried using Excel, I used my Palm as "bridge", ...)

Thanks a lot

adenwilson · Jan 11, 2013, 11:40 PM

You want to amazing Solution for importing vcard from Outlook?
I will suggest you just try vCard Converter program which is 100% safe and securely sort-out all trouble about importing vcard from Outlook contacts in vice-versa process.

http://www.vcardconverter.net

May 5, 2004, 10:32 PM	#1
sir42 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY, NY	trouble importing vcards from Outlook Well, I finally made the switch and I received my brand new iBook just the other day. The setup seems to be going smoothly, but I'm having trouble importing my vcards from Outlook on my old machine (Windows 98) to Mail. I don't have a cd-rom on the PC, but I do have .mac. I tried copying my contacts into the .mac folder on the PC, and I tried e-mailing the vcards to myself. Each time, I wind up with .msg's on the mac side. I have a feeling I'm missing something. Can anyone offer any words of wisdom? Thanks!
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May 5, 2004, 11:59 PM	#3
Horrortaxi macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles	vCards are the standard, but since when does Microsoft play by the rules? Go and download Outpod which will let you make your Outlook contacts into vCard. You will end up with all your contacts in 1 vCard--you get that onto your Mac and drop it into Address Book. __________________ Trying to keep Microsoft out of my life. What's so bad about Microsoft? horrortaxi.net
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Aug 3, 2004, 12:48 PM	#5
Haouka macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Belgium	it's so easy Indeed, very good solution for a problem I had couldnt solve (I tried using Excel, I used my Palm as "bridge", ...) Thanks a lot
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Jan 11, 2013, 11:40 PM	#6
adenwilson macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: FL	trouble importing vcards from Outlook You want to amazing Solution for importing vcard from Outlook? I will suggest you just try vCard Converter program which is 100% safe and securely sort-out all trouble about importing vcard from Outlook contacts in vice-versa process. http://www.vcardconverter.net
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May 6, 2004, 09:09 AM	#4
sir42 Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY, NY	I downloaded outpod and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
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