saving emails & contacts from the mail app

[macluv4ever]

hey guys,

i'm transferring my info from my mac, to my pc (sold the mac) ... how do i save my inbox & sent messages? for instance, i tried to just select all of the messages, and drag them to a folder, but that didn't work.

also, how do i save all of my contacts?


... thanks

 

[mkrishnan]

You can save messages as an mbox file that Outlook should be able to open. Select all the messages you want to save, and then choose File -> Save as. You will have to give it the appropriate extension that Windows uses for mbox files (I think it might be .mbx).

You can save all your contacts by highlighting them in the list in Address Book and choosing File -> Export as vCard....

 

[macluv4ever]

You can save messages as an mbox file that Outlook should be able to open. Select all the messages you want to save, and then choose File -> Save as. You will have to give it the appropriate extension that Windows uses for mbox files (I think it might be .mbx).

You can save all your contacts by highlighting them in the list in Address Book and choosing File -> Export as vCard....

for file source, it lets me choose "Rich Text Format, Plain Text, and Raw Message Source" ... which do i need?

also ... when exporting the vCard, for some reason it will only save one of the contacts, not all of them

can anyone help?

 

[macluv4ever]

guys, with the right google search, i was able to find how to do this:

http://juniorbird.com/archive/000598.php

it explains it decently right there ... if someone encounters this problem
in the future, PM me.