Do you ever thought to import Outlook PST File in Mac Outlook? If not yet, Then I am going to tell you the simple manual method to transfer Outlook emails to Mac Outlook. For the knowledge base, you have to well informed about the File formats used by Outlook on different Operating System. Lets me to clarify it for you.
The Windows Outlook creates PST File(Personal Storage File) to store emails, calendars, tasks and journals. It uses C:\Users\AppData\Local\MicrosoftOutlook directory to save PST file on Windows Operating system. While on the other Mac Outlook creates OLM file to store emails, calendars, tasks and journals.
The some functionalities of Outlook is same on the both the platforms such as Import/Export Wizard which is mainly used to import the data from outside and export data into Mac Outlook.
Lets gets some brief info about IMAP protocol. IMAP is the standard Internet Mail Access Protocol used by the email client to retrieve data from the mail server over the TCP/IP connection. It is the one of the fastest method to synchronize the system from the server. We are using the same methodology to have access of pst file in Outlook
There is always the good or bad, advantage or disadvantage of any methods associated with any technology not specific to particular email technology. In the same way the above-mentioned methods have their own pros and cons. It can’t be used for every case. The import of Mac Outlook Works only with the healthy pst file. It does not recognized the corrupt or damaged pst file. You have to make sure that pst file is free from any error. Import Outlook PST in Mac Outlook via the IMAP protocol is the good thought but it does not considers the other items of Outlook PST file such as calendars, tasks etc.
There is always the possibility of getting error when try to import PST in Mac Outlook such as Outlook has encountered the problem & need to Close. For such type of errors you have to make sure that your Mac Outlook is updated. Apart from this if the pst file not in healthy state then you can use PST Repair tool to easily repair unhealthy pst file. After using this software you are able to import Outlook PST in Mac Outlook.