Import Outlook Express (PC) emails into Mail
I tried this procedure with Outlook Express 6.0+, which uses .dbx files. Thunderbird (the latest available as of this posting) did not import anything at all. After reading other posts on the web, I used the free DbxConv to convert the .dbx files to .mbx files on the PC. I then copied these to OS X Tiger (on an Intel Mac), changed the extensions to .mbox, and then imported them into Mail (using the Other option). It worked quite well. [robg adds: I can't test this one, but it's a popular question. So if you try this, please comment here with the results -- how well did everything transfer into Mail?]
published on Friday, the 10. November 2006, macosxhints
Move mail from OS 9 Outlook Express to an Intel Mac
The problem:A friend has all his emails in Outlook Express on a G3 iMac running only Mac OS 9, and he wants to move them to his new Intel iMac. Unfortunately, Mail's import feature requires Outlook Express to be running. Thusly you need Classic, but Intel Macs don't have Classic. The solution: Part 1: Import from Outlook to MailOn a PowerPC Mac with Mac OS X, create a new user account, ImportUser, with admin privileges (System Preferences -> Accounts -> + button). Login as this user. After the importing, we will delete this account.Run Outlook Express in Classic (found in /Applications (Mac OS 9) -> Outlook Express 5.02 Folder -> Outlook Express) under this new user account to set up its initial directories, then quit Outlook.Copy the contents of /Documents -> Microsoft User Data from the Mac OS 9 computer to /Users -> ImportUser -> Documents -> Microsoft User Data on the PowerPC Mac OS X computer...
published on Wednesday, the 18. October 2006, macosxhints
Control Entourage from the keyboard
This might be old news for some of you, but it wasn't to me, so here it is... I just discovered this today (after having used Entourage since 2001, and Outlook Express since 1999): you can cycle through the panes in Entourag...
published on Monday, the 3. April 2006, macosxhints