Comments on David Alison's Blog: Outlook PST files and Mac - conversion time

I did want to convert my 7 GB PST to mbox format, ...

2010-05-02T00:49:26.622-04:00

I did want to convert my 7 GB PST to mbox format, so try with multiple utility but not able to do successfully,at last one of my friend suggest me to try PST Converter Pro and i try that with demo version it will convert all without any error,i use this utility it is really useful and you cant compare with all existing email conversion utility,its really too much high in rank and cost wise only $10,thanks to PST COnverter Pro team to create such a great tool.

Keep it up guys.....

Thank you David, I am a Microsoft Outlook user. Fe...

2010-04-14T10:02:58.029-04:00

Thank you David, I am a Microsoft Outlook user. Few days ago, I got an error in outlook. I was unable to open outlook. I tried Inbox repair tool to fix outlook file, but it could not help me. After that I contacted with Repair Outlook PST file. They are Outlook pst expert, they repaired my pst file.

Hi, that's all very nice indeed, but what if all I...

2009-09-16T20:28:02.032-04:00

Hi, that's all very nice indeed, but what if all I really want is my notes and contacts and calendar from the PST file? How can I convert that to entourage?

I tried O2M and MessageSave without success. Email...

2009-08-13T06:29:05.810-04:00

I tried O2M and MessageSave without success. EmailChemy works many times better (and keeps the folder structure intact)

Cheers, H.

Know good similar tool which recover data-pst reco...

2009-05-05T13:03:00.000-04:00

Know good similar tool which recover data-pst recovery programs,as far as I know is free,it can process PST and OST files and extract all critical data, no need to wait, it is very fast,supports all Microsoft Windows operating systems, starting from Windows 98 to Windows Vista,working with Outlook pst data recovery software and .pst recovery program,will recreate folder structure and all messages, which are found in your mailbox,preview the results and make sure, that all emails are successfully repaired.

No. You have to pay for that Emailchemy or what ev...

2008-09-30T18:50:00.000-04:00

No. You have to pay for that Emailchemy or what ever that thing is called. Using the free software from Mozilla or that "http://alioth.debian.org/projects/libpst/" is the way to go. THEY ARE FREE! and THEY WORK BETTER! I have explored all the options listed in this forum, and the thunderbird route is def the way to go! simple, easy and reletively fast (depending on the size of said pst file). just do it already!

I, too, was hoping to switch to a Mac and was conc...

2008-08-26T19:24:00.000-04:00

I, too, was hoping to switch to a Mac and was concerned about losing my *.pst files. From this discussion it appears that emailchemy is the way to go. the real reason I want to save the .pst files is to preserve the attachments. Can anyone confirm that the attachments will be more-or-less unaffected?
Thanks.
Clem

EmailChemy works on a Mac without needing a pc and...

2008-07-26T08:14:00.000-04:00

EmailChemy works on a Mac without needing a pc and outlook installed to convert the PST files you have backed up. I just tested it and I am so glad to see I don't need to use a pc and outlook installed to make it convert. YESSSSSS!

http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/index.html

Michael

I heard about not bad application, Pst fix, it may...

2008-07-17T10:55:00.000-04:00

I heard about not bad application, Pst fix, it may recover after data file may be damaged by an unexpected power failure, a hardware or network crash and a number of other external factors, program will help you recover your information from a crashed Outlook installation, fix pst file and carry on with your tasks as before – all that done in mere seconds.

@Derek: You should check out Emailchemy.

2008-07-07T20:22:00.000-04:00

@Derek: You should check out Emailchemy.

My problem is my PC has died. I have back-up Outl...

2008-07-07T16:37:00.000-04:00

My problem is my PC has died. I have back-up Outlook.PST and Archive.PST files on my external drive, question is how do I convert them to MBOX without the PC? Very frustrating as I was hoping to move to a Mac but this issue may force me to stay in the PC camp. Damn! Comments please.
Derek

@Kim: It does mail, vCard (vcf) files for your con...

2008-06-25T07:33:00.000-04:00

@Kim: It does mail, vCard (vcf) files for your contacts and iCal (ics) files for your calendar events.

Hi David,Does the O2M also convert Calendar and Co...

2008-06-25T02:55:00.000-04:00

Hi David,
Does the O2M also convert Calendar and Contacts etc from Win Outlook or is it only mail?
I'm looking for a solution to convert the entire lot not just the email...
Thanks
Kim

@HotelNighty: I don't believe the RFC-2822 (MBOX) ...

2008-05-18T02:32:00.000-04:00

@HotelNighty: I don't believe the RFC-2822 (MBOX) supports a folder model so if you have lots of sub folders in a PST file you will end up being stuck with lots of MBOX folders files as well.

You may want to consider Emailchemy instead of O2M - based on what people have said in the comments it may be a better solution.

Hi David,I had as well as PetieG, problems with th...

2008-05-17T21:47:00.000-04:00

Hi David,

I had as well as PetieG, problems with the mbox files - after using O2M all the Subfolder where shown with the ending .mbox in Apple Mail and only after renaming all Subfolder by deleting the .mbox ending Apple was able to read the content inside the Subfolders.

With more than 1500 Subfolders and not so Computer literate it took me a weekend to do the job manually.

I wasn't happy and still look for another solution to do the conversion with my other archive files yet.

Here's a free solution that worked for me:1) Insta...

2008-05-11T17:15:00.000-04:00

Here's a free solution that worked for me:

1) Install libpst

http://alioth.debian.org/projects/libpst/

2) Use the readpst utility installed in step 1) above to convert pst files to Unix mbox format

Allan

3) Import into Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.

It's not 100% perfect (attachments may not be converted properly), but I'm happy if I can get the body text and the names of the senders and recipients.

@Ian: I don't actually carry it around. As a matte...

2008-05-08T17:35:00.000-04:00

@Ian: I don't actually carry it around. As a matter of fact, my inbox rarely has more than 5 or so e-mails parked in it for very long. I like the historical aspect of it, that's all. Sometimes it's nice to find that long forgotten account number from an e-mail from several years ago.

sounds like you need a better GTD process - why ca...

2008-05-08T14:43:00.000-04:00

sounds like you need a better GTD process - why carry 10 years of communication around your neck?

David,you could've done it for free, and pretty ea...

2008-05-08T06:03:00.000-04:00

David,

you could've done it for free, and pretty easy too ;)

Install Thunderbird on your pc. Have it import your mail from Outlook.

Install Thunderbird on your Mac.

Transfer the Thundebird mail folders to your mac.

Have Mail.app import from Thunderbird.

That's the way I did it, that's the way dad did it, and that's how Denmark does it !

(Sorry, couldn't help myself, I just love the new Ironman movie ;) ).

Anyway, it's how I did it, and it doesn't take that long, plus it's free. Works too.

@Petieg: O2M does have the ability to select a dat...

2008-05-07T22:01:00.000-04:00

@Petieg: O2M does have the ability to select a data range. If the file is too large you may want to try breaking it up into smaller chunks.

O2M is a great little product... but I seem to hav...

2008-05-07T21:51:00.000-04:00

O2M is a great little product... but I seem to have problems importing the MBOX files it creates that are over ~900MB -- Mail.app crashes...

I did the same thing Dean outlined... hooked outlo...

2008-05-07T21:01:00.000-04:00

I did the same thing Dean outlined... hooked outlook up to Gmail via IMAP and moved all my messages from the local pst fodlers to Gmail folders.

Dave I recently used O2M and agree the interface i...

2008-05-07T16:52:00.000-04:00

Dave I recently used O2M and agree the interface is neolithic but it worked fine with one Outlook PST of over 15.5GB with thousands of attachments. The tip I have is that it seems to work better in Apple Mail if you run the exports through Entourage first and clean up the database first before importing into Apple Mail. Major difference in performance.

Phillip
Mac IT guy

Emailchemy again. If you have to pull mail from a...

2008-05-07T14:19:00.000-04:00

Emailchemy again. If you have to pull mail from an Exchange server then Apple Mail often won't work for you. In that case you need to use Entourage or a VM and the real Outlook to pull mail. Emailchemy can be run over and over to keep pulling that mail into Apple Mail.

I'd suggest using Mozilla Thunderbird on Windows t...

2008-05-07T13:54:00.000-04:00

I'd suggest using Mozilla Thunderbird on Windows to do the conversion. It creates MBOX files, and it's free. I've used it to migrate 5 GB of PST files to mail.app for my wife and myself.