Complete Guideline To Convert OST to Mac Mail

Offline Storage Table (OST) is associated with Outlook when it is utilized in synchronization by Exchange Server. It saves the replica of the complete data saved in Exchange server mailbox with which it is associated. For each mailbox that exists on Exchange Server, a separate OST file is created for each mailbox, when Outlook is configured with Exchange. However, many times there are the situations when user needs to convert their data from Outlook offline OST to Mac Mail. In the following section, we will discuss the reason and way to perform the conversion from OST to Mac Mail.

In the present arena, many organizations need the best practice, regulatory compliance and industry standards to manage and maintain email data for extensive period of time. It plays an important role in the business continuity. Nowadays, there are various email applications available in the online market for the management of emails in proper form such as Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, etc. Microsoft Outlook is a far-famed email client deployed for exchanging mails both at personal as well as professional level. Every email client possesses a backend database, which stores its entire data. Same is with Outlook, it stores the entire data in two backend files- OST file and PST file. The structure as well as storage format of both of the mentioned files of Outlook vary greatly.

Need to Import OST file into Mac Mail

Reasons can be many, but the basic need for importing mails from Offline OST to Mac Mail usually arises when users are looking forward for a cross-platform migration. After migration, they usually need to keep continuing with their previous mails. Therefore, when a user migrates from Exchange OST to Mac Mail, it is important for them to import all the mails to Mac Mail mailbox. Since the direct importing is not possible as both the email applications support distinguished file formats, certain procedures need to be followed.

Technique to Convert Offline OST File to Mac Mail

As it is already mentioned above that, there is no direct method to import OST file to Mac Mail. Therefore, you need to perform the conversion of OST file PST. To perform Outlook OST (Offline) file conversion you can use software. Then you need to import converted file into Outlook 2016.

Import .pst into Outlook 2016

Once the OST file is converted then you can import the converted file in Outlook 2016 because it supports Mac OS X by following the given steps:

Step 1 - Open Outlook 2016 in your machine.

Step 2 - Once it is open, go to file menu >> choose Open and Export >> click on Import /Export option.

click on import

Step 3 - Choose an option import from another program or file and click next.

Step 4 -Select Outlook Data File>> click Next option.

select data file

Step 5 - Now, browse PST file from the stored location and choose an option to remove duplication >> click Next.

Step 6 - Enter the password and click ok.

Step 7 - Select Mailbox option, if you are importing contents from .pst file. Otherwise, select import items into current folder option.

Step 8 - Once it is done click on Finish option.

Once the files are imported now, it can be easily viewed in Outlook 2016. Now, you can drag and drop a folder from Outlook to the Desktop as .mbox file (this is a new feature of MAC Outlook 2016). Therefore, we get MBOX files and Mac Mail supports .mbox file format to store its data. Now, import OST to MBOX Mac.

Import MBOX into Mac Mail

Now, import the .mbox files in Mac Mail so that you can easily utilize

Step 1 - Open Apple Mail in your system.

Step 2 - Click file option >> click on “Import Mailboxes.”

Step 3 - Check the "files in MBOX format" option >> click Continue.

Step 4 - Choose your MBOX files in the next window and click Continue.

Once it is done, one can easily utilize OST file in Mac Mail by using the mentioned step in systematic form.

Conclusion

As there are numerous of email applications available in the market, users need to migrate OST file data to Mac Mail but they do not know the way to perform the conversion. In the above discussion, we have discussed the way to perform the data conversion from Outlook Offline OST to Mac Mail.