- A pop-up messaging is offering the new version to Outlook for Mac users, but only once they agree to try the new design does Microsoft reveal that certain types of email account - namely IMAP.
- In general importing an Windows PST file on Outlook for Mac works fine. I have done it on several occasions. Is it possible you are using an IMAP or Exchange account on your Windows computer? If that's the case make sure all emails are fully downloaded and locally stored.
Original KB number: 2800895
If you already have a copy of Outlook for Mac, simply launch it, choose File Import, select Outlook Data File (.pst or.olm) in the first Import window, click the Next button, select Outlook for. To transfer messages and other items from a Windows-based computer to a Mac, Outlook for Mac can import Outlook Data Files (.pst) that were created in Outlook for Windows. Transfer the.pst file from.
We do not recommend that you change the default location of your Profile folder for Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac, or your Identity folder for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to an external hard disk or to a network. Additionally, using a mail identity or profile that is located on an external hard disk or on a network is not supported in either version of Outlook for Mac.
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Outlook 2016 for Mac caches your mail items in a profile in your home folder at the following location:
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles
Can A Windows Outlook Mail Backup Be Used On Outlook For Macbook Pro
Outlook for Mac 2011 caches your mail items in an identity in your home folder at the following location:
Can A Windows Outlook Mail Backup Be Used On Outlook For Mac Os
Original KB number: 2800895
If you already have a copy of Outlook for Mac, simply launch it, choose File Import, select Outlook Data File (.pst or.olm) in the first Import window, click the Next button, select Outlook for. To transfer messages and other items from a Windows-based computer to a Mac, Outlook for Mac can import Outlook Data Files (.pst) that were created in Outlook for Windows. Transfer the.pst file from.
We do not recommend that you change the default location of your Profile folder for Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac, or your Identity folder for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to an external hard disk or to a network. Additionally, using a mail identity or profile that is located on an external hard disk or on a network is not supported in either version of Outlook for Mac.
More information
Outlook 2016 for Mac caches your mail items in a profile in your home folder at the following location:
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles
Can A Windows Outlook Mail Backup Be Used On Outlook For Macbook Pro
Outlook for Mac 2011 caches your mail items in an identity in your home folder at the following location:
Can A Windows Outlook Mail Backup Be Used On Outlook For Mac Os
Can A Windows Outlook Mail Backup Be Used On Outlook For Mac Osx
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities
Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported.
