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Considering a switch from Apple Mail for Mac to Microsoft Outlook but confused? Wondering if this platform switch will be fine for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. In this definitive guide, we will show the difference between both of these email clients and the best possible solutions to export Apple Mail to Outlook 2016 \/ 2019.<\/p>\n

Introduction: Apple Mail vs Microsoft Outlook \u2013 Read This First!<\/h2>\n

Switching from one emailing platform to another is really a tough task, especially when you don\u2019t want to leave your old data back. Apple Mail (aka Mac Mail) and Microsoft Outlook are two big names today and we often get confused about which is the best for our business. Therefore, below we are describing the main difference between these two widely used email services so that you can pick the best one:<\/p>\n

Apple Mail \u2013<\/strong> by default installed on any Mac, beloved by several Mac users. The beauty of this email client is that it not just works seamlessly but provides so many amazing features to keep emails organized on your Mac device.<\/p>\n

With Apple Mail, we can write\/send\/receive\/organize emails into folders using keyboard shortcuts and can access it through IMAP or the web. It supports all the primary services such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, iCloud, Exchange, etc., and works great with all.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft Outlook –<\/strong> The most powerful and completely personal email information manager worldwide. It\u2019s an email program that works under almost all platforms including Windows, Mac, Web, etc. It works best when it comes to sending, receive or managing emails.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Outlook is a part of the Microsoft Office package and can be used as a stand-alone application. From applying signatures on the emails to the combination of SharePoint, there are a lot of handy functions offered by Outlook.<\/p>\n

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Reasons Why Users Export Apple Mail to Outlook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Apple Mail<\/strong><\/td>\nMicrosoft Outlook<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple Mail has no concept of email forwarding. It still works the same as it did a few years ago<\/td>\n\n
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The user interface of MS Outlook is highly responsive and clear. Though it uses fewer pixels but makes the Inbox email 30% more visible<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple Mail is not good at archiving emails. Sometimes you will find the archived emails popping into your inbox<\/td>\n\n
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Outlook allows to change the number of lines displayed in message preview and makes it easy for the end-users to have more information about the email<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple is not upgrading emailing features in Mac Mail and not working after macOS Mojave Upgrade<\/td>\n\n
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MS Outlook users can perform a specific search based on their needs and create virtual folders that contain the elements to meet certain criteria<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple Mail becomes slow and crashes a lot after macOS Mojave upgrade. Every time users need to re-launch the Mac Mail<\/td>\n\n
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Users can open multiple Windows in Outlook to perform email, programming or other tasks and switch windows easily without any application crash issues<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missing folders is another very common issue in Apple Mail and users started facing it more after the macOS Mojave update<\/td>\n\n
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Outlook automates the redundant email<\/a> cleaning process from a folder or thread. While cleaning File \/ Options \/ Mail Conversation Cleaning, one can change the default options<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Two Methods to Export Apple Mail to Outlook 2016 \/ 2019<\/h3>\n

Since there is no direct approach to perform the migration because both of the email clients are very different. Apple Mail uses MBOX and Outlook uses PST file format to save the mailbox data. Therefore, to convert Apple Mail to Outlook, we have to convert the mailbox to PST. Below are two different methods to do the same:<\/p>\n

#1. Migrate Mac Mail Data Manually (The Slow and Obvious Way)<\/h3>\n