Transfer Contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook

Approved By Aswin Vijayan

Published On January 24th, 2024

Reading Time 4 Minutes Reading

Category Outlook

Nowadays we all know that contacts play an important role in our life also they’re tough to memorize so we just save them in our drives. Now the question arises, what if we don’t have access to that drive in which our contacts are stored and we need to transfer contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook.

Suppose you are a Mac user and you saved your contacts in Mac Outlook but after some time you switch your OS from Mac to Windows. And now you need to access those contacts in Windows Outlook so what will you do!!

You will think about how to export contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook. Stop thinking, start doing. Here we’ll provide you with both manual and automatic solutions for exporting Mac Outlook contacts.

How to Export Contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook Manually?

Since there is no direct method of transferring contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook. So, follow the guidelines given below:

Step 1. Export Contacts from Mac Outlook
Open Mac Outlook then select the File option within the menu bar then press the Export button

Then, select the Contacts option.
Assign the name to the contact file and select the destination folder.

Click on the Save button to start the process

Now your contacts get exported in text format which isn’t supported by Windows Outlook. Therefore, you’ve to convert the Text file into CSV format before importing it into Windows Outlook.

Step 2: Convert Text File into CSV format
Open the exported text file using MS Excel

Select the File option from the menu bar and click on Save As

Choose MS-DOS Comma Separated Value (.CSV) file format

Then click on the Save button

Finally, your document gets converted into CSV format which is now suitable to import into Windows Outlook.

Now you can import the CSV file into Windows Outlook easily.

Read More: Open OLM file in Excel Mac

Demerits of Manual Method

1. As on user mapping, many of the contacts stray or tempered during the transfer of them and also get merged.

2. It doesn’t maintain the integrity and consistency of data.

3. You also might face duplicate and data loss issues

Also Read: How to open orphan PST file Emails Without Outlook

So, think twice before using this manual method to transfer contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook. If you’ll perform this method the danger is all yours.

Now, what’s next? Or what’s the secure method to export Mac Outlook contact? Is there the other way to do it?
Just wait and browse the upcoming part very carefully!! Now we’ll tell you about the automated tool which can transfer your contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook in a secure way.

Automated Tool to Export Contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook

Outlook Mac Exporter is a tool used to transfer contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook. This tool supports the OLM file generated by Mac Outlook and converts it into PST format for Windows Outlook.

Steps to Export Contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook

Download OLM Contacts Migrator Tool and open it

Add the OLM file by clicking on the Add File button then Browse the file by clicking the Browse button.

After selecting the file click on the button and then Add File button to initiate the scanning process…

Select the contacts you simply want to export then hit the Export button.

Select the PST choice to export contacts in PST format

advance settings

Then press the Browse button to pick the destination folder

Hit the Export button and wait until the method gets completed

Click on the OK button after that press the Save button to save the report in CSV format.

Then OK.

Pro Tip: Now open your Windows Outlook and import the exported PST file into it.

This is how you export contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook without errors. The exported contacts are within the Archive folder access them according to your needs.

Conclusion

In this article, you have learned both methods of how to export contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook. But, if you would like to transfer contacts from Mac Outlook to Windows Outlook in a more secure form then it is recommended to go for the automated solution because it’ll save your time and effort. Also, if you are a non-technical user then the automated tool is best for you, and you do not have to be compelled to study any technical things.