Migrating Outlook to iMail, iCalendar, and AddressBook
Well it is finally time to start getting serious about this conversion - migrating from Microsoft Outlook. As I mentioned in a previous entry I plan to try and use the built in Apple application and stay away from the Microsoft Office product line.
The first step was trying to find a utility to help migrate my Outlook data files. Because I am using IMAP for email that conversion was not a problem and went well via a secondary Google mail account.
After searching for something to convert my email and calendar, I came across many different options and I was swaying towards the cheap (as in $10) method and going with O2M from which was recommended by many people including a colleague of mine. I started to surf on over to O2M when I had a Duh moment!
Sitting right next to me was my Thinkpad syncing up to my Blackberry device. So with the light bulb now glowing over my head I quickly diverted my browser to the Blackberry web site and download their PocketMac desktop client. After a excruciating install (so far the worst MAC installer I have used so far) and a required system restart as indicated by the installer. I managed to pull off my contacts and calendar (there is a known issue with todos not syncing with the current version) entries.
Outlook to Mac conversion complete!
The first step was trying to find a utility to help migrate my Outlook data files. Because I am using IMAP for email that conversion was not a problem and went well via a secondary Google mail account.
After searching for something to convert my email and calendar, I came across many different options and I was swaying towards the cheap (as in $10) method and going with O2M from which was recommended by many people including a colleague of mine. I started to surf on over to O2M when I had a Duh moment!
Sitting right next to me was my Thinkpad syncing up to my Blackberry device. So with the light bulb now glowing over my head I quickly diverted my browser to the Blackberry web site and download their PocketMac desktop client. After a excruciating install (so far the worst MAC installer I have used so far) and a required system restart as indicated by the installer. I managed to pull off my contacts and calendar (there is a known issue with todos not syncing with the current version) entries.
Outlook to Mac conversion complete!
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