Methods to Export Emails Data from Mac Outlook OLM to Gmail

Summary – If you are looking for a method to migrate emails, contacts from Mac Outlook OLM to Gmail, so you are visited in the right place. This blog will describe manual as well as automated methods on How to import OLM to Gmail.

Microsoft Outlook is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems. Outlook for Mac create OLM file and Windows Outlook create PST & OST file to store mailbox items.

We all know migrate mailboxes from one platform to another is often difficult; One such migration is OLM to Gmail. We cannot directly import OLM to Gmail. We have to go through the different phases that are described below.

Manual Method to Import Mac Outlook OLM to Gmail

We can import OLM email, contact, and calendar into Gmail manually, to do this task we have to configure the Gmail account with Outlook for Mac. Follow the given steps to accomplish this task.

Procedure of Importing Mac Outlook OLM into Gmail

We will migrate the OLM email to Gmail by configuring Gmail with Mac Outlook. But before start the process, we have to enable the IMAP option from Gmail –

Step 1 – Enable IMAP Option in Outlook

1. Sign in Gmail account and click on the setting icon.
2. In the setting page, click on the Forwarding and POP / IMAP tab.
3. Click on “IMAP Access” and choose to Enable IMAP and click on Save changes.

Now, configure Gmail with the Mac Outlook email application.

Step 2 – Configure Gmail Account in Mac Outlook

1. Open Outlook email client, click Outlook >> Preference >> Accounts.
2. In Account Window, click on (+) and select Add Account.
3. Now, enter the Gmail account email ID and Password.
4. “Microsoft Apps & Service wants to access your Google Account” screen appear on your screen, click on Allow.
5. After then, “Open Microsoft Outlook?” will appear on your screen, select Open Microsoft Outlook.
6. Click on Done, now you can access Gmail in Mac Outlook.

Gmail is successfully configured in Outlook. Now we have to import data into Gmail.

Step 3 – Export OLM data into Gmail

1. In Mac Outlook, select a folder that contains data that you want to import to Gmail.
2. Now, right-click on the folder and select Move or Copy to folder button.
3. In this Window, choose the Gmail label name from the list, and then click copy.
4. Click on Send / Receive to export all OLM emails to Gmail account.

Procedure for Importing Mac Outlook OLM into Gmail

To export contacts from Mac Outlook OLM to Gmail, first, we have to extract contacts from Mac Outlook, then import them into Gmail. Follow the steps to do this task.

1. Open Mac Outlook >> Go to File >> click on Export.
2. In the Export window, select the Contact to a list (tab) option.
3. Now, enter the file name and select destination location & click on the Save button.
4. Contact successfully exported click on Done.

Contacts are exported in a .txt file, but the problem is still there because you can’t import this text file Gmail. To import Mac Outlook contacts into Gmail we need contacts in the CSV file. Follow Steps –

1. Right-click on the .txt file and open with Microsoft Excel.
2. Now, go to File >> Save As. Select MS-DOC Comma Separated (.csv).
3. Click on the Save button.

Now, we are ready to import this CSV file into Gmail. Follow the steps to import contacts from OLM to Gmail.

1. Login Gmail account, click on Google Apps Icon >> Contacts.
2. Now, click on the Import option to add contacts in Gmail.
3. Click on Select File option and browse .csv file. Once the file is selected click on Import.

Automated Method to Import Mac Outlook OLM to Gmail

We recommended an automated method to upload OLM files to Gmail because after working with manual methods we have found manual procedure is time-consuming and complicated as well. You will need lots of time and technical knowledge to migrate OLM to Gmail manually.

To overcome & easily export data (emails, contacts, calendars, etc) from OLM to Gmail you have to use OLM to PST converter.

The tool will help you simplify the complications of this task. By using the tool you can export data in PST file extension in a single process.

After converting data into a PST file, you need to import data into Gmail. To do this task, you can use the GSMMO tool.

Conclusion

In this blog, we have covered methods to import OLM to the Gmail account. Both automated & manual processes are described in this blog you can select anyone. If you do not want the complication of the manual way then you have to use suggested automated to migrate emails, contacts, calendars, etc items from Mac Outlook OLM to Gmail.