ABFiller: Importing Outlook Contacts made easy
I’ve blogged three ways to import
A freeware utility called ABFiller simplifies the process enormously, reducing it to six mouse clicks.
- Open the app.
- Select File > Open.
- Navigate to your
PST file . - Select it and click Open.
- Click OK in the next dialog to being importing.
- Click OK when the process is finished.
Good news for switchers everywhere! I wish I had known about this when I was
ABFiller is freeware and available from the developer’s web site.
{Thanks, Andreas!].
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July 8th, 2007 at 3:28 am
Just moved to mac, and i have spent a great deal of time trying to move my contacts and mail from outlook on my XP machine, i found a great utility (MessageSave) that exported the files in .mbox and .vsf formats which were easily imported in my mac. Its a commercial product, but there is a trial version which is limited to 50 records per export.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:17 pm
You can also use Thunderbird under windows to convert to mbox first.