Importing from MS outlook to iCal

Could anyone tell me how to import a calendar that is in a pst file into iCal. The pst file was made from a Windows based MS Outlook calendar.

Have you worked this out as i want to do same?

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How do I import my address book from MS Outlook and NOT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
Thanks in advance

Ed,
the simplest solution is to convert your Outlook PST file to standard mbox files using Thunderbird - TB on the PC imports Outlook data just fine and - unlike the other proposed solution - is free. When you install TB on your PC for the first time, it will ask you to import your Outlook data.
Once you have all your mail messages in mbox format, you can import them into Mail. However, instead of using Mail's "Import" feature to do so, I would propose you use Eudora Mailbox Cleaner for this - the program can also import TB mailboxes to Apple Mail and will preserve all your message status flags (read, replied, ...):
http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/
Andreas

Import from Windows Outlook 2000 to Entourage 2004

Just bought the G5 and I'm trying to migrate from Outlook 2000 to Entourage.
My Outlook .pst file is ~212Mbyte. I have tried exporting it as a .pst file but Entourage does not recognize the import file type.
I have read through a prior thread titled "importing to mail from Outlook 2000 PC" that directs me to use Thunderbird on the PC and Eudora Mailbox cleaner on the iMac - but I looks like the topic was related to iMail and not Entourage.
Can anyone who has gone through this give me some clear steps and links? Note I am running Outlook 2000 and not Outlook express on the old dell. I have seen some directions to push all my old email to an exchange server as a 3rd party, but this seems excessive. I have a 10G external hard drive so moving files between PC and iMac is not a problem.
thanks

Answered my own question.
Bought the software package Outlook2Mac from Little Machines for $10 after seeing it mentioned in a few threads.
Was able to move Mail, Contacts and Calender to iMac
all the mail messages were market as unread, and I had to choose between work and home for the contact addresses, but it got the job done.

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The iCal prommpts me to import "Entourage" but does not allow for Outlook 2010? How do you import from Outlook 2010?

Greetings,
I'm thinking you mean Outlook 2011 as Microsoft called its calendar and contact manager for mac "Entourage" until the release of MS Office 2011 (which included Outlook 2011).
Saddly, Outlook 2011 does not include an option to export its calendar content as .ics files which is the calendar standard used by iCal.
However, Microsoft does allow you to sync your information to iCal.
Before doing any troubleshooting I would recommend backing up your data (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553). Calendars and contacts tend to be important to people and are complex in nature which increases the chances of mishaps.
Make sure you have installed all software updates from Apple by going to Apple > Software Update.
Make sure you have installed all software updates for your Microsoft software (Open Outlook and then go to Help > Check for Updates).
Restart your computer (Apple Menu > Restart).
Now you can sync Outlook calendar content into iCal following this article from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2452489.
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Entourage 2008 - Importing from Outlook 2007 ???

Hi guys, just got a MacBook Pro this week and I had reserved a copy of Office 2008 which I got today.
It's great because that's what I was waiting for to put my PC on sale
BUT i was astonished to see that there's not the option to import pst files in Entourage ??
I was using Office 2007 for PC therefore Outlook 2007.
The only way we can export stuff is by creating .PST files, so you can backup all your contacts, your messages with attachements and your calendar (which are my 3 priorities).
Using the equivalent application from Microsoft but for the Mac, that is : Entourage 2008, there's not the option to import .pst ?? What the heck ??
So please guys if you know a way to export my stuff (messages, contacts and calendar) from Outlook 2007 PC to Entourage 2008 MAC, please let me know !!!
THANK YOU !!

Hey guys,
I don't want to be repeting by here's the way I worked this out :
EMAILS
First I installed Thunderbird on my Win computer.
Then I imported from outlook. It took a while since my PST was like 3 Gb.
At first I was crashing it but then I let it work for a try and it imported everything perfectly, but not showing any progress bar during the process.
Second, I searched Thunderbird help for the way to export in MBOX, and it pointed out that I sould get a plug-in, which I did.
Third, having installed the plug-in, I had a tool menu for exporting. Only thing I had to do is select each folder one by one and export them using this plug-in, I only had to add .MBOX extention to every file.
Finally, when you get these files in OS X with entourage, you just drag and drop them in entourage and them import perfectly.
That did the job for me anyways.
CONTACTS
Send yourself emails of contacts !
I sent myself email (with the WORK OFFLINE option so I wouldn't receive them in outlook) in the contacts from outlook.
As you can imagine, I totally got rid of Outlook, and of Windows actually, by now but as I remember it when you right click on a contact you have an item that's called something like "send full information of contact through email".
So to keep my categories I sent one email per categories.
Back in entourage, I had to save attachements, import them, put them in a category.
Then next email, etc. and so on.
CALENDAR
I haven't found a way to do this but what I did was : In outlook you have a way to display your calendar events by a list, so I just made a couple of print screen of that list and I put the future events that I wanted to keep in Entourage.
And the conclusion is :
Well I said byebye to Entourage because I don't need MS Exchange support and I hate Microsoft more and more everyday so I'm using Mail, Address Book and iCal now
But I could easily import from entourage into all of these.
The only microsoft apps I still are the must-have : word, excel and powerpoint 2008.

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Through Windows Migration Assistant I have migrated my outlook calendar to iCal, but it has created a new user. Any way to migrate the calendar to my original user iCal? If not, anyway to get the info from the new user's calendar to the original user iCal? Did try and export the calendar and import it in origianl user iCal but it has taken over an hour to import?? Any suggestions?
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I'm trying to import contacts to outlook 2011 from a cvs file. I've followed all the steps, mapped the fields, etc. It appears to import all 900 contacts, but after finishing nothing appears in my contact list. Any ideas on why this is not working?

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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Import contacts from old outlook 2013 to new Outlook 2013

I recently had to get a new computer. I removed the boot drive from the old computer and installed it as drive F on the new computer. This worked great in recovering my large data files. However, drive F contains an instance of Outlook 2013
as does drive C. How do I copy to or import drive F's contact info to the new Outlook 2013 contacts? I do not need the old email messages as I already have gotten them from the email service provider.

Hi
As per the information and details provided by you, to import contacts from old Outlook 2013 to the new Outlook 2013 please follow these steps: -
Collect Files from the Old Computer
First, you need the PST from your old computer. In most cases, they will be in the default location Outlook uses. To quickly access the default PST location outside of
Outlook, paste this line in Windows Explorer’s address bar:
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Copy the Files to the New Computer
Now, you will copy the PSTs to the new computer. If you have several PSTs in the folder and are not sure which one is the one with your data, look at the file dates and
file sizes. If you have 265KB PST files, they are empty and don’t need to be moved.
Paste the following line into the address bar.
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
In this folder you will have the NK2, SRS, XML, outlprnt, and VBA project files.
Open the AppData Roaming folder using the following command and copy the NK2 file to the folder.
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook
Create a Profile
After the PST file is on the local drive, type mail in the start search field on the
Start menu or go to Control Panel, Mail then opens the profile dialog. (If you use the
Category view, mail is under the Users group; in Win 64-bit, Mail is under 32-bit application.
Click the Show Profile button.
Click Add to create a new profile.
Enter a descriptive name for your profile.
Enter the name you want to use for your display name, your email address, and your password.
Add Your Existing Data File (PST) to the Profile
If you have an Outlook data file PST, and you want to use with your new profile, then please follow these steps: -
Select the newly created profile, then click Properties.
Click Data files button to open Account Setting dialog to the Data files tab.
Click Add then browse to your existing PST file.
If the PST is a native Outlook 2003/2007 file type, choose the top entry for the Outlook Personal File. Click Ok.
Select your existing PST file.
You can enter a friendly name or just click OK to return the Account Settings dialog.
Click the Sets as Default button. Select the PST Outlook created when it created the profile and click Remove. If you want, click Open folder to find and deletes this PST.
I hope this information will be helpful for you.
Thanks and regards
Shweta@G

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How can i import my calendar events from google calendar to ical?

how can i import my calendar events from google calendar to ical?

To set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in Apple's iCal, follow these steps:
Open Apple iCal, go to Preferences and then the Accounts tab.
Click on the + button to add an account.
In the box that pops up, enter a description for the account and your Google Account username and password.
Under Server Options, add the following URL:
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/[email protected]/user//www.google.com/calendar/dav/[email protected]/user
Replace '[email protected]' with the email address that you use to log in to Calendar. Make sure to include the '@domain.com' portion (which is @gmail.com for Gmail users) in this section.
DO NOT substitute your username for 'user' at the end of the URL.
Leave the Use Kerberos v5 for authentication option unchecked.
Click Add.
Under the Delegation tab, select the calendars you'd like to add to iCal by checking the boxes next to them. You may need to hit refresh to get the latest list of calendars.
Add your email address to your Address Book card by selecting Add Email. You'll be prompted to add your email address only if your address is not already in your Address Book.
You won't be able to invite or email guests to Google Calendar events within iCal if your address is not in your Address Book.
Your Google Calendar will now appear in iCal's list of calendars, and changes you make to your Google Calendar in iCal will be reflected when you sign in to Google Calendar.
Event information will automatically refresh every five minutes. You can change this interval by opening the iCal > Preferences > Accounts menu and selecting a new refresh interval under the 'Refresh calendars' drop-down. Keep in mind you can also force a refresh by selecting a calendar and pressing the Apple and R keys at the same time.
Calendars that are checked but disabled have already been added to iCal - you can remove them from within iCal.

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I am anxiously awaiting delivery of my new 24 inch iMac and I've got tons of contacts and calendar data to export from MS Outlook in PC to my new Mac. I also got loads of emails to export from MS Outlook Express to Mac Mail which I'm beginning to fear.
Would be a real relief if someone can provide some hints or ideas. Thanks a million.

Using Entourage - Importing from Outlook XP

I'm not sure where to post this question so I thought I would try here. I would like to import a .pst file (Outlook XP file from my PC) into Entourage 2004. Is there any way to do this?
I noticed that using the import function in Entourage shows an import selection from Outlook Express 5. Perhaps I should export a .pst file from Outlook XP and then import it into Outlook Express 5, then create a new .pst file and import it into Entourage? I'm lost and the Microsoft help site is kind of useless.
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kayjh

Hi kay,
Quite why MS didn't make it easy to shift email from one of their own products to another one from the beginning is beyond me!
There are a variety of workarounds.
see
http://www.riches.com.au/articles/export-outlook-entourage.htm
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/crossplatform/winmac.html
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/9928
HOWEVER, I see that since I last looked at this issue a new tool has actually arrived from Microsoft itself!
Have a look HERE!
EDIT Mmm - looks like the MS tool may not do the job after all - seems to be at those those who had been using the early Mac version of Outlook.
Cheers
Rod

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Ed,
the simplest solution is to convert your Outlook PST file to standard mbox files using Thunderbird - TB on the PC imports Outlook data just fine and - unlike the other proposed solution - is free. When you install TB on your PC for the first time, it will ask you to import your Outlook data.
Once you have all your mail messages in mbox format, you can import them into Mail. However, instead of using Mail's "Import" feature to do so, I would propose you use Eudora Mailbox Cleaner for this - the program can also import TB mailboxes to Apple Mail and will preserve all your message status flags (read, replied, ...):
http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/
Andreas

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