WISH TO TRANSFER FILES AND ADDRESS BOOK FROM WINDOWS 98PC TO NEW IMAC.

HOW TO TRANSFER FILES AND ADDRESS BOOK FROM WINDOWS PC 98 TO IMAC .

For addresses, general answer is to use Export function in your PC program and export in .csv (comma separated value) format. Then open Address Book app on new iMac and choose Import from File menu and locate the file you exported (on USB stick, or by email, for example). Should work! You've heard that before, right?
This page includes how to transfer files, among other questions that might arise. http://www.apple.com/why-mac/faq/

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    Hi, to all!
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  • How to transfer the whole address book from one no...

    Dear friend,
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    My powerpc G5 Imac just died. It was completely backed up to Mozy, and I would like to restore my Mail and Address book from that machine on the new Snow Leopard machine I bought today. Is that possible?

    masked guava wrote:
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  • How do I import an address book from another user on same iMac?

    How do I import an address book from another user on same iMac?

    David...
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  • I'm sure there is an easy answer out there somewhere - How do I import an address book from Windows Live to my Mac?

    I'm sure there is an easy answer out there somewhere - Can anybody tell me how do I import an address book from Windows Live to my Mac?
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    http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/windowsLiveMail/addressBooksAndContacts/export Contacts.htm
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  • How do I transfer my emails and address book from Outlook Express 6....

    ...on my PC to Mail on my new IMac?
    Thanks in advance,
    Scott
    IMac Mac OS X (10.4.4)
    IMac   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

    Inigo,
    Many thanks for this. This was very useful and a good starting point. I'm a very recently converted and proud new owner of one of the 20", 2GHz Intel Core Duo Imacs, and am in the process of converting all of my important files and data over from my home PC to my Mac.
    So far all has gone well; sorting out my ITunes and Digital Photos was easy as pie, as was my documents, however my last hurdle to overcome is trying to transfer my emails from MS Outlook on my Home PC to my Mac Mail. I have tried your Thunderbird suggestion which seems to have me on the right track, but the outcome was that only 1 of the 130 emails in my Outlook Inbox were imported. I've also tried using installing Eudora on my Home PC and importing all my Outlook email to that, however each time I try that Eudora ends up crashing leaving me back at square one.
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    I had a lot of trouble installing Leopard to the point where I had to backup my user folder, erase the hard drive and then install Leopard, and re-copy my files back onto the computer. Either there was a special way to backup iCal and Address Book files or it just didn't, but now I am without either. However, thankfully, I had backed up my iPod before I did the erase. Is there a way I can get the Address Book and iCal files off of my iPod? Also, to sync my files beforehand, I put on the automatic sync via iTunes. Will this be problematic when I first plug in my iPod in Leopard? Thanks so much.
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    Message was edited by: iceman21789

    Similar problem here,
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  • How to export Date book and Address book from Palm Desktop to Apple iCal and Address Book?

    I have my calendar information and addresses stored in Palm Desktop date book and address book, respectively. I am running Palm Desktop 4.2.1. Everytime I try to export the date book or address book to my desktop using the vCal format, the Palm desktop crashes. My goal is to export all my data from Palm Desktop to iCal and Address Book on the Apple OS (10.6.1). Does anyone have any advice as to how I can do this or do I just have to start from scratch and manually enter the data from Palm Desktop to Apple iCal and Address Book? I looked at the Missing Sync software, but I don't think this will do the trick. The Genius Bar at the Apple Store didn't offer any solutions either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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  • How to restore iCal and Address Book from my iPod mini.

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  • How to import bookmarks and address book from another laptop?

    I have another laptop that has my bookmarks and address book on it. How can I import this to my new laptop? The other laptop also uses Firefox as its browser.

    Similar problem here,
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  • What happens to personal folders and address book from old email when I change to new email

    I got a new email address. I am going to quit using the old one, which was was with Comcast When I cancel Comcast service, how can I make sure that I do not lose my personal folders and address book. Also, if I can keep the personal folders, which contain emails with the old Comcast email address, will I be able to read them?
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    The address book is unaffected.
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  • Deleted iCal and Address Book from late 2010 Macbook Air

    Good Evening -
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    Thank you!

    In order to install individual applications that are part of OS X (both iCal and *Address Book* are) you will need to download Pacifist and use that to install. You can locate it at:
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1545
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