How to Convert MBOX to PST Outlook from Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird?

Apple Mail on Mac and Mozilla Thunderbird are popular email applications that offer dependable performance and essential email management tools. Apple Mail is an inbuilt e-mailing application only for Mac OS, whereas Thunderbird is used on both Mac and Windows OS. But after the success of Microsoft Outlook, people are switching towards this email application, except for Mac Mail and Thunderbird. MS Outlook offers better features and functions that become very significant for a user to convert MBOX mailbox data into Outlook PST directly. Due to this, users must visit numerous websites to find tools or techniques.

So the question is How to move data from Apple Mail or Thunderbird mailbox to Microsoft Outlook” with the manual trick or any third-party tool. If we go with the manual way, then we will require some technical knowledge or experience at the email client conversion stage. Generally, it is important for a user who uses most of the email applications in business or an enterprise. We will provide you with both the methods; just keep reading and continuing with us.

Where is an MBOX Mailbox File or Format?

MBOX data is most of the common email file formats for multiple email applications that include data in the plain text file format and start with the “From” in the header section. So, before learning the manual technique to know how to convert mail from Thunderbird or Mac Mail to Outlook PST format, let us first know how to extract Thunderbird or Apple Mail emails in MBOX file format. Because many people do not know where the MBOX file is stored or how it is extracted.

Extract Apple Mail Files in MBOX Format

It is quite simple to take a backup of your Mac Mail data in MBOX file format. You can just follow these steps:

1. Open Apple Mail email client, select your profile
2. Then right-click on the profile
3. Select the Export mailbox option
4. Now, save your location.

Extract Thunderbird Mail in MBOX Format

The location of the Mozilla Thunderbird mailbox is already fixed by default. Here you can see this:

C:\Users\[Profile Name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\[default folder]

If, for some reason, your backup has been misplaced or transferred somewhere, then you can save it again in the MBOX file format.

1. Open the Mozilla Thunderbird application
2. Download and install the plug-in “ImportExportTool”
3. Then, restart Thunderbird
4. Open your mail folder
5. Choose the emails and right-click on them
6. Select “Save selected message” >> as MBOX file (new)
7. Then, save your location

It will take a few seconds, according to your file size, so wait unless the backup is ready

After migrating into the MBOX file format, we can achieve the manual migration. But I warn you that it comes with some errors or disadvantages, like damaged images/attachments, messy structure, lost rich text formatting, etc.

You can go here to find out the complete phase-chain:

• Convert Apple Mail to Outlook
• Export Thunderbird to Outlook

An Automated Approach to Save Thunderbird or Apple Mail Data to Outlook

This is an effortless, automated, and error-free technique to migrate Apple Mail emails to an Outlook or Thunderbird mailbox to an Outlook PST. But how to choose an automated tool that works on MBOX files without any trouble? We need to pay attention to a few specific points to choose the best tool.

• Preserves folder hierarchy or structure & rich text formatting
• Effective conversion
• Error and risk-free
• User friendly

As we have seen, what are the major and important points required to choose a tool? But you do not necessarily have to do anything. Because I have already used a few tools on different email client MBOX mailboxes along with Thunderbird or Apple Mail. So, I recommend adopting the MBOX to PST Converter for effective and successful conversion from Mac Apple Mail to Outlook or Thunderbird to Outlook. The program includes a lot of features, and it supports all MBOX-supported email client applications like Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora, Entourage, SeaMonkey, Opera Mail, The Bat!, etc., or Google Apps like Gmail. To achieve the migration process, it takes 3 simple steps (Add, Preview, and Export).

Pros:

• Fresh and error-free PST file
• Achieve Batch conversion mode
• Maintains folder hierarchy
• Save a lot of Time
• Simple and Friendly User Interface
• No technical knowledge is compulsory

Cons:

• Trial version permits you to transfer 25 emails from each MBOX mailbox to PST format, while the respective license offers you unlimited migration in one-time process.

Final Words:

I described possible techniques to move MBOX to PST from Apple Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird, as same as which has a good and effective impact – Manual or Automated? If you have any doubt related to the above-mentioned MBOX Converter tool, then first take a trial with converting 25 emails from each MBOX folder to Outlook without cost.