How to Move Windows Live Mail Storage Folders to New Computer Mac Apple Mail in Batch Mode or Manually

by Admin
April 18, 2019

If you are in trouble for knowing about how to move folders from Windows Live Mail to Apple Mail in New Computer Then you are at right place, this blog will help you to overcome from the migration issue of Windows Live Mail Storage folders data to Apple Mail manually or with automated migration solution.

Today, everyone would like to go with mail clients for communication, sharing information for their personal and business dealing task. Although, there are multiple mail clients available in online market. Some mail clients are come with OS & some are part of a particular app such as Windows Live Mail and Apple Mail; respectively, a mail client of Windows 7 OS and part of Windows essential whereas Apple Mail is the default mail client of Mac OS series. Both are in use and popular among users for handling data so their exchange data requirement may by occurred from Windows Live Mail to Apple Mail. As we observed and find some mentioned queries of users who are in trouble and finding a solution to move folders Windows Live Mail to Apple Mail and studied on their cases for this solution.

“I am a manager of a company whereas I am using Windows Live Mail but now I switched from Window OS to Mac OS so as my new computer is Mac and Mail is Apple. Now I want to move lots of crucial Windows Live Mail emails in Apple Mail from Windows OS to Mac. I would like to achieve data conversion solution to move Windows Live Mail Storage folders to New Computer Apple Mail. Is there any manual or another solution which could help me at this time? ”

“In previous company I was using Windows Live Mail of Windows 7 but now I switched my job where employees are using Mac OS Apple Mail so have to use Mac Mail from Windows Live Mail. Therefore, I have requirement and also want to know about how to move folders from Windows Live Mail to Apple Mail quickly”

How to Move Windows Live Mail Storage Folders to New Computer Apple Mail Manually

Because Live Mail and Mac Mail both are absolutely different from individual OS. And any direct migration solution is not available to do this task but a manual trick which is divided into three parts can do this process. If you want about this manual trick then follow the given step by step procedure –

Part 1

  • Open Windows Live Mail
  • Select all mails which you want to save in Mac Mail, Drag & drop them at any location then it will be saved in .eml files format.
  • Collect all emails data as .eml file format in a folder.

Part 2

  • Now install Thunderbird in your Windows Machine
  • Create a new folder of any name in it.
  • Then navigate to stored location of saved .eml files and import in Thunderbird by drag & drop in it.
  • Now install import/export tool addons in it by this url ((https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/)
  • Reopen Thunderbird and select mailbox
  • Then go to Tools Menu –> ImportExportTools >> Export Folder
  • Finally get a file which is mbox file format (if the file is without extension then rename it with .mbox file format.)

Part 3

  • Now shift all exported MBOX files in Mac Machine by external device pen drive, hard disk, etc.
  • Now import all moved .mbox files in Apple Mail by import >> Import mailboxes…

Note – The manual trick is lengthy and tricky so any non-technical user cannot easily handle it. Moreover, it is necessary to follow the mentioned processa ccurately because the miss of any step could result in a data loss. Sometimes, data doesn’t show, etc. Not suitable for large database migration.

Move Folders Windows Live Mail to Apple Mail with Automated Solution

Manual trick is not an ensured and safe migration solution to move emails from Windows Live Mail storage folders to New Computer Apple Mail, therefore if you want exact, safe and quick migration solution then go with EML to MBOX Converter that can easily move Windows Live Mail EML files to MBOX Apple Mail with all details. It maintains attachments and other details of Windows Live Mail in Apple Mail. Download free trial edition of the app to know about how to move folders from Windows Live Mail to Apple Mail and with this function, you can easily move 25 .eml files of Live Mail to Apple Mail absolutely free.