Convert Outlook to Thunderbird Conveniently

Looking to convert Outlook to Thunderbird easily and thoroughly? Here's the solution you desperately want.

There were a lot of questions about Thunderbird last week when I blogged about the differences between Outlook for Mac and Thunderbird. But I believe I answered all of them during my twitter Q-A session.

One thing that remained unanswered was one common concern of Windows users. It seemed that many people were moving to Mac decided to use Thunderbird after my article on the email client. They had one concern – how to convert the emails from Windows Outlook to Thunderbird.

The concern is pretty reasonable. When it comes to transferring the information or data between two email clients of the same operating system, people generally know what to do. But when it comes to the differences between Windows and Mac, many users feel a little stuck. Conversion of Outlook to Thunderbird comes under the same category.

Take for instance, this particular email that I got in these past few days -

“I recently switched to Mac for all my business reasons. I had windows Outlook for a long time so all of my emails are stored in that. I wanted to use Outlook 2011 for Mac in my Macbook but after your article, I think I wanted to give Thunderbird a try. Only thing stands in the way is my ignorance about moving the emails, contacts, and calendar entries from Outlook to Thunderbird. Is there any way that I can make this transition smoothly and easily?”

Good thing is that, yes, there is a proper method to do this. It includes converting your Pst files (Windows Outlook format) to Thunderbird supporting files. Because Thunderbird can't import the Pst files.

The bad news is that it is hard to find a software that can convert these two files without a hassle.

But don't worry. I have tried converting Outlook to Thunderbird many times, and not once did I make any mistake. My secret is- “Pst Extractor Pro”.

As the name suggests, this program is a Pst Extractor. After extracting every single item from your Pst files, you can convert it to Thunderbird files. (Actually, you can convert it to any Mac email client format, but I will concern only with the Thunderbird for this article.)

You may be asking why I am recommending a third party tool to make this happen when you can do it without buying any tool. The truth is, that you can probably, but in my experience, and in many other users who write of their experience only, it is evident that all these manual solutions without the use of a third party program end up with dissatisfying result.

“Dissatisfying” is not even close to describing the ineptitude, risk, and inefficiency of these solutions. Basically, the biggest issue with them is that their conversion usually takes a lot of time and are incomplete.

That's where a good tool such as “Pst Extractor Pro” comes into play. And that's why I rarely recommend any other manual methods. They might be good in one and only one situation – when your database is extremely small, basically when you have one or two folders to convert. Even then, you should be ready to accept the incomplete migration even in the case of small database.

“Pst Extractor Pro” has no such issues. It will convert every remaining part of your Outlook database (Pst files) to Thunderbird in a blink of an eye, and the conversion will be accurate down to the single bit. Graphical data that is inside the email body, email attachments, nested messages, other meta-data and properties, and basically anything that is associated with your Pst files will be converted for Thunderbird. And you will import those converted Thunderbird files into the email client in Mac, you can't observe any data incongruity or corruption or unwanted modification.

The conversion is clean, thorough, and fast. Moreover, the program is also very easy to use, thanks to its revolutionary user-friendly graphical interface. Where every feature is properly arranged into few screens, along with the instructions that even a third grader can follow.

Do not wait up. Download “Pst Extractor Pro” (http://www.pstextractorpro.com/)here as a trial edition.

Related Article: Convert Outlook to Mac Mail.