Comments on: Creating Files for Older Versions of Office With the 2007 Edition http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070906/creating-files-for-older-versions-of-office-with-the-2007-edition/ from The Wall Street Journal Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter Magnusson http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070906/creating-files-for-older-versions-of-office-with-the-2007-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Peter Magnusson Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:14:38 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070906/creating-files-for-older-versions-of-office-with-the-2007-edition/#comment-174 Hi Walt! I was sure somebody else would post this correction/comment, but nobody did. So here goes. The best free way to migrate Outlook contacts from Windows to the Mac (Apple's Address Book) is by way of Thunderbird. You install Thunderbird on the PC (it's open source), and import the contacts from Outlook. Then export to LDIF. Now, Address Book can read LDIF, so you're done. More details over on my blog (http://petersmagnusson.com) Hi Walt! I was sure somebody else would post this correction/comment, but nobody did. So here goes.

The best free way to migrate Outlook contacts from Windows to the Mac (Apple’s Address Book) is by way of Thunderbird.

You install Thunderbird on the PC (it’s open source), and import the contacts from Outlook. Then export to LDIF. Now, Address Book can read LDIF, so you’re done.

More details over on my blog (http://petersmagnusson.com)

]]> By: Miniguide: Moving your contacts from Windows to Mac « Peter S Magnusson http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070906/creating-files-for-older-versions-of-office-with-the-2007-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Miniguide: Moving your contacts from Windows to Mac « Peter S Magnusson Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:10:33 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070906/creating-files-for-older-versions-of-office-with-the-2007-edition/#comment-173 [...] recently that this method remains relatively unknown. First my neighbor had the same problem. Then Walt Mossberg wrote about it in his mailbox, but failed to include the Thunderbird [...] [...] recently that this method remains relatively unknown. First my neighbor had the same problem. Then Walt Mossberg wrote about it in his mailbox, but failed to include the Thunderbird [...]

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