Aug 05, 2015 See below the jump for an example using an Office 2016 volume licensed installer package, the Office 2016 15.12.3 updates for Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, as well the com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist license file to build a unified Office 2016 15.12.3 installer package that does not prompt for a product key. Provide a name to the OLM file and browse the saving location. Outlook starts to Export the data to the OLM file. After saving the OLM files at any location, you can later use them to import to an updated version of Outlook. If you have upgraded from Outlook 2011 to Outlook 2016 or from Outlook 2016 to Outlook 2019.
New Outlook for Mac. On November 6, 2019, the new Outlook for Mac was announced at Microsoft Ignite. The new Outlook is now available to users in Insider Fast. Additional details are here: aka.ms/outlookmac. Unless otherwise noted, features and fixes listed for versions 16.32+ are for the new Outlook. September 2, 2020 release. Version: 16.41. Outlook 2016 is the latest version for Mac Outlook email client. The biggest updated with Outlook 2016 is that it can now import Pst files. That means, you can export all the emails from your Windows Outlook to Pst and import Pst to Outlook 2016 in Mac.
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Applies to:Office for Mac, Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2016 for Mac
After Office for Mac is installed, users can configure settings for the apps. These settings are called preferences. As an admin, you might want to provide Office for Mac users in your organization with a standard set of preferences. For example, you can configure how often to check for software updates for Office for Mac - daily, weekly, or monthly.
Preferences for Office for Mac are stored in preference files. These files are often referred to as .plist files.
Important
There are changes in Office for Mac to improve security, including implementing Apple app sandboxing guidelines. These changes mean that you can't customize the app bundle before or after you deploy Office. But, preference files aren't part of the app bundle for an app, so you can make changes to these files.
Preference files are stored in the app container, which isn't the same thing as the app bundle. The app container is created the first time an app is run. The app container is located in the user's ~/Library/Containers folder. For example, the app container for Excel is named com.microsoft.Excel. Within the app container, the .plist file is located in the Data/Library/Preferences folder. For example, the .plist file for Excel is named com.microsoft.Excel.plist.
The best way to add or edit preferences is by using the defaults command. For example, if you want to configure updates to be checked manually, you can open Terminal and enter the following command:
You can take an existing .plist file and modify it with your organization's preferences. In some cases, you can actually copy that .plist file to other computers in your organization that have Office for Mac installed. But that doesn't work in the case of all .plist files. Therefore, the preferred method is to create a script that incorporates all the defaults commands that you want to use to set preferences. Then deploy that script to your users. The script needs to be run in the user's context, because preferences are user specific. That also means that if several users share the same computer and each has a different login account, then the script needs to be run for each user of that computer.
Depending on which preferences you're configuring and how you deploy those preferences, the user might need to quit all Office apps and restart the computer for the preferences to take effect. Also, remember that the preferences you deploy might overwrite existing preference settings configured by the user.
Note
Office for Mac 2011, which is no longer supported, also used preference files. There are some preferences in common between Office for Mac and Office for Mac 2011. Therefore, if you install Office for Mac on a computer that has Office for Mac 2011 installed, Office for Mac will automatically inherit some preference settings from the Office for Mac 2011 installation.
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Summary: The blog explains the manual process to export Outlook for Mac 2016 to Windows Outlook PST. It also outlines how you can easily and quickly convert Outlook for Mac data file (.olm) to Outlook data file (.pst) by using an OLM converter.
When working with Outlook on Mac, you may require to export its data to Windows Outlook PST file format. This may happen in any of the following situations:
Your users need to access OLM files on Outlook for Windows client.
You need to move data from Mac to Windows PC.
However, Microsoft Outlook for Windows does not support the Outlook for Mac data file (.olm). There is a manual way following which you can export OLM file data to PST.
How to Export Outlook for Mac to PST Manually?
IMPORTANT NOTE: The manual process involves a lot of steps and can be time-consuming. But, if you urgently need to export OLM to PST file format, skip to the next section to learn how you can quickly perform OLM to PST conversion by using Stellar OLM to PST Converter. This will save you time and the hassle of implementing the steps to export Outlook for MAC data file to Outlook data file (.pst).
You can export Outlook 2016 MAC to PST manually by following these steps:
NOTE: In Outlook for Mac 2016, email messages, contacts, calendar and other items can be exported to archive file.
Step 1 – Export Outlook OLM File
NOTE: This is an OPTIONAL step and helps backup OLM file. You can skip this step and directly proceed with the next step to export Outlook for MAC data to PST.
Open Outlook in your Mac system, from the Tools tab, click Export.
2. In Export to Archive File (.olm) window, select the items you want to export, and then click Continue.
3. In the dialog box that appears, under ‘Save archive file (.olm) as:’ specify the name of the file and location where you want to save it.
4. After Outlook finishes exporting the selected data, click Finish.
The selected items in the OLM file will be saved as an archive .olm file at the desired location.
Step 2 –– Set up Gmail in Outlook for Mac
NOTE: Before proceeding with this step, make sure you have a Gmail account with IMAP setting enabled.
1. Open Outlook for Mac application, click Outlook > Preferences.
2. In Outlook Preferences window, choose Accounts under Personal Settings.
3. In Accounts window, click the plus (+) sign in the lower left corner (as shown in the image below). Select E-mail from the drop-down menu.
4. When prompted, enter your Gmail account information, and then click Add Account.
5. The Gmail account will be added to your Outlook account.
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Step 3 – Move Outlook for MAC data to Gmail
In Outlook 2016 for Mac, right-click the newly added Gmail folder, and select New Folder.
2. Rename the folder, and then click File > Import.
3. Next, click the mailbox folder you want to export.Right click the items from the selected folder, and choose Move >Choose Folder.
4. Right click the items from the selected folder, and choose Move >Choose Folder
5. Find the Gmail folder, and click Copy.
All your OLM file data will get added in the new Gmail folder.
Stage 4 – Export OLM Data from Gmail to Outlook PST
1. Open your Windows Outlook application, and configure the same Gmail account you have set up in Outlook for Mac.
2. Choose File >Open & Export >Import/Export.
3. 3. From Import and Export Wizard, choose Export to a File.
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4. Select Outlook Data File (.pst), and then click Next.
5. In Export Outlook Data File window, select the Gmail folder that contains OLM file data, and hit Next
6. Choose the location of your Outlook data file (.pst), and click Finish.
Outlook 2016 Mac Plist Location
Your OLM file data will now get exported to PST file.
Limitations of Manual Process
While the above mentioned manual process can help you export Outlook 2016 for Mac data to Windows Outlook PST, it has a few limitations:
Require Gmail configuration.
It is lengthy and time-consuming.
It may require technical assistance.
It may result in data inconsistency
How to Overcome the Limitations of Manual Process?
You can overcome the limitations associated with the manual method by using a specialized OLM to PST converter such as Stellar Converter for OLM software. Here’s how:
You don’t need to configure a Gmail account.
The software quickly converts all of the OLM file data to PST in 3 simple steps: ‘Select OLM file’, ‘Convert’, and ‘Preview & Save’.
The software’s user interface can be operated by any user without technical assistance.
The OLM converter converts OLM to PST, while keeping the mailbox data intact.
Read this: Process of converting OLM to PST using Stellar Converter for OLM
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Summing ups
Most Mac users face difficulties in moving from Outlook for Mac to Windows Outlook and now that you have understood the difference between the manual method and the software tool, you can easily reach the conclusion that Outlook 2016 Mac OLM file can be easily exported to PST and it’s equally easy to import data with Stellar Converter for OLM.