If you are using Outlook, it is sure that apart from emails and contacts. You will manage your personal schedule with Outlook calendar. Outlook is not used only for sending, receiving and storing emails but it manages all user contacts in Address Book and calendars in ICS format. ICS is a commonly used format for calendars data storage. iCalendar (iCal) is used for exchanging calendar information outside of Outlook. ICS format for calendars is used to store task, events, journals in Microsoft Outlook. When we move Outlook calendars to Apple Mail, we need to export ICS files and then import it to Apple Mail. In this article, we will discuss the step by step procedure to transfer Outlook ICS files to Apple Mail.
There are mainly two steps involved to migrate Outlook calendars files to Apple Mail calendars.
- Export Outlook ICS calendar files
- Import ICS files to Apple Mail
Steps to export Outlook 2016 calendar files
- Open Outlook 2016 application or whatever version you have.
- Go to Calendar head
- Click on calendar event in the selected calendar folder under My Calendars.
- Click on File menu at the top left.
- Select Save As option
- Select a location to save iCalendar file.
- Provide a file name and click on save option.
Steps to import ICS files in Apple Mail
After exporting Outlook iCalendar files. Next you need to import ICS calendars files in Apple Calendar. Here are the steps to do this –
- Open Apple Calendar
- Click on File > Import
- Browse desired ICS files to import which you have exported from Outlook.
- Click Import
- Finally, click OK
Conclusion
The above discussed cost-effective method helps users to easily transfer Outlook calendar files to Apple Mail calendars. A complete step by step guidance is given for the users so that they will not find any trouble while understanding the whole process.
