Move an address book from Outlook to OSX

I did basically the same thing, but instead of using the Mozilla suite, I used the address book that comes with Thunderbird. Finally I got rid of the Outlook nuisance and use Thunderbird on my PC and Mail on my Mac.

A pretty simple solution for me was to sync Outlook to Plaxo (http://www.plaxo.com) and then export from Plaxo for the Mac. Worked perfectly for me and would probably also work for calendar data too.

depending on how many contacts, you can also drag a lot of info into ADDRESS BOOK ...

iFelix that's pure genius! While I know not all phones can hold ALL of a contact's info, like addresses, birthdays, etc, that is a great method I've never thought of. Good show!

Have you tried my ABFiller utility that I wrote a while ago and released for free? I haven't kept it too up-to-date since I got readpst working at the command-line. That said, people still email me saying how great it worked for them. More details here: http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/ABFiller

I use my phone, sync with the PC and then sync with the Mac. Quick and easy.

When my wife "switched," I think we used the deliminated file for her address book. However, I remember e-mails being the real pain. We installed Thunderbird on her windows laptop, imported everything, and then used the standard e-mail files to bring into mail. It was almost painless. However, after the fact, I agree that using a relatively cheap program such as Outlook2Mac. Spend $10 and make your life easier.

I struggled for a long time as well when I switched earlier this year, until I found a great $10 utility called outlook2mac (http://www.littlemachines.com/). It did not only easily transfer my contacts, but my mail data as well, which as well all know is a much more difficult task otherwise.... With this tool it only took me a few clicks and a few minutes, and I had all my info in mail.app....

It is possible to use VBA in outlook (windows) to export all your contacts to vCard format and drop them into address book. I modified a script to sync outlook to an iPod, details here: http://drnoble.co.uk/archives/2005-06-19/migrating-contacts-from-outlook-xp-to-the-os-x-address-book/

All you have to do is to export your Outlook address to a tab delineated text file, as opposed to comma delineated,download an app called Address Book Importer - think it's freeware - follow the directions in the readme file and, even with some miscues, you'll be good to go in five minutes. http://homepage.mac.com/sroy/addressbookimporter/index.html