While you can select a single Outlook contact, choose File -> Save As and, in the resulting dialog box, choose vCard Files from the Save as Type pop-up menu, this works only for individual contacts-you can’t export a group of contacts this way. Try this and the contacts are converted to messages. Under Outlook 2002 you could simply open your contacts and drag them to the desktop to turn them into vCards. Regrettably, the latest version of Outlook (2003) makes itĭifficult to export contacts than did its predecessor rather than easier (and yes, the Outlook team should check in with Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit from time to time to learn that it’s possible to make Office applications work intuitively). Some apps let you move vCards out of the program via an Export command. What hasn’t been standardized is how you move vCards into and out of applications. Devices include mobile phones, Palm computing devices, and iPods. Such applications include Outlook, Entourage, Palm Desktop, Now Contact, Microsoft’s Address Book, and OS X’s Address Book.
Outlook, like all good contact managers, supports theįile format-a cross-platform format that lets you to swap contact files among other vCard-compliant applications and devices. How do I move them to the Mac’s Address Book or Entourage? Currently I have all my contacts in Outlook. To do this I thought I’d run Parallels but the rest of the time I’d like to stay with the Mac OS.
But my work requires that I use some software that isn’t found on the Mac.
He writes:Īfter years of working with a Windows PC I’m ready to move to the Mac. faces the kind of problem that may become increasingly common for those new to the Mac. If you intend to use the contacts in the Apple Address Book, choose the VCARD format instead.Reader G.
Select the email account you'll be using for syncing and select "Edit." Ensure "Contacts" is enabled, click "Save" and then enter your email account's password to initiate the synchronization.
Select "Accounts," tap "Google" and select your primary Gmail account.