If you don’t share my problem of having to recover the folders named and organised and sorted, and you just need your messages back, then this first solution would be easier for you. In fact, in my case, it would almost be impossible. When my data was recovered in this manner, I had 558 folders at the top level all named “Recovered Folder 1″, “Recovered Folder 2″, “Recovered Folder 3″, etc… Obviously, it would be a nightmare to try and rebuild that hierarchical structure again. I had 10 folders at the top of my hierarchy, with loads of subfolders inside subfolders inside subfolders etc… In total the number of folders I have is 558). This will result in you being able to recover all of your data, but you would lose all you folder names and hierarchical structure. The first way is basically following the instructions at -restoring-and-upgrading-fails/, however, with the following modification.ĭo NOT copy the folder “FOLDERS”, but copy “CATEGORIES” instead. For example, contacts are in the navigation pane on the People tab, email messages are in the navigation pane on the Mail tab, calendar items are in the navigation pane on the Calendar tab, and so on.There are two different ways you can recover your data. Imported items appear on the navigation panes (Mail, Calendar, People, Tasks, Notes) under On My Computer. olm file on your Mac, and then choose Import.

In the Import box, select Outlook for Mac archive file (.olm) > Continue. In Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook 2019 for Mac, on the Tools tab, choose Import.

olm file to the new one (see the Apple web site for instructions). If moving from one Mac to another, transfer the. olm file and note the location where you save that file. olm file because you'll need it during the import process.Įxport your Outlook for Mac email messages, contacts, calendar items, tasks, and notes to a. If you're moving from one Mac to another or upgrading from Outlook for Mac 2011 to Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook 2019 for Mac, export your email messages, contacts, calendar items, tasks, and notes to a. olm file is the data file used by Outlook for Mac to archive your email messages, contacts, calendar items, tasks, and notes.

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