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:?: Help? I have just installed OS X (first version) on my G4 and am using both OS 9.2.2 and OS X. I want to use OSX Mail and Safari, but I need to know if I can import my address book and bookmarks from OS 9 Outlook and Internet Explorer. Anybody know how?

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Short practical summary for importing Outlook (Classic/OS 9) contacts into Mail (via Address Book) and moving Internet Explorer favorites into Safari — expanded advice that builds on ’s and ’s pointers.

For contacts: the simplest, least-risk method is to get vCard files out of your Classic Outlook and import them into OS X’s Address Book (Mail uses Address Book). Many Mac Outlook installs let you bundle contacts by forwarding them as vCard attachments; save those attachments on the Mac and double‑click or use Address Book’s Import to add them. If Outlook won’t export a bulk vCard, a reliable fallback is to use Thunderbird on a PC as a go‑between: import your Outlook contacts into Thunderbird, export the address book as LDIF, then bring that LDIF file into Address Book. (macworld.com)

Address Book accepts several import formats (vCard, LDIF, archive, and common text/CSV formats) and gives you tools to review mappings and duplicates during import — so export in the format that preserves the most fields and import in small batches if you have many contacts. Always archive or back up Address Book before a large import. (support.apple.com)

For bookmarks: Safari normally pulls Internet Explorer favorites when it first sees Explorer data, and you can force a re‑import or use Safari’s hidden debug/import options if you need to refresh the list; the other straightforward option is to export IE’s favorites to an HTML file and import or drag the entries into Safari’s bookmark manager. Back up your Safari preferences/bookmarks before modifying preferences or editing .plist files. (macworld.com)

Practical note for : with Classic available, try the vCard-forward method first (fast and usually clean). If you run into export limits or field mismatches, use the Thunderbird→LDIF route and then clean duplicates in Address Book.

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Hello,

Welcome to DaniWeb.

If you are really using OSX 10.0 or 10.1, you will want to upgrade promptly to 10.2 or 10.3 10.0 and 10.1 had horrible printing problems, and were not stable and suitable. There were days that I had 10.1 going on my laptop, and I gritted my teeth so harshly, that I formatted it off, and returned to OS 9.

As for exporting your addressbooks, that should work. Not sure exactly how, but if you can bring up Outlook in Classic, you should have some options on exporting. You will need to expirement with that.

As for IE, you can open a folder in the OS 9 file system (I do not remember which one) where the IE bookmark files are all listed. You should then be able to drag the bookmark onto a Safari window, and have the webpage draw. THen make the Safari bookmark.

Let us know...

Christian

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As for IE, you can open a folder in the OS 9 file system (I do not remember which one) where the IE bookmark files are all listed.

/System Folder/Preferences/Explorer/Favorites.html

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"If you are really using OSX 10.0 or 10.1, you will want to upgrade promptly to 10.2 or 10.3 10.0 and 10.1 had horrible printing problems, and were not stable and suitable. There were days that I had 10.1 going on my laptop, and I gritted my teeth so harshly, that I formatted it off, and returned to OS 9."

Youch! When the Mac tech guy upgraded me to X, (at $100/hr) he didn't recommend the newest version of OSX, so he installed the earlier version! I am confused!

Vicki

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/System Folder/Preferences/Explorer/Favorites.html

Thank you!

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Youch! When the Mac tech guy upgraded me to X, (at $100/hr) he didn't recommend the newest version of OSX, so he installed the earlier version! I am confused!

Which version did he install? If you give us the output from (Open Terminal.app from your Utilities folder and type) this:

sw_vers

The output should look similar to this:

yellow% sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.3.8
BuildVersion:   7U16
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Which version did he install? If you give us the output from (Open Terminal.app from your Utilities folder and type) this:

sw_vers

The output should look similar to this:

yellow% sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.3.8
BuildVersion:   7U16

Sorry for the slow reply!

It says:
Mac OS X
Version: 10.3.5
Build: 7M34

:o Vicki

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