

Here’s how to export the mailbox from the macOS Mail app:ġ) Open the Mail app and right-click or hold Control and click the Mailbox you want to export.Ģ) In the shortcut menu, select Export Mailbox.ģ) Select a destination location for the MBOX file for your mailbox and click Choose. If you’d rather export a particular email as a PDF from the Mail app, that’s a different process, and our other how-to can help you with that. Remember, you’ll be exporting an entire mailbox in MBOX format. Then you’ll have a new mailbox labeled Import in the On My Mac section of the left-hand sidebar. No matter which option you select for the import, you’ll see a confirmation once the data is loaded. Here’s how:ġ) Open Mail and click File > Import Mailboxes from the menu bar.Ģ) Mark either Apple Mail or Files in mbox format and click Continue.ģ) You’ll then be prompted to locate the file and then click Choose. You can import a mailbox from Apple Mail or as a file that may or may not be named with the MBOX format. Maybe you’re trying out a new email app and want to use your existing messages intact. Either way, the Mail app on your Mac makes it easy to both import and export mailboxes, and this tutorial shows you how. This can give you a great jumpstart on tracking and answering emails during the transition.Īt the same time, you might want to export a mailbox from the Mail app for use elsewhere.

If you just started using the Mail app on your Mac, you may want to import a mailbox file from another app.
