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JayBrant
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Oct 14, 2020

New Outlook for Mac - My Computer Files

Just switched to the new Outlook for Mac.  What happened to On My Computer Files folders?  I used to have all my old emails grouped by years in .pst files.   If I go to Preferences, and General, th...
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Eric_in_North_Texas
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Jun 03, 2021

J_Spurgin 

 

I went to the link and voted in favor of keeping "On My Computer" folders.  Please everyone else do the same.

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mpettibone
Copper Contributor
Jan 11, 2022

+1 for needing this feature. 

It's preventing me from adopting the "new" (3 year old) Outlook for Mac.

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    Footer68
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 21, 2022

    I just contacted support and was told because my OLM file is not on their server I can't import it.   This is clearly a debacle on their part.

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      mpettibone
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      Jan 21, 2022

      Footer68 

       

      It's just so bizarre me because when I flip toggle to use the old, "On My Computer" works and is supported ... but when I flip the toggle to use the new UI, it's missing.

       

      So Outlook the client can early support local archive (PST) files, they are just not allowing it in the new UI.

      This is literally preventing so many people from using the new UI, it's sad.

      Especially since the old UI hasn't received any updates in 2 years. I'm basically stuck using an out-of-support Outlook client.

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        Footer68
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        Jan 21, 2022
        Hey Try this. It worked for me. Just when you copy folder do drag and drop. Also you can't have a slash in the name

        https://www.datarepairtools.com/blog/import-olm-emails-to-outlook/

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