How to move Outlook contacts and calendar to your phone, Google or iCloud
Outlook contacts and calendars are locked inside the .ost or .pst. Converted to vCard (.vcf) and iCalendar (.ics), they go into Google, iPhone, Android and iCloud in a few clicks.
Create the files
Choose Contacts and calendar
Open the file in the converter, go to Convert, choose Contacts and calendar and click Create contacts and calendar.
Save and unzip the file
Contacts.vcf has every contact, with phones, emails, addresses and photo. Each calendar comes as an .ics file, with recurrence, reminders and time zone.
Google (and Android)
Contacts
Open contacts.google.com on a computer, click Import and choose Contacts.vcf. On Android they show up on their own.
Calendar
Open calendar.google.com on a computer, click the gear, Settings, Import & export, choose the .ics and the destination calendar, and click Import.
Calendar import only works in a browser on a computer, not in the phone app.
iPhone, iPad and Mac
Contacts
At icloud.com, open Contacts, click + and Import Contact, and choose Contacts.vcf. On a Mac, just open the file.
Calendar
On a Mac, open the .ics: Calendar asks which calendar to add it to. Without a Mac, email the .ics to yourself and tap the attachment on the iPhone: Add All.
Into another Outlook
Use File, Open & Export, Import/Export and choose Import a VCARD file or Import an iCalendar file. Or convert everything to PST, which carries emails, contacts and calendar together.
Common questions
- Do recurring events stay right? Yes: daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, ending by date or count, deleted occurrences and the event's time zone. An occurrence that was only rescheduled keeps the series' original time.
- Do distribution lists come along? No: vCard has no such format. The contacts in them do, if they are in the contacts folder.
- What about the emails? See import Outlook emails into Gmail, Thunderbird or Apple Mail.
Read your file now, for free. Open the .ost in your browser, check folders and messages, and convert it to PST. The file never leaves your computer.
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