You can run Outlook for Windows on your Mac by installing Windows on your Mac. Read on to find which will best suit your needs. If you’re frustrated by this, do everyone a favor and vote for Microsoft to make Outlook capable of opening MSG files as well.įortunately, there are various ways to access these files on a Mac. It’s a little ridiculous that Outlook for Mac can’t open files created by Outlook for Windows (it uses EML files instead). However it happened, you’re here looking for a solution, and we’re here to help. Or you might have forwarded an email from your work PC to your Mac at home.
Maybe you switched from Windows to Mac and want to access important information you saved from Outlook years ago. Perhaps you share an office network with Windows users who have a habit of saving important information in that format.
You may have received the MSG file as an attachment in an email. Not even Outlook for Mac can do it-frustrating!
The trouble is, Mac users don’t have any obvious way to open the file. That’s true whether they’re sharing an email, reminder, contact, appointment, or any other type of data stored in Outlook. When someone who uses Microsoft Outlook for Windows shares information with you, you’re likely to receive an MSG file (“message” file).
