Apple Mail vs. Outlook for Mac 2011: Which is More Advantageous

It becomes more interesting when comparison takes place between the two equally capable, popular, and appreciated competitors. Here, the point of focus is the two brilliant email clients: Microsoft Outlook for Mac and Apple Mail. It is well known to you that both the programs are developed to provide email exchange; however, both facilitate users in their own ways. Moreover, most users have had a great experience with Outlook for Mac as compared to Apple Mail. Well, the post is dedicated to reflect the prominent features of and the major differences between both of them. Go through the following and know the reason which one of these pulls more attraction and why.

Features of Apple Mail 

• Offers a nice, sleek, and easy-to-use interface
• Contains different types of filters
• Consists of Address Book and iCal to facilitate calendar and contacts features respectively
• Provides support for IMAP, POP, iCloud, and Exchange accounts.
• Generates separate MBOX files to store email folders 
• (The advantage of this ability is that if corruption occurs in a particular folder, the remainder of the file will not be affected.)

Features of MS Outlook 2011

• Offers an intuitive, user friendly, and easy-to-understand interface
• Offers numerous features and functionalities, inclusive of appointments, events, calendar, and meeting schedules
•  Features a ribbon that contains various functional groups to use

Where Apple Mail and Outlook Differ?

·  MS Outlook for Mac 2011 provides a view of photos of contacts, email contacts, and calendar, whereas Apple Mail provides photos for contacts and email.

·      Apple Mail possesses a feature for resending emails, which is not supported by MS Outlook.

·      Outlook for Mac 2011 provides Categories, but Apple Mail does not.

·      Apple Mail allows removing attachments, which is not offered by Outlook 2011.

·      Outlook 2011 allows you to create categories and use them, but Apple Mail does not offer it.

·      Apple Mail features a Favorites bar that is not offered by Outlook 2011.

·     When Apple Mail is closed, it does not display tasks, contacts, and calendars. On the other hand, Outlook 2011 does it.

Above are some common and major points that differentiate both the applications. From business perspective, Outlook for Mac 2011 is found better owing to its offerings. So, what should be your next step? Of course, you would look for transferring your Apple Mail data to Outlook 2011 now. Now the question arises 'how to perform the migration?'

It is all simple. A good range of Apple Mail to Outlook 2011 converter tools is available in market. However, make sure to choose a trusted one.