Step 1:  Set up an IMAP account using a Gmail account

• Open the Gmail account then click on the Gear icon on the right-hand side of the Gmail account.
• After that click on the Settings button.
• On the Settings tab, you need to click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
• Then check the IMAP Access status. If the status is disabled then enable it.
• Once your IMAP account is successfully created, then you need to set up your Outlook for Mac with it. To do this, follow the steps given below:

Step 2: Add IMAP mail account to Outlook for Mac

• First, open Outlook for Mac, then click on Menu ->Tools -> Accounts.
• After that, click on Email. Here, enter an email address, password, and other information which is asked. Then click on Add Account.
• Once the above process is complete then check the IMAP mail account.
• After that, you need to create Gmail label, In order to perform synchronization between Outlook for Mac and IMAP account. To do this, follow the steps given below:

Step 3: Create a Label in Gmail

• First, open your Gmail account. Then click on the Gear icon on the right-hand side of the Gmail account. Then, click on the Settings button.
• Then on the Settings tab, click Labels, and here, now click on Create New Label. And check Show in IMAP box is checked.
• After this, go to your Mac Outlook and click on Send/Receive.
• Now will move emails and other mailbox data from the OLM file to the IMAP mailbox folder. To do this, follow the steps given below:

Step 4: Move or transferred emails from Mac Outlook to IMAP mailbox

• Open Outlook for Mac, and right-click on the mailbox item which you want to transfer to Outlook for Windows.
• Then select Move -> Copy to Folder.
• After that type the name of your IMAP folder and click on Copy.
• Then click on Send/Receive or refresh the folder on Gmail to update the mailbox. You need to do this when the above process is completed.
• Now all the copied mailbox data have been synchronized to the IMAP mailbox folder.

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Peter