Search & Install any app on Mac. Skip to content. App name: Mozilla Thunderbird; App description: thunderbird (App: Thunderbird.app). Thunderbird uses a folder named Sent to store sent items. Exchange and Outlook Web App use a folder named Sent Items. You can synchronize the email items that you’ve sent in Thunderbird with the Sent Items folder on the Exchange server. To do this, follow these steps: In Thunderbird, in the console tree, select your email account.
It's not possible to sync Thunderbird with iCloud without using another 3rd-party app for that. You can add other email accounts (@gmail, @yahoo, etc) in the Apple mail app on iPhone/iPad and sync your other email accounts that way.
Open the Applications folder and double-click on the Thunderbird icon to start it. You may get a security warning that Thunderbird has been downloaded from the Internet. Because you downloaded Thunderbird from the official site, you can click Open to continue. Tip: You can add Thunderbird.
I have used Thunderbird with IMAP for years, but the tiny font problem on Mac is now a dealbreaker, and with my decades of emails and folders, Thunderbird is flailing when fetching ail or moving folders. Apple Mail does what I need it to: manage multiple Gmail accounts, not be too slow, and let me adjust font size.
Run the Thunderbird to Apple Mail Converter software and read all important instructions.
The software provides various options to load Thunderbird mailbox data including Convert Configured Thunderbird data as well as choose manually by selecting Files or Folders.
Select the items which you want to export Thunderbird folders to Apple Mail EMLX files.
The Software will display 30+ Saving options. Choose EMLX file format here.
The utility will ask the users to setup Destination Folder path & File Naming Conventions in its panel.
The software will quickly start conversion process which users can also analyze in its panel.
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Once the conversion process finished successfully, click on OK button to confirm & exit from the software.
The software will directly open destination folder having EMLX files. Access EMLX files to complete the process for importing Thunderbird emails into Apple Mail.
This article will show you how to install Thunderbird on Mac. For other operating systems, see Installing Thunderbird on Windows and Installing Thunderbird on Linux.
Before you install Thunderbird, check that your computer meets the System Requirements.
Open the Thunderbird download page.
The page will automatically detect the platform and language on your computer and recommend the best edition(s) of Thunderbird for you. If you want to download Thunderbird in a language other than the one suggested, click on 'Other Systems & Languages' for the list of available editions. Click on the OS X installation of your choice to continue.
Once the download is completed, the disk image may open by itself and mount a new volume which contains the Thunderbird application. If you do not see the new volume, double-click the Thunderbird dmg icon to open it. A Finder window appears, containing the Thunderbird application. Drag the Thunderbird icon to the Applications folder.
At this point you can eject the disk image by selecting it in a Finder window and pressing the command+E keys or by using the Finder's File menu, and selecting Eject.
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Thunderbird is now ready for use. Open the Applications folder and double-click on the Thunderbird icon to start it. You may get a security warning that Thunderbird has been downloaded from the Internet. Because you downloaded Thunderbird from the official site, you can click to continue.
Tip: You can add Thunderbird to your dock for easy access. Just open your Applications folder and drag Thunderbird to the dock.
The first time you start Thunderbird you will be alerted that it is not your default email application. (The default email application is the program that opens, for example, when you click a link on a web page to an email address.) If you want Thunderbird to be the default email application, click to set it as your default mailer. If not (for example if you are just trying out Thunderbird) click .
The Installing Thunderbird on Mac OS X chapter in the Thunderbird FLOSS manual
The Uninstalling chapter in the Thunderbird FLOSS manual