📧 Switched from Windows to Mac, now you can’t open MSG files
Imagine this, your Windows laptop is getting old and slow, it is time for an upgrade.
This time around, you have chosen to go for a Macbook instead of another Windows laptop. The switch over went smoothly, you have done setting up your new Macbook and migrated your data, and is happy with the Macintosh experience.
Then comes one day, you were surprised to find out about MSG file format, the native format for Outlook conversation in Windows, is not supported by Outlook in Mac 🤯.
This is a disaster, you can no longer open important email conversations you have archived over the years. And even for new emails, you are not able to read email-in-email attachments sent by your colleagues or clients who use Windows system.
In earlier times, most companies adopt the usage of Microsoft Office suites in their day to day works, Microsoft Windows was the default choice for work machine OS.
Fast forward to today, Mac has become a popular choice, there are specialized software and tools not available in Windows or simply works better in Mac, this helps with Mac’s soaring popularity among the graphic designer and software development crowds.