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Resolving riddles with what you want to run

Moving on from Entourage

QWe’ve been using Microsoft Entourage 2008 as our email client on our iMac Late 2015 with macOS Sierra. Entourage, however, seems to be dying. We’ve looked at Outlook 2016, which lacks a lot of valuable features, so we don’t want to upgrade to it. Should we use Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair and carry on using the app, or is there something better?

ASo long as you use a copy of your Entourage mailboxes, that repair product may fix your immediate issue. If you’ve already tried to get Entourage itself to repair the mailboxes and it has been unable to, that’s your only serious option.

Microsoft Outlook is quite different, and there’s no other mail client which is an obvious replacement for Entourage’s rich features. Many users were dismayed when Microsoft replaced it with the cut-down Outlook.

There’s a wide choice available in the App Store; visit their vendor websites for demo versions and further information about each. Many are also offered outside the store, making them easier to try before buying.

When you come to convert your current mailboxes, try Emailchemy from weirdkid.com/ emailchemy, which supports the conversion of database, .RGE and cache files to formats which can be imported into almost any other mail client.

The longer that you postpone, the greater the chances of Entourage failing and making your mailboxes completely unreadable.