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How to transfer AOL contacts to a new computer

Want to save the AOL contacts to computer? so that you can restore once your AOL crashed and all address book lost. Time to think about this. You'd better make a copy of the AOL email contacts to another new computer and keep it safe.

Epreserver which is an AOL contacts backup software, AOL Address book backup software, AOL Favorite Places backup tool allows you to export your contacts to a file saved as .lidf, with a few simple clicks. This makes it extremely easy to back up your contacts, or import them from a file into another email account such as Outlook or Gmail..

Main function of ePreserver- Convert your AOL e-mail, folders, address book and favorite places using ePreserver is easy.



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Okay, ePreserver supports AOL 9.x, AOL Desktop and AOL webmail. Here is a guide to backup AOL contacts to computer with ePreserver. Here is how to transfer aol contacts to a new computer for another email such as Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 or Outlook Express.


Export your contacts

First, you should install AOL Communicator, and it should have opened automatically. Go to the address book, click on the File menu, and choose Export...

Export your contacts

When the Export window opens, click Desktop on the left, type in aol for the filename, and click Save:
Export your contacts
You're almost done! Now, your AOL contacts has been stored to computer. You can transfer the backup AOL contacts to Outlook, Gmail or a new computer and even New Mac computer.



Import your contacts to Outlook on new computer - Using ePreserver

The final step is to run ePreserver and point it at the file you just created. If you've already installed ePreserver, start it by clicking on the life preserver icon on your desktop:

Click Next on the first page for ePreserver, then you will see something like this: (If you see the Screen Name page instead, please click the Show More Choices button.)

Click the File button. When you see the Open window, click Desktop on the left, click on aol.ldif in the middle, and click Open in the bottom right:

Now, you can select only Address book.


AOL contacts to Outlook or Gmail


Select to import the converted AOL contacts to Outlook. From the screenshot, we can see that you can AOL contacts to Gmail, convert AOL contacts to HTML files, convert AOL contacts to Mac, export AOL contacts to Outlook 2003, export AOL contacts to Outlook Express and more.
AOL contacts to Outlook or Gmail

Once you've picked the account, you can choose which data you want to export into an Outlook, Outlook Express, Gmail.

Convert your AOL e-mail, folders, address book and favorite places using ePreserver is easy. Your original information in AOL will not be changed in any way. If you use AOL 8 or 9, ePreserver works even if you've already left AOL!

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