how to open winmail.dat files in mac osx

Posted on December 9, 2008
Filed Under apple, technology | 2 Comments

i work in an office where ms outlook & ms exchange are the norm and us mac guys/gals – not so much. well one thing that often bothers me is when i get an email and attached files are converted into winmail.dat file attachments. this actually pisses me off way more than it should – but i digress…

i found a mac osx app that’s open source that can resolve this issue and figured i would share it with all my mac friends…
tnefDD – its on sourceforge – so its a freebie! yay! i love freebies

here is a link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tnefdd

1. download the app
2. drop the app in the applications folder
3. run the app [i invoke it with quicksilver]
4. then drop the winmail.dat file on the icon in your dock

a box will open and you can drag the original attachments out without any issue.

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2 Responses to “how to open winmail.dat files in mac osx”

TWalker on January 2nd, 2009 11:39 am

Where did you download Quicksilver?
Matt on January 6th, 2009 12:12 pm

right here: http://www.blacktree.com/

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