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Thinking of moving to a Mac - software options?



Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:55:52 +0000 soc.genealogy.computing
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Andrew Brydon...
A persistent friend is trying to get me moved from a PC to a Mac.
Most of my computer use would appear to be transferable with
reasonable ease, though I've not yet seen easily comparable Mac s/w
for genealogy. Partly of course because it's trickier to see what
software looks like and how it behaves etc.

Dave Hinz...
Reunion. It's really, really good. Actually for me, seeing it in use
was the final thing that pushed me over to switch to Mac.

Andrew Brydon...
2-0 recommending Reunion is a consistent message. On the very practical
side of switching, what's it like for importing GEDCOMs?

Gerry...
Very Easy!

When you launch Reunion the window contains a "New Family File..."
button, clicking this will allow you to name your new file, then you
have the option "Import Gedcom File..." select your file and Reunion has
a few options to select how you want the file treated then click OK and
you now have Reunion family database of your previous gedcom file.


Dave Hinz...
The only thing I had problems with were the Nordic characters, but that
turned out to be an OS thing (hadn't asked it to know about them) rather
than Reunion itself. That was pretty early in the days of MacOSX so I
don't know if it'd be a problem today.


saki...
Same for me. I tried out Heredis for a bit but Reunion (while pricier)
had better features for my needs.

There's a demo version of each that may help you decide what you want.


I'm currently using FTM v9 - what are my options for equivalent
(or better) products in Mac-land? Or for genealogy am I better sticking
to PCs?
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