Joanne, I am not a Mac user. If I get Mac questions, I refer them to Kathy, who already answered you.
I don't think PAF makes a Mac version anymore. I tried to find one on the FamilySearch.org site, but saw no references to it. If you run Parallels or another program that allows you to run Windows based programs on your Mac, you can chose from any genealogy program you like! Other that that, though, I'd think about what Kathy said and see if you can download a demo version of Reunion. I think Reunion has something like an 80% of the Mac users share according to the survey Dick Eastman did last summer on genealogy related things. Cheri On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Kathy Cardoza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joanne > > I have never used PAF so can't really compare it to anything. I'm > thinking, though, isn't PAF no longer supported for the Mac? I thought I > read that somewhere. You can read Dick Eastman's reviews of different Mac > programs here: > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/06/genealogy-programs-for-macintosh.html > > I own MacFamily Tree 5 and even recently downloaded the version 6 Beta. > There are some things I like about it, namely charts and reports but there > are many more things I do not like. Although the interface is quite > interesting and the visual chart of individuals is fun, I think the > navigation system is clunky at best and makes it difficult to move from > person to person if they are in different places in your database. I also do > not like the way Sources are entered and recorded. I really did try to like > the program, but just couldn't. It feels to me like the good start for a > nice program .... in the future. But, my opinion is that it is not nearly as > full featured as others. > > You did not mention Reunion, which is what I use. There are several > programs to choose from these days for we Mac users but Reunion 9 is > generally thought to be the most well thought out and implemented of the > lot, making it the most popular of the Mac offerings. Although it is > expensive at $99, it is a fabulous program and would be worth a look by you. > > At any rate, most all of the programs allow you to download a demo version > for free so that you can try it out. I would recommend doing that for > whichever programs you might want to try. Give them a "test spin" and see > which one suits your needs the best. > > If you need more info or clarification on anything, I'd be happy to help > more. > > Good luck, > Kathy > > Joanne Mercier wrote: > > Even though I am mostly silent, I read and study everything that goes on > here on the list. To that end, I have a questions for the Mac users - would > you recommend MacFamily Tree instead of PAF for recording genealogy? I'm > preview it at present but don't want to switch unless it will make it easier > or less cumbersome for me. Feel free to tell it like it is! > > Thanks! > *Joanne* > * > * > *Joanne Medeiros Grota Mercier* > Researching Bretanha (Medeiros Grota, Sousa), Lagoa (Luiz) and Rabe de > Peixe (Martins Gouveia) > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html > Climb my Family Tree: > http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/Kathy/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<azores%[email protected]>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
