Here is a good source if you are interested in what's out there for Mac users. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/03/genealogy-programs-for-macintosh.html I use reunion, but I'm certainly not married to it. I might give some of these a try. Tish
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Kathy Cardoza <[email protected]> wrote: > MaryAnn Santos: > > I am a devoted Mac user, but as someone else stated, I haven't really > found a Mac genealogy program that I'm happy with. I have tried them all. > Almost all of the following have a free demo version, always with > limitations, but it's a great way to try out software before you decide > which one meets your needs. Here are the top 5: > > Reunion, http://www.leisterpro.com/index.php, has always been the most > popular for Macs. I used it from version 4 thru the current version, but > it's sadly lacking in many areas and I really don't like the new interface. > That, of course, is just my opinion, for what that's worth. > > Family Tree Maker 3, https://www.familytreemaker.com/Products/Mac, is > another popular Mac program but I don't think it offers a demo version. It > is affiliated with Ancestry.com. > > Mac FamilyTree, http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/, is a > program that offers a demo version so you can try it out. I believe it is > fully functional but doesn't allow you to save or print. > > Heredis 2014 offers a demo version > http://www.heredis.com/en/heredis-2014-for-mac/ There is no time limit > on this free demo but you are limited to 50 people. > > iFamily for Leopard, http://ifamilyforleopard.com. This also has a demo > version. > > You can read about and compare features of all these programs and more > here: > Mac Genealogy Reviews: > http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-genealogy-software/index.html > > Personally, I run Parallels on my Mac so that I have a complete Windows 7 > computer within my Mac. So, with that, I use Legacy 8 and love it! It > fulfills all my needs and has a pleasant, easy to use interface. With some > type of virtualization software such as Parallels, VM Fusion, and others, > you can use any Windows program you want. I hated to go over to the "dark > side" but I never was happy with Mac genealogy offerings. > > Remember, these are just my opinions ..... different folks have different > needs and expectations. With the exception of FTM, all of the above > programs have demo modes so that you can try before you buy. You can't ask > for more than that! > > Good luck, > Kathy Cardoza > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html > > Climb my Family Tree: > http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Jan 29, 2014, at 4:41 AM, MaryAnn Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > > What about software for Macs. I use Reunion but don't really like it that > much. It seems clunky to me and looks dated. I also bought FTM and MacTree > but haven't made the switch to one of these yet. I'm leaning towards > MacTree because navigation seems more intuitive. Any opinions from Mac > users? > > MaryAnn Santos > > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
