Pam: I don't think there are any free version of software to run Legacy 8 on a Mac other than Crossover.
I have had some problems with Parallels on being able to correctly find the Drive path to Legacy files (e.g., C:\user\My Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data). Parallels wants to use the virtual drive path of: \\psf\Home\Documents\LegacyFamilyTree\Data\. The Legacy Relinker has problems with basically a network drive that has \\ in front of the drive path. I am going to switch over and run in VMWare Fusion 6. It integrates much better with the homegroups of windows and networking. Yes, you will probably need to pay for software to get a good solution on the Mac. You will need VMWare Fusion 6 - $59. You will also need a copy of Windows 7 or 8 - recommend you use windows 7 which will cost about $90 - $150 depending on the version. So, you will need to spend about $150 to $200 in software to get Legacy 8 running on your Mac. I wouldn't think the $200 would be a problem since the Mac hardware you bought is about twice as high as PC hardware. Good luck on your purchases. Chap ___ Leon Chapman [email protected] ----- On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Pam Hashimoto <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your responses. It's been such a long while using Virtual > PC that I forgot I had to install Windows on my Mac as well. Guess that's > what I was trying to avoid. Never liked the idea of Windows occupying my > Mac -- seemed unnatural or something, and had to partition my hard drive. > A friend told me she tried CrossOver, which works without Windows, and it > worked okay (there were some glitches using Legacy), but now it isn't > compatible with Legacy 8. Any other programs out there like CrossOver that > will allow one to use Legacy without Windows? > Pam > > On Feb 7, 2014, at 4:08 AM, SHTAIM <[email protected]> wrote: > > @Pam > Like Leon I use Parallels in combination with WIN7 and never have had any > problems. > I put Legacy on one side of the screen and on the other whatever software > I need to, like Safari browser or documents. I use Legacy 8. > > Leon Chapman wrote: > > Pam: > > I use Parallels and have Windows 7 & 8 installed and it works fine. > VMWare also works fine using Windows 7 & 8. > > ___ > Leon Chapman > [email protected] > ----- > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Pam Hashimoto <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I would like to find out what application has worked successfully for Mac >> users using Legacy. I do not want to abandon using Legacy as I've already >> invested so much time into it, but no longer chose to use Virtual PC for >> Mac, and CrossOver has encountered some problems, particularly with Legacy >> 8.0. 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