What data do you have on the flash drive? If it is a backup of your family file then you need to use in Legacy the File > Restore option and navigate to the flash drive to find the file to restore.
If it is all the files associated with your family file (or just the .fdb file) then you need to use File > Open. But before doing this you probably want to copy it to the hard drive of your laptop and then open it from there. I've never used a Mac with or without the ability to run Windows programs so not sure how different the copying is. Import is only for importing a Gedcom or PAF OR importing a Legacy file into an existing database. There's more instructions on the Legacy website if you need them. I don't know whether any are Mac/VM Fusion related. Cathy At 03:06 PM 27/04/2014, you wrote: >Hello, > >Hopefully someone can help me this morning, we are leaving out of >town today and am trying to transfer my Legacy 8 data to the laptop >for use while traveling and not sure what I'm doing wrong? > >I have the data on a flash drive, trying to install on a Windows-Mac >Maverick w/ VM Fusion, Windows 7. The correct file is listed on a >Cruzer Blade USB flash Drive, shows up in the folders on the laptop. > > I tried the following: >1. went "import" per instructions in the program, doesn't give me >an option to copy files from the E drive, only a GEDCOM or PAF. And >doesn't know what to import, I don't see how to find the E drive >from that option > >2. Tried clicking on the folder of the Legacy file on the E drive >and at the top it has a click down menu to "open with Legacy 8", but >doesn't do anything when I click on it. > >3. Also tried the option to open a Family File but doesn't find any >files either, only looking on the computer, not the E drive. > >I have installed Deluxe v. 8, build 414 on the original computer. > >I'm new to using both Windows and Mac together, but I don't think >that is the issue, Windows is working just fine. I must be missing >something simple but I don't know what it is. . .hopefully someone >can help me right away. . .?? > >Thanks so much, Pam > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
