In principle you can achieve the synching as Tim points out by saving/exporting as a .ged file which can be opened by both apps. I have not tried to see if anything gets missed. Severin Crisp
On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:03 pm, Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: > Juliet, > > It's a hard choice. > > The ability for Family Tree Maker to sync with your Ancestry account online > is a significant advantage to me. I can use the power of the Ancestry.com.au > searches and ability to add people to my tree, then sync it to my desktop > app, Family Tree Maker. You have to be careful to not import someone else's > mistakes obviously, but this two way syncing is useful. It means I can load > my data to the internet for others to see and gain from. AFAIK, Reunion > doesn't provide this type of connectivity. Is Reunion a nicer programme to > use? Yes I think it is. > > Be aware Once you start using another app for family tree data, you've got to > either duplicate your data entry, or have a way of exporting the data files > from one app into the other to keep them in sync = fiddly complexity. > > It would be nice if we could use, lets say the same source file and store it > in Dropbox and access that data via whichever app took our fancy at any > particular time. I don't think it's that easy tho. > > Tim > > > On 8 Mar 2014, at 1:21 pm, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am a long time user of Reunion and was seduced into trying FamilyTree >> Maker. Though it has some good features I am now back with Reunion which I >> find is superior and more user friendly (to me anyway!). Someone starting >> from scratch may have a different take on these two. >> My sixpenn’orth >> Severin Crisp >> >> >> On 8 Mar 2014, at 12:21 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Juliet, >>> >>> The only genealogy software I have ever used over the years is all versions >>> of 'Reunion' and found it excellent, but it is expensive. >>> 'Family Tree Maker' is much cheaper and if you read these latest reviews, >>> it is highly rated and recommended for Macs. >>> >>> <http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-genealogy-software/> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>> >>> >>>> On 8 Mar 2014, at 11:46 am, Juliet Kitson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> G'day All >>>> Has anybody used "family tree maker for Mac" and if so where to get it >>>> from and does it work well. >>>> Regards Juliet >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys >> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia >> ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >> mail to: [email protected] >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> ____________________________________________________ Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) mail to: [email protected] ____________________________________________________
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