Which ever way I go, I still think it is a lot of work. Anyway thanks Cheers Juliet
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Severin Crisp <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <http://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] > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > -- 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> >
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