Bob...I'm going to email you off list about this. I'd like to learn more. Thanks!
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Bob Withers <b...@pobox.com> wrote: > This was my dilemma as well. I've run Legacy under Parallels for several > years and it just got to be too much trouble. I've recently switched to > Reunion 9. It was, IMHO, the best of all the Mac applications I tried and > I am very happy with many features of it. You are right though, it is > nowhere near as feature rich as Legacy and there are some Legacy features > that I miss terribly. I was impressed with how well Reunion imported a > GEDCOM produced by Legacy including taking care of many multimedia links. > After I get a little more experience with Reunion I had planned a blog post > on the Legacy features I miss most and will forward it to the ReunionTalk > forum. One can dream. > > I intend to keep my Legacy database up to date but I don't know if I'll go > back to it. What I've done with Reunion is place my database and image > folders in a Dropbox folder (http://www.getdropbox.com/) and every change I > make is automatically distributed to 3 other Macs. That way I can grab a > notebook and run to the library with it. All changes I make at the library > are waiting on my desktop when I get home. I tried to set up something like > this with Legacy but I never got it to work. > > Sorry if this is off topic but I know there is a growing interest in Mac > based genealogy. I wish the Legacy folks would embrace Mac as another > platform. > > Regards, > Bob > > > On Jan 13, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Bernard Doddema wrote: > >> Legacy is not available for the Mac. So far all those that are Mac >> lovers either have to use something as Boot Camp, Parellel or other >> virtual machines to be able to use Windows inside of your Mac OS. >> Other choice? Nada....use a Mac only program. >> >> Since the Mac genealogy programs are nowhere near as mature in regards >> to features, etc. I've bit the bullet and use Parellels and Windows >> XP. Not my ideal solution but it works until developers give us >> something for the Mac. >> > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Bernard Doddema, Jr. http://doddemagen.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
