Susi, A few additional comments on BootCamp. Yes, you need Windows no matter what, I would recommend Windows 7 if you can afford it. I run many PC programs on the PC partition, such as The Master Genealogist (TMG), Quicken, Microsoft Office, etc. The one concern I have is that there doesn't seem to be a good way to back up the image of the BootCamp partition other than using a free, unsupported program called Winclone, which I haven't tried yet, but others say it works. You can, of course back up the files using the Windows utility or something similar. I am considering switching to Parallels, you can download it and try it free for 14 days. The other day, I saw Bob Velke, the creator of TMG, demonstrate TMG v.8 using Parallels on a MAC, and it worked very well. Ken -----Original Message----- From: deed-mapper-users-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:deed-mapper-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carl Moore Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 4:10 PM To: deed-mapper-users(a)rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DMU] DeedMapper running on a Mac? Susi, BootCamp is a built-in application on MACs, so one doesn't need to buy a separate piece of software. Anyone wanting to run Windows on a MAC - using BootCamp, Parallels, or something else - will need to purchase the Windows operating system. For this reason, I use Windows XP which can be bought at a reasonable price. A disadvantage of BootCamp is that you cannot run both Windows and MAC simultaneously; the user needs to close one operating system and open the other. Parallels permits one to run Windows as a "virtual machine." This means that you can easily switch between MAC-based software and Windows-based software at the click of a mouse. Indeed, you can share files between the two systems. However, Parallels will cost you some additional money - roughly $80. So far we have been talking about Parallels; there is a similar product - VMWare Fusion - which supposedly does the same thing. It is probably pretty good; I just don't know. If you opt for BootCamp, there is a built-in procedure in the MAC operating system for making a partition for Windows. If you elect Parallels, the process boils down to following the prompts after starting the program. Thereafter, installing Windows is pretty easy - insert the Microsoft CD / DVD and follow those instructions. Bottom line, if you run Windows in full-screen mode, the only way you would know that you were on a MAC is the slightly different keyboard and mouse, and the MAC-like icons at the bottom of the screen. Hope this helps. Carl On Jan 20, 2012, at 1:45 PM, susi c pentico wrote: a MAC. I understand I need to buy Parallels to do the one method do I need to purchase something to use Ken's method. We would love to present this to our members but we need some guidance here. Broyles you're without DEED-MAPPER-USERS-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message DEED-MAPPER-USERS-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEED-MAPPER-USERS-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message