I'm also have a Mac and am a Reunion user . In the past I've saved my
trees on floppy discs, and cd's but was never able to get them on my
new computers. I still found the only sure way to save my tree is to
print them. Sure boring having to put it all back into another
computer though!
Millie
On 23-May-11, at 11:33 AM, Natalie wrote:
As a fellow Mac use I fully agree Mike, Reunion is really good !
Natalie
________________________________
From: Mike Cox <micox(a)stollard.plus.com>
To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, 23 May 2011, 15:57
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Family history programs (formerly 'HELP
Software')
As a Mac user I use Reunion and I think it's brilliant.
Heddwch
Mike.
Mike Llywelyn Cox
micox(a)stollard.plus.com
http://www.ppeyes.org.uk
http://micoxpplog.blogspot.com
A NSUN (
http://www.nsun.org.uk) member
A
http://www.solnetwork.org.uk member.
Family History
www.wotashower.co.uk
On 23 May 2011, at 14:25, Katherine Benbow wrote:
> I am a fan of RootsMagic, and particularly like their "RootsMagic
> 4.0 To
> Go." That allows the whole software and the database to be
> installed on a
> thumb drive, which can be plugged into any computer anywhere, and
> changes
> made and automatically saved to that database, without copying
> files and
> transferring them from computer to computer, etc.
>
> I used Family Tree Maker in the past, and RM is similar but
> better. I also
> tried Master Genealogist for two years and found the laborious
> nature of it
> maddening. I like RM because citing sources and other functions
> are more
> intuitive.
>
> I've never tried PAF and Legacy and some of the others, so can't
> comment on
> them. I live in the US, and don't know what the software
> preferences are
> where Myra lives. When I talk to other genealogists and vendors at
> the
> National Genealogical Society conferences, I find many RM fans.
>
>
> Katherine Benbow
>
> Historian for the Charles Benbow Family:
http://www.benbowfamily.com
> NCGenWeb Western Piedmont Regional Coordinator
> Administrator for 7 Family Tree DNA surname projects
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