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John Burns

Mac program

Legg inn av John Burns » 10 des 2004 04:22:28

Sorry I'm sure this has been covered many times but it is new to me. I have
a PC and use PAF. I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?
John

Alan Jones

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Alan Jones » 10 des 2004 06:07:23

I like to joke with MAC users and tell them to repent and get a PC....
But seriously, my friends who use MACs talk about a program called REUNION.
They like it.
see
http://www.genealogysupplies.com/produc ... rodid=1149



"John Burns" <johnburns@telus.net> wrote in message
news:UD8ud.39670$6f6.5778@edtnps89...
Sorry I'm sure this has been covered many times but it is new to me. I
have
a PC and use PAF. I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has
heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can
someone
point me in the right direction please?
John


Matthew Wyneken

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Matthew Wyneken » 10 des 2004 10:37:41

In article <UD8ud.39670$6f6.5778@edtnps89>,
"John Burns" <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:

I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?

Reunion by Leister. Information at http://www.leisterpro.com/.

Everyone who uses it, including me, raves about it and claims it's the
best genealogy program for the Mac.

Matthew

Dave Hinz

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 10 des 2004 17:05:16

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 03:22:28 GMT, John Burns <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:
Sorry I'm sure this has been covered many times but it is new to me. I have
a PC and use PAF. I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?

Leister's "Reunion" software is _excellent_. It's worth buying a Mac so
you can use it. Talks nice with files exported from PAF, as well. Haven't
tried back, because I stopped using PAF when I got the Mac and Reunion, but
I'd be surprised by problems. Their support is excellent, the program
doesn't crash, ever, and the workflow is efficient and intuitive.

My mom, who is _very_ uncomfortable with techie things, can use it.

Dave Hinz

Dave Hinz

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 10 des 2004 17:06:10

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:07:23 -0800, Alan Jones <alanjones10@cox.net> wrote:
I like to joke with MAC users and tell them to repent and get a PC....

It's spelled Mac. MAC is an ethernet term. And I know both Windows and
Mac, which is why I prefer Mac. how familiar are _you_ with both?

Dave Hinz

Doug Chadduck

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Doug Chadduck » 10 des 2004 17:30:23

Leister's Reunion. Best program out there for the Mac. Have her download
the demo version. Very limited but will give an idea how it lays out.

John Burns wrote:
Sorry I'm sure this has been covered many times but it is new to me. I have
a PC and use PAF. I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?
John


Ron Parsons

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Ron Parsons » 11 des 2004 00:38:22

In article <zakud.171406$V41.39792@attbi_s52>,
Doug Chadduck <dchadduck@comcast.net> wrote:

Leister's Reunion. Best program out there for the Mac. Have her download
the demo version. Very limited but will give an idea how it lays out.

John Burns wrote:
Sorry I'm sure this has been covered many times but it is new to me. I have
a PC and use PAF. I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?
John



Actually it's only limited in the number of people you can put into it.
When you do purchase, you don't have to start over, just register and go
from there.

--
Ron Parsons

Ron Parsons

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Ron Parsons » 11 des 2004 00:41:11

In article <wyneken-B37118.10374010122004@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>,
Matthew Wyneken <wyneken@physik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:

In article <UD8ud.39670$6f6.5778@edtnps89>,
"John Burns" <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:

I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?

Reunion by Leister. Information at http://www.leisterpro.com/.

Everyone who uses it, including me, raves about it and claims it's the
best genealogy program for the Mac.

Some of us even say it's the best genealogy program.

When asked about best program for PC's you will usually hear people say
they use several for no one does everything. I have heard no one using
Reunion for Macintosh say that.

--
Ron Parsons

James A. Doemer

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 11 des 2004 00:48:47

Ron Parsons <jrp59@gte.net> wrote:
In article <wyneken-B37118.10374010122004@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>,
Matthew Wyneken <wyneken@physik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:

In article <UD8ud.39670$6f6.5778@edtnps89>,
"John Burns" <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:

I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She
has heard of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac
programs. Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Reunion by Leister. Information at http://www.leisterpro.com/.

Everyone who uses it, including me, raves about it and claims it's
the best genealogy program for the Mac.

Some of us even say it's the best genealogy program.

When asked about best program for PC's you will usually hear people
say they use several for no one does everything. I have heard no one
using Reunion for Macintosh say that.

The problem I have as a FTM 2005 user is with the reports, rather than the
program itself. The loaded set of reports are okay, but then when I look at
other programs I see reports that I can't make in FTM, but are reports that
I want to use. What would be REALLY great would be FTM 2005 that would
allow me to use the MS Access or Crystal Reports report writer to create my
own custom reports.

singhals

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av singhals » 11 des 2004 04:09:45

Ron Parsons wrote:

In article <wyneken-B37118.10374010122004@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>,
Matthew Wyneken <wyneken@physik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:


In article <UD8ud.39670$6f6.5778@edtnps89>,
"John Burns" <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:


I just came across a distant cousin who has a Mac. She
wants to get a genealogy program but isn't sure of which one. She has heard
of Leister. I don't know anything about any of the Mac programs. Can someone
point me in the right direction please?

Reunion by Leister. Information at http://www.leisterpro.com/.

Everyone who uses it, including me, raves about it and claims it's the
best genealogy program for the Mac.


Some of us even say it's the best genealogy program.

When asked about best program for PC's you will usually hear people say
they use several for no one does everything. I have heard no one using
Reunion for Macintosh say that.



Could this be due to the scarcity of options, rather the quality of the
specified product? :)

Seriously, when ROOTS came out ca 1985, it was the only game in town and
the only complaint I heard about it was its price. Then PAF came out at
a fraction of the price, and suddenly, it had better features than
ROOTS. Until Brothers Keeper got a following, and from there on, it's
been a different program for each task one wants to do.

Cheryl

Dave Hinz

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 11 des 2004 04:55:39

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:09:45 -0500, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:
Ron Parsons wrote:

Reunion by Leister. Information at http://www.leisterpro.com/.
Everyone who uses it, including me, raves about it and claims it's the
best genealogy program for the Mac.
Some of us even say it's the best genealogy program.

Could this be due to the scarcity of options, rather the quality of the
specified product? :)

Not really, since we can always run Virtual PC and run any Windows app
on our Mac. Non-3D-intensive apps like, say, genealogy stuff, runs
pretty much at real-time speed despite having to emulate a Pentium.
So, the options are wide open for Mac folks, but I don't know of a way
for Windows people (PCs run more than just Windows) to use a Mac app.

Dave "Or, was that a rhetorical question?" Hinz

John Burns

Re: Mac program

Legg inn av John Burns » 11 des 2004 17:42:21

Thanks for all the replies. Reunion it is.
John
"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:09:45 -0500, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:
Ron Parsons wrote:

Reunion by Leister. Information at http://www.leisterpro.com/.
Everyone who uses it, including me, raves about it and claims it's the
best genealogy program for the Mac.
Some of us even say it's the best genealogy program.

Could this be due to the scarcity of options, rather the quality of the
specified product? :)

Not really, since we can always run Virtual PC and run any Windows app
on our Mac. Non-3D-intensive apps like, say, genealogy stuff, runs
pretty much at real-time speed despite having to emulate a Pentium.
So, the options are wide open for Mac folks, but I don't know of a way
for Windows people (PCs run more than just Windows) to use a Mac app.

Dave "Or, was that a rhetorical question?" Hinz

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