No idea what system - dont believe he knows either
Generally, I believe, Macs are so robust you dont need to know that sort
of
stuff.
I will tell him the programs to look for and he will find them - if he
doesnt then he cant read my files
thanks for all your help
--
Helen Castle
Narangba
New preferred email
helenlcastle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(added a letter 'l' and a ".au")
have a look at our escapades at
http://newspapertranscripts.spaces.live.com/
"Hugh Watkins" <hugh.watkins@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:6167etF1u0q0oU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Helen Castle wrote:
>> Having never owned a Mac I have never paid attention to the posts about
>> programs for a Mac
>>
>> Now a relative has a Mac and is looking for free software
>>
>> Any good free ones out there? He only wants to read my .ged files
>>
>> He is looking into a Windows emulation for running Legacy but it may be
>> beyond him
>>
>
>
> which Mac ?
>
> Which Mac OS?
>
> Intel Macs run all known Intel compatable OS either as an alternate via
> Bootcamp
> or better simultaneously as a Virtual machine
> I use WinXP sp2 on Parallels 3.0 on Mac OS 10.4.11
>
> any experienced windows user will cope with this
>
> on older Macs the Windows emulator is very slow and should be abandoned
as
> heritage software
>
> I went the VM route because I could not find any Mac OS geenalogy
program
> as good as FTM 16
>
> the easiest way for him to read your .ged files is for you to upload
them
> to WorlfConnect freebie
>
> http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hughw36
>
> and
> http://wc.rootsweb.com/
>
> I send all my geneseunited enquirers there too
> and any browser will do the job
>
> if you want passwords and privacy
> (bad idea becasue sharing helps lost cousins find you)
> use http://tribalpages.com/
>
> >> TribalPages has over 175,000 Family Trees. Search for Ancestors in
> our database of over 80 million names and 2 million photos.
>
>
> but
>
> >> RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
> Global Search
> Names: 521,426,242 Surnames: 4,798,829 Databases: 412,828
>
> <<
>
> http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
>
>
>
>
>
> Hugh W
>
>
>
>
>
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