Re: Genealogy for a Mac

In article <k8srj.12992$421.10065@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Bob Jones" <rjo25512@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Helen Castle" <helenlcastle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:47ae3381$0$20842$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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
> >
> Unfortunately, Macs aren't as "robust" as you think. I have some senior 
> rellies that are Mac tragics and have found that not all Macs are
backward 
> compatible. They have recently bought a new Mac which has "X" OS
installed 
> and which will not accept any data from their old Mac which is using a 
> version "10.?.?".

Something is else is wrong with their setup. Macintosh computers can 
transfer data from older systems even systems from 10 years ago.

So a little more details on what exactly they were trying to do and what 
the error or other messages they were receiving are.