Comments on: Running RootsMagic on a Mac

By: Ken C

Ken C — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:48:39 +0000

Like everyone else in this forum I made the switch from PC to Mac. I am using Parallels for now, but it would be really great if there was a native Mac version of Roots Magic. I have tried several genealogy programs, and RM is the best.

By: JIm P

JIm P — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:59:03 +0000

Please get a RM for Imacs and Ipads, great program but would even be better on a mac!!

By: Patrick W

Patrick W — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:07:00 +0000

I am currently using RootsMagic on my Mac with the help of Fusion and it works flawlessly. Given that, I still desperately want a Mac OS native version of RootsMagic so I can avoid the memory crunch of running MacOS and Windows XP at the same time. It would also lend itself to helping me keep my Mac “Microsoft” free. Please do what you can to give us RootsMagic running in MacOSX. I have many Mac customers that also are pleading for this to happen sooner, not years from now!

By: Bill M.

Bill M. — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:28:44 +0000

I recently switched from Windows to Mac. The only program that wasn’t able to be converted over was RootsMagic. I guess I could have done CrossOverMac but to be honest I didn’t want to spend another $40 much less $80. So I tried Wine.

I followed a tutorial I found (google – Installing Wine on Mac OS X) and went to work. I even have an icon that I click in Applications to run it. It works fine. I use Rootsmagic 3 so I haven’t tested 4 but it’s worth a shot.

For the record. When RootsMagic come out with an offical Mac product I’ll buy it but until then I’m good.

By: Lorraine McKenzie

Lorraine McKenzie — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:59:35 +0000

Wonderful news that you are developing a Mac version of Roots Magic. My old PC only used for RM died and I don’t want to put Windows on my MAC.
Please let me know as soon as it is ready so I can buy it and work on my family history again. Roots Magic will kill the other software available.

By: Ed Harkins

Ed Harkins — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:22:21 +0000

I am one of your dedicated users who is also a Mac user. I love my Mac and would love to have Roots Magic run natively on it rather than using my separate pc (which I rarely use otherwise). It’s great news to hear you are developing a Mac product! Please know that many of us “out there” are ready to purchase it. Please keep us posted on that progress. Thanks.

By: Kevin Priddy

Kevin Priddy — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:22:25 +0000

I use VMWare Fusion and Windows 7 on Boot Camp to run Roots Magic. It works like a charm. The nice thing about the Boot Camp solution is that you can run all your other Windows software as well.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:24:44 +0000

Another Mac user that would love, love, love to see a Mac version as good as the window’s version.

By: Jo-Ann Thaxton

Jo-Ann Thaxton — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:31:40 +0000

Have to agree with Anita Stout. I have a new Mac – my first – and absolutely love it. Although a free copy of Parallels was included with the package, i didn’t install it because i prefer to avoid any integration of microsoft/windows.
Just tried Roots Magic 4 at a local family history center and it’s a great program and easy to understand.
Can we be notified when you have a Mac-based version? Hopefully, soon?? I’d buy it in a heart-beat if it was available right now. x

By: anita stout

anita stout — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:20:55 +0000

I’m also a mac user and really don’t want anything to do with Microsoft. I’ve had so few problems since I switched over to Apple. Sadly, I think I’ll be waiting for the Mac version of Roots Magic. Anyway to be notified when it’s ready?