How to use popular Windows genealogy programs on a Macintosh running OS X.

1. Using Windows
Genealogy Programs
on a Macintosh
Dick Eastman
June 7, 2014

2. Today’s Slides are
available at:
http://www.eogn.com/h
andouts/windowsonma
c

3. What is the most
powerful consumer-
grade computer?

4. A Macintosh!
It can run:
Macintosh OS X
Windows (any version)
Linux (any X86 version)
UNIX (several versions)
Android

5. And can even run
them simultaneously!
(Usually)

6. In fact, a Mac is a
better PC than a PC.
According to many users who own both a Macintosh and a
Windows computer.

7. There are five
common products
used to run Windows
on a Mac

8. But...
4 of them require a
copy of Windows and
a Windows anti-virus
program
...

9. ...and the fifth method
doesn’t work very
well!

10. BootCamp
Parallels
VMware Fusion
VirtualBox
Crossover (Wine)

11. BootCamp
(Free)
Can only run one operating system at a time
Is a dual boot method

12. Three Products create
a “virtual computer”
in the OS X operating
system

13. Parallels ($79.99)
VMware Fusion
($59.99)
VirtualBox (Free)

14. Fifth choice:
Crossover (based on
Wine)
$59.95
Windows not required

15. But...

16. The First Four Listed
can run almost any
Windows Program

17. Let’s take a look at
VirtualBox