dspindle 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2010 I have a new MacBook Pro and have a +4K person database in TMG 7. What do I need to know about running TMG on my Mac? I can't bear the thought of changing over to a different gen program. Do I need another program to make it run TMG--windows issues, e.g.? I'll need specifics. :-) I've read through the boards but haven't seen anything current and want to be sure I'm looking at accurate info. TIA Debra Oklahoma City Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sam.m 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2010 Yes, you need another program to use TMG on a MAC, your choices include *Parallels Desktop for Mac *VMware Fusion *Wine Bottler(free) or its commercial counterpart CrossOver Mac Also have a look at the following discussion Edit: added link to VMware Fusion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dspindle 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 Yes, you need another program to use TMG on a MAC, your choices include*Parallels Desktop for Mac *Wine Bottler(free) or its commercial counterpart CrossOver Mac Also have a look at the following discussion Thank you so much, Sam. Precisely the kind of info I was looking for. PLUS the possibility of running TMG on my Mac is very good news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ggilbert1 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 CodeWeavers Crossover does not appear to be a viable option at this time see: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index...ost&p=48095 There are a number of people using Parallels and VMWare Fusion, there are also some open source virtualization software available. For Parallels see this thread: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index...6&hl=goterm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strathglass 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2010 I have a new MacBook Pro and have a +4K person database in TMG 7. What do I need to know about running TMG on my Mac? I can't bear the thought of changing over to a different gen program. Do I need another program to make it run TMG--windows issues, e.g.? I'll need specifics. :-) I've read through the boards but haven't seen anything current and want to be sure I'm looking at accurate info. TIA Debra Oklahoma City There are two populare, commercial software packages that let you run windows programs on a Mac, both mentioned already: * Parallels Desktop * VMWare Fusion Both will require you to have the OS disk available (e.g. Win XP) I have personally used both of these to run TMG7 without any problems (currently using VMWare Fusion 3). -strathglass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dspindle 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2010 OK, so now I have Parallels desktop installed. And TMG 7. But when I try to restore my .sqz file, it appears to go through the process, but at the end, it says no restore took place. So how do I get my data to my Mac? Please. :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Hannah 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2010 Other users have successfully run TMG using Parallels, but it takes a bit of initial configuration to make it work. This is caused by now having two file systems, on in Mac and one in Windows. You need to tell TMG what you are doing. See other postings on this topic in this Forum by searching for the term "Parallels", and I especially recommend starting by viewing this posting. Hope this gives you ideas, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ggilbert1 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2010 If you are using the Parallels default configuration > Options > Shared Profile > Enable Shared Profile - Redirect Windows user folders to Mac you'll need to use a data_paths.txt file. Your TMG project files need to be located in the WINDOWS file tree. Please see the TMG help topic: Customizing Data File Storage The data_paths.txt file only needs 2 lines username is the user name of the account you use to log on to the WINDOWS Virtual Machine Windows XP [username] UserData=C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\The Master Genealogist v7 Windows Vista & 7 [username] UserData=C:\Users\username\Documents\The Master Genealogist v7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dspindle 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2010 Michael and Glenn: Thanks for your help. I finally got it up and running. I appreciate your advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites