Best genealogy program for mac

I am switching over from the "dark side" to my first iMac, and need some advice re: genealogy software. On my PC I have an old version of Family Tree for Windows. From my limited research on the web, I have come across 3 programs for the mac. These are the latest versions of Reunion, MacFamilyTree, and iFamily. Again from my limited resaerch, it looks like Reunion, while very popular, the seems a bit "old", iFamily is a bit "off-beat", while MacFamilyTree seems in tune with the rest of the Mac approach. These are just my cursory observations gleaned from what the respective websites convey.

What would you recommend I get? Any personal experience with any of these?

Thanks,

Kevin

Why not use something like this....

Ancestry.com -- Browser Upgrade

It is WEB based and pretty good from what I hear.

Where are you? You'll find that all the mac products are very heavily US based, aspects of which are particularly grating for us Brits. But if your from the US I quess that won't be of any concern

Sawday said:

Where are you? You'll find that all the mac products are very heavily US based, aspects of which are particularly grating for us Brits. But if your from the US I quess that won't be of any concern

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Thanks for the reply. I am in Canada, and am curious as to what in the software would be irritating to the Brits? Just curious!
Kevin

An elderly friend who is heavily into genealogy (or was) used Reunion for several years, upgraded it to v ? (about 2007), and then promptly turned his attentions to historical photographs instead.

He said that Reunion was useful, and generally widespread in its emphasis. His research tended toward his UK ancestors (a lot of NZ'ers are of Brit descent, I dare say that applies to Canadians too).

Geni.com is another good option

I have been using MacFamilyTree. I am still not sure that I like it, but I have to admit that I have not done the tutorial. I have heard that Reunion is a better program, but very expensive.

I also use Ancestry.com. It too is quite expensive. The drawback for me is that I do not want to put personal anecdotes written by my mother there. I keep them in the MacFamily Tree. Also I have found very sloppy research on that site so you must be very careful.

DaFlake said:

Why not use something like this....

Ancestry.com -- Browser Upgrade

It is WEB based and pretty good from what I hear.

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that is an option tho I prefer NOT to have all my family info on the web and prefer to have my files on my Mac.

Kash said:

Geni.com is another good option

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this is also probably an online app... which I would prefer not to use.

Also a 11 yr old thread and most of these members have been around in years.