Posted on 11/24/2007 3:29:27 PM PST by RayChuang88
Funny story. How much of it was true? lol
How much of a discount? How about a Mac mini for under $200?
Here are some of our questions...
1) Do you recommend staying with the Apple software that opens .pdfs or getting the Adobe .pdf software for macs?
2) I am a huge snagger of graphics off the Internet (for family newsletters, school projects, etc. Can I do this safely on the imac?
3) Are there any genealogy folks here who use macs? Does the free LDS Personal Ancestral File software work on an imac? How do you transfer data from the Windows version to one on a mac?
Thank you much :)
Re: iMac questions
What questions do you have? I maintain the Mac Ping List on FR.
Please see #43. I figure I’d start with those.
And hey...thanks :)
he just stated the questions the post before you replied. Ironic.
Re: questions
#1: PDFs: the Mac uses Display PDF to draw all of the screens. Therefore PDF file format is natively supported on the Mac. Anything you can print can also be saved as a PDF file from the print menu. PDFs open in either Safari or in Preview and display perfectly.
#2: Graphics. Yes. You simply drag and drop any graphic you see on the Internet to your desk top or to another application. You can do the same with almost any file type.
#3: LDS Geneology software. I don’t know. However you could install Parallels and run it under Windows if it doesn’t. I will try to find out for you.
You are welcome.
Re: ironic.
No I’m just good.
What is Parallels?
And back to the .pdf software. Yes, the Apple helper-guy told us that the imac came with software which would open those files. My husband wanted to know if he could also edit documents as he now can with his Adobe suite. The Apple worker-guy didn’t seem to know.
On Mac genealogy, Reunion is decent software for researching and building your family tree. I use it along with Ancestry.com and JewishGen.
You can create pdfs from many other applications, such as Word and graphics programs. Adobe’s Acrobat Professional is its suite for PDF publishing. It’s available on the Mac for $160.
I was at the Austin store at Barton Creek yesterday. It was packed with customers, and with at least 30 employees (that I could count). Lots of stuff being bought, and lots of first timers buying Macs.
We have an iMac—the first Intel versions—and as nice as it is, I was still drooling over the new iMac.
Incredible stuff.
Parallels Workstation allows you to run any Windows software in a window on your Intel OSX Mac transparently as though the apps were Mac apps. With Parallels you can share files back and forth between PC and Mac. You can use the BootCamp created WindowsXP partition or you can use a virtual hard drive file that if it gets infected with a virus or spyware you can simply trash and revert to a clean copy.
Apple’s BootCamp allows you to repartition your HD to install a bootsble copy of WindowsXP or Vista that allows you to run your Mac as a Windows PC at full speed. Many PC pundits have reported that a Mac is the fastest Windows PC they have ever used! Parallels and Fusion will do the same thing in a Mac window under OSX with only a 5-10% speed hit.
You can also use VMWare’s Fusion to accomplish the same thing.
Now, I know the answer to #3. A Mac OSX app called Reunion is GEDCOM compliant and can access the standard geneology files used by almost all geneology programs.
Re: creating PDFs on Macs
Every application on an OSX Mac can create a PDF file because it’s built into the OS. PDF creation is not application dependent. Adobe’s software is not necessary on a Mac. Mac created PDFs can be sent to publishing houses as easily as can Adobe’s.
Thank you for post #54. I will show it to dh tonight. As for .pdfs...will I be able to fill out say, applications or forms on the imac?
Re: filling out forms in PDF.
Yes. Filling out PDF forms either stand alone or online works fine.
While not as fully functional as Adobe Acrobat, the tools available in Preview and Safari will allow you to also edit and change PDFs. You can even combine PDF files by drag and drop.
I wonder if he was part of that smugly named "Genius Bar"? Genius, lol right.
and what do you call people who buy corporate religion?
don't you mean, "I jumped in the Bimmer?"
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