[dannyn]

Firefox is the only way to go.... IMO..

[OrwellLives]

Yankee Rose,
No, I haven't tried installing IE yet because I need my daughter here in case anything goes wrong and we have to call Apple support. I am deaf and have to use Internet Relay for phone calls, and obviously can't use that at the same time I'm working ON the Internet so have to have her here if the phone might be needed, and she's had the flu. I bought my iMac from an Apple store. The information I got about their "Genius" is here: http://www.apple.com/getamac/movetomac/ and seems quite clear to ME. The programs I love are WebFerret (which the company says doesn't come in a Mac version; it's my favorite search engine); Family Tree Maker; and some games I purchased from Silver Creek Entertainment. THEY say I have to buy the Mac versions, but they'll "give" me a $5.00 discount on them after I've already paid $40 for the PC versions. Gee, thanks. I'm really not trying to drag my feet here. I purchased the Missing Manual one of you recommended (thank you!); the thing is, as it says, almost as big as the Tokyo White Pages. Sigh. I USED to know UNIX, but Leopard is a far cry from it. : ) Obviously. Thanks for being patient, folks.
Cyndy K.

[namenotfound]

For the Windows games, you could try WINE.

http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX
http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwine/

[Yankee Rose]

Hi Cyndy:

Did you take your PC to the Apple Store when you purchased your iMac, for them to transfer the data? If not - it is not too late! Just call the store where you purchased it and tell them you'd like to take advantage of that service. Thank you for that link, BTW. I am now "informed"!

If I were in your situation, I would consider biting the bullet and installing Windows on your iMac. This would solve the problems of (1) Internet Explorer for your MSN Community; (2) Family Tree Maker (3) Web Ferret and (4) the games you like so well.

Looks like either way you will be spending the extra money - either for a Windows license or for updated Mac-compatible versions of your favorite programs.

This way, you'd have the best of both worlds, so to speak.

Hope your daughter feels better soon. Good luck!

[OrwellLives]

Sure, we took the PC with us, which is why we were so irked when they told us at the store (which is more than half an hour away from my home) that they couldn't transfer any data from the PC to the iMac. By the time we finally got waited on, I was feeling sick and dizzy from standing in the hot store for so long and had to go out to the car so my daughter dealt with the salesman; I don't know what his excuse was. She just did her usual "I'll handle it" and came out and asked me if I wanted to buy the service contract. I figured better spend the extra money if they weren't going to live up to their promises; at least we could bug the living daylights out of them for a while. I wasn't counting on her getting the flu. : ) Best laid plans and all that jazz. As you say I may have to bite the bullet and install Windows XP (NOT going to be dumb enough to go with Vista, thank you) just to keep some of my old favorites. The Family Tree Maker alone has almost 5000 members of my ancestry in it, and I don't think that's transferable. Glad I was able to give you some info you didn't already have, anyway. : )

Thanks, 404, for the games link; will check that out.
Cyndy K.

[Yankee Rose]

Cyndy: that is a shame that you purchased the service contract and they didn't honor a main "selling point" for it! Once your daughter feels better, I'd suggest taking advantage of it and keep after them to transfer your files. If you have XP installed on your iMac by then, I don't see how they could then say they cannot do it. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

On a side note - my mother uses Family Tree Maker and has gobs of information saved, so I understand completely your concern with the program.

Good luck!

[OrwellLives]

Just wanted to let you all know, a friend found me a group that helps former Windows users learn to use HTML on their Macs. We use a program called CreaText that lets us keep a document in the Dock and plug in pre-fomatted text. I have my mojo back! This is a Microsoft group found at http://groups.msn.com/MacCommunityFeedback/welcome.msnw
Thanks for all your help!
Cyndy

[OrwellLives]

Oh, by the way, I also found out that Family Tree Maker is only for Windows, but there is a program called Reunion that works for Macs. Windows users have to put their files on GEDCOMs and transfer them to their Macs via CD or flash drive, then install them on Reunion. It's not cheap, but it's better than losing all your data and years of hard work.
Cyndy K.