RM 10: Windows vs Mac

RootsMagic
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I am using RM 10 on a Windows computer and I am thinking of getting a Mac. Are there any program features in the Windows version which are either not implemented, or are uniquely having issues, in the Mac version?

Thanks,
Jeff

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Shouldn’t be any difference between using the Windows or Mac version.

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There are differences (or were?) at least in the import options. In this community windows users told us Mac users, there were special options to directly import foreign databases instead of using a gedcom-file as substitute. Mac → gedcom only.

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There are import option differences even between the Windows 32-bit and 64-bit versions. GEDCOM is always available.

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Probably no significant opertional differences for RM10. You will have to give up all that free windows malware and clumsy interface issues.

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I’d love to see performance data for RM on Windows vs intel MacOS vs Mchip MacOS.
Some people have complained about slow app launching on Mchip MacOS, but the real issue is how does it run with a database opened.

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Malware, Windows update failures etc. Too many headaches.

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On a M2 macbook air 24GB ram 512SSD 85% free RM10 is very slow to open but once open runs OK. It does idle at about 15% CPU while all non-intel code programs use 1% or less. Bruce could provide universal code like every other mac app for better performance.

Jeff; macmost.com has useful short videos and a guide to the os differences. M4 macbook airs are expected next spring and will run all apple intelligence features.

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Do other intel-only code apps also use lots of CPU on idle?
(I wish I had access to a Mac, My mac experience only goes from 6800=>PPC=>intel)
Have you checked the Embarcadero site to see whether they have a Mchip compiler for Object Pascal?

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I have no other intel only apps. All mac software I use has switched to code for apple silicon AMD integrated chips. The last intel only app was my Doxie Go scanner software which even at 1.2 GB used little cpu. It seems to be easy to recode from obsolete Intel code.

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If you use shortcut keys regularly prepare for quite a difference in those, but otherwise all works just fine on my MacbookPro.
And sometimes you have to use the Windows CTRL+ … instead of the Mac CMD +… ,to get formatting to work as these are not consistently Mac or Windows based I find.

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Thanks all for your inputs. TBD if I’m going to make the move to Mac.