# Upgrade from RM7 Windows to RM8 Mac

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/upgrade-from-rm7-windows-to-rm8-mac/1019>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/upgrade-from-rm7-windows-to-rm8-mac/1019 "2021-10-05T20:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![RedDragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@RedDragon](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RedDragon)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/upgrade-from-rm7-windows-to-rm8-mac/1019/1 "2021-10-05T20:18:14Z")

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I’ve been using RM on my Mac using VMware to create a virtual machine to run Windows since forever and it’s always worked fine. However, now RM can run native on Mac I would like to upgrade from RM7 Windows to RM8 Mac taking advantage of the discount offer. Is it as simple as downloading the upgrade on my Mac?

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**Author:** ![JP1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@JP1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/JP1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/upgrade-from-rm7-windows-to-rm8-mac/1019/2 "2021-10-05T20:55:48Z")

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Yes.

Of course you need to setup the appropriate folders for RM8 to use and point it at them in Settings. Then create a new RM8 file by importing your RM7 file.

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**Author:** ![RedDragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@RedDragon](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RedDragon)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/upgrade-from-rm7-windows-to-rm8-mac/1019/3 "2021-10-05T21:10:42Z")

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Thanks John. All purchased and loaded! Now to play!!!