Family Historian User Group

Mike Thanks for the caution!! I did not do the 3 Plug-in steps because I know I used just the Installation Settings a few years back and comparing FH on each screen leaves me comfortable with that decision. I also have stored the FH update and upgrade downloads, and i will keep a full copy of this w...

Mike, Mervyn & Peter Thank you all for your considerable assistance in helping me through this process. My family tree installed in Windows on my Mac yesterday morning without a hitch and I was able to go out for the day feeling relaxed. This experience was not something I contemplated when I bought...

Mike
Thanks. You will see from the preceding reply that I have now got the up to date FH on my Mac.
Philip

Peter, thank you for your reply. You were dead right. I THOUGHT, but I am probably wrong, that I was doing exactly as advised. But I probably lost the wood for the trees in the - to me - challenging process of getting it onto my new Mac. My hobby is photography, not computers!!. I have now transferr...

Mike Thanks for your response. I have gone back through the sequence of steps advised by Mervyn and found that I omitted one, namely 'Insert guest additions....'. When i did this hey presto I was able to find Downloads and Documents and Pictures appearing on my Virtual Windows screen! Mea culpa!! Bu...

Mike Thanks for replying All as I described and as you reiterated, but when I D-Click on 'upgrade....' I get a box in the Windows screen with a Finder icon saying 'You can't open the application 'upgrade.....' because Microsoft Windows are not supported on OS X'! When I D-Click on other items on the...

Mervyn Thanks for your thoughts on the window size; as it happens they don't seem to help, but this is not central to my concerns at this moment. Clearly I am not understanding the the process of installing software (i.e.FH) onto Windows within the VM. I do not have a CD/DVD of FH, only a copy of th...

Mike, thanks for your reply. Your clarification that it is only the 'upgrade_fh6_to_6.0.4.exe file that needs to be transferred is very helpful. This is located in my Downloads folder. I HAD assumed it was the fh.exe file I had to transfer first..... What does surprise me a little on my old PC is th...

Hi Mervyn Thanks for your reply. I probably didn't explain myself precisely enough yesterday. When I talked of 'expanding in the usual way' I meant via the green dot, which I understand. The problem arose yesterday as follows: a. I clicked on the OVB icon in the dock and the OVM VB Manager window op...

Hello Mike No, I did not buy another copy! I had misinterpreted something earlier which I took to say that I could download it again via the Calico Pie website. I have earlier transferred various items from my old PC to the Mac via the intermediary of my external hard drive and that is what I plan t...

Hello Mike & Mervyn I now have Oracle VB and windows 7 installed on my Mac thanks to your guide Mervyn and I am now looking at installing FH V.6 (and then upgrading to v6.0.4) in Windows on the Mac A preliminary question to Mervyn: Windows is appearing only as a small screen about 6 x 5 inches in th...

Mervyn
Your detailed installation guide is hugely appreciated!
I have installed the latest OVB and your instructions were spot on!
I now must await my disc drive at the weekend before I can install Windows 7 64 bit.
Many thanks so far
Phil

Mervyn
Many thanks for your reply.
I shall look forward to your detailed guide to setting up OVB. There seem to be quite a few decisions needed where your advice from practice will be very helpful.
One thought now: when I receive the Windows disc, how do I ensure I upload into OVB?
Phil

Mike Thanks for clarifying the various points I raised. As you may have read, I will not be taking the final steps till next week since, firstly I have not received the Windows disc yet and, secondly, I will not have disc device until this weekend as a belated birthday present! A always your help is...

Hello Mike In preparation for the transfer of my family tree from my old PC to my new mac shortly, I have been reading FH V5 & V6 Migration Guide. You may recall that I upgraded on my old PC to V6 recently. At this point I should mention that my hard drive on this PC was partitioned a few years ago ...

Hi Colin & Mervyn I have progressed and Oracle VB is now installed on my mac My 'guest' software will be Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, i.e. the same as on my old PC. I have ordered the disc and it should arrive tomorrow, but not until Saturday (my birthday, slightly time-shifted!) will I have an App...

Hi Colin Thanks for your response. As you can see, I have found this whole activity challenging! I have a brand new iMac which I am still learning how to use. When it comes to installing OracleVM on the Mac, I am not sure whether I should simply click on the download button for version 5.0 when it i...

Mike
Thank you for all your help.
I have emailed Mervyn to ask him if he will take over
Phil

Mike Thank you for that advice. I believe I just set it up to get all the basic info entered and did not go further. I am now ready to install Oracle VirtualBox on my Mac. You have been very kind and supportive and I can see from elsewhere in the Forum that you are very expert in many areas. Earlier...

Mike
You advise that I should run the Backup & Restore Plug-in. To my recollection I had no preference settings and customisations. Is there a way I can check to confirm this? If indeed i had none, can I omit running this Plug-in?
Philip

Mike
Panic over! The deep recesses of my mind suddenly told me where to find the disc - and the registration key with it!
Phil

Mike, thanks for your reply. You have bowled me a real googly I think, since I cannot find anywhere my FH V4 licence name and key. I don't know whether it was on the site of the FH V4 I had installed till a few days ago.... It is 5-6 years since I last used it and the only documentation I have from ...

Hi Mike, Mervyn and Colin Apologies for not following up over the weekend but other things arose. I have now decided to go the Virtual Machines route with Oracle Virtual Box. Installing this is the first step, I understand. Is there anything I should know about this download, i.e. do I just go ahead...

Hello Mike and Mervyn and Colin Thank you all for your replies.You have made me think again (not for the first time) and read around this. What has emerged in Macworld (http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-run-windows-on-mac-using-vmsoftware-boot-camp-3497251) and in Microsoft Support (https://s...

Mike, I've just returned to this endeavour and have installed FH V.6 on my PC. I am not familiar with Windows licences but looking them up there is a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (which is what I have on my PC) at £19.95. Is that OK? Presumably I first install that on my Mac and then install my FH ...