Well, Macs are lovely to work on but the top CAQDAS isn't available any more for this platform. NUD_IST used to be. This person looked into it a couple of years back http://morsla.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/qualitative-analysis-software-for-mac-a-brief-look/

and there is lots of stuff on the Net. One idea that I worked with for a while was to use Parallels then install NVIVO or another windoze based application. Parallels and VM Ware Fusion will work very well on a new Air

Michael

For Qualitative Analysis of video and audio recordings, we use Transana. I have windows operating system, but in my research group there are researchers with Mac computers and it work fine for them. We never had problem in exchange data.

Transana is a Open source software that is suitable for discourse analysis and in general for all the interpretative analysis of recordings.

There is a windows and Mac version, with Spanish translation (and other languages).

More info: http://www.transana.org/

HyperResearch. It's quite similar to MaxQDA or Atlas.ti. It has a limited free account and runs on Mac. You can use it for text, picture and, video analyse.

no problems running MaxQDA on my MacBookAir

Wow! My worries went away! Thank you all, really.

And some more (thans to Prof. Michael Traynor: http://morsla.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/another-look-at-qualitative-data-analysis-for-mac-users-dedoose/

If you already have a CAQDAS software for windows you can install it on a Mac with "PlayOnMac".

No problème for me with N'Vivo, Prospero and SPSS

http://www.playonmac.com

of course QSR have just released NVIVO for Mac. see here: http://www.qsrinternational.com/news_whats-new_detail.aspx?view=797

I've been using a trial version for a little while. It seems to work fine. This is the solution that I intend to go for - I just need to find out whether my university has a licence that covers the Mac

...and in addition, it seems tha Atlas.ti will come to Mac OS next July: http://www.atlasti.com/macos.html

Atlas ti for Mac: now that's cool. I was always impressed by Thomas Mhur's presentations of this Software back in the 1990s in London. I remember the NUDIST people had a stop smoking in the workplace study as their example but Thomas had excerpts from the Book of the Apocalypse. Maybe I will wait for this...

Yes! I remember that guy from a presentation, in early 90's too, in Granada (S of Spain). Brilliant speaker, entusiastic and original.

I use QDA Miner (one of the best QDA software) on my Mac with Boot Camp. Provalis displayed information on how you can use their software on a Mac: http://provalisresearch.com/products/simstat/simstat-technical-information/mac-os/

Thanks Alejandro. I'm using Atlas.ti running under Parallels... But it's not the mac's feeling, speed, etc. 

Atlas.ti is now available for the Mac. It is similar but not identical in format and functions to the PC version. I am using both. so the differences take a little getting used to. One minor issue--projects created on the Mac cannot be opened on or imported to the PC. This cross platform capability will not be available until the release of version 8 for the PC.

I would think that cross platform compatibility is quite important for those of us who work in a mixed environment. I was on the verge of shelling out for Atlas ti last summer and in the end didn't as at my university we were meant to be running the Mac version of NVIVO (still waiting!). Strangely, even though I was an early adopter of this kind of software, I have only returned to looking at it recently but I had the strange feeling that I had stopped really thinking about what was going on in this interaction (a transcript of a focus group) and was thinking instead, now how do I code this chunk?

I would recommand TAMS Analyzer. It is a completely free software that works only with Mac (built with the Mac's look & feel). It requires a bit of learning, but it works well and it is a powerful tool.

You can download it here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8358/tams-analyzer

Quirkos is a new software package for qualitative analysis, that not only works on Mac, but has exactly the same interface and file format as the Windows version. There is a free trial from http://www.quirkos.com/get.html

I totally agree with Michael, cross-platform work is very important in most teams these days...

Raven's Eye (https://ravens-eye.net) is a secure online natural language analysis and computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) program.  It's designed to work uniformly on both Macs and PCs (we access it on both systems).  Since it's a browser-based program, single users can access it on multiple platforms and devices.  Indeed, you can even use it on your tablets and smartphones.  

Raven's Eye also makes updates and new versions available to users as soon as they become ready, and offers Software as a Service pricing packages. With Raven's Eye, there's no more being tethered to one static version of a single-computer license. 

https://ravens-eye.net

I use a MAC with all of my research. I use Raven's Eye to analyze my qualitative data. It works great! As long as you have access to Internet then you can use Raven's Eye on a MAC.

Other great things is that RE analyzes data in 65 languages, has transcription service for audio files, reliable, fast, and great prices.

I suggest Raven's Eye

https://ravens-eye.net

Thanks for the tip. I had never heard of that piece of software; I checked their webpage, and it did capture my attention. At the same time, I find it hard to fully comprehend the type of insight that the software produces (the photos on the webpage are too small and cannot be expended). Would you be able to share a sample screen with the analysis the software does --or perhaps a working paper based on this software-- so that I can have a better grasp of what exactly this software can do?

Ezequiel I tried for you in Youtube... scarce success to me. Depending the deep you need, you may find some ideas... Don't know. Better you tu check it.

I use NVIVO for textual analysis and literature review

I use MaxQDA

I've started this month with NVivo 12 too on my MacBook Air. Works fine! It was provided by my University. The coding part works very nice after importing the transcripts. Any other advices how to come to a good analysis are welcome, because I can not find any tutorials about it.

Hi there. I also NVIVO. It is a powerful tool but a little bit of time is needed to be confident enough with the content analysis process with.

I use Nvivo on Mac. The last time I used it was in 2018. Powerful tool but back then still more functionalities available on Windows compared to Mac. See the help files to know what is available on Mac.