I have read and had many questions on the topic of SharePoint and Macintosh computers.

The only good way I have found to access SharePoint from a Mac is by using virtualization software like VMware Fusion or Virtual Box (you can use boot camp, if you like, to create a bootable partition for your windows os, but windows will need to be used for SharePoint to avail of all the features of SharePoint).

Virtual Box is a free software that many seem to use that us Mac books. It seems easy to install and allows you to still use your Mac OS as Virtual Box is just a program installed on it. Boot camp, however, requires you to boot to the other os (so it's either one or the other).

Whichever is used, Microsoft Office can be installed to enable Datasheet view in SharePoint using IE (or Firefox with the IE Tab add on) to have a seamless experience with SharePoint.

~Matthew