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MacFamilyTree - 5.5.8

Genealogy software with many advanced features.

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 5.5.8
Release Date: 2009-06-25
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 955
Downloads (all versions): 191,733
Price: $49.00

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Product Description:

MacFamilyTree's fifth release offers an entirely new GUI a highly modern, graphical user interface that is individually configurable to your needs.

By the use of Apple's revolutionary Core Data technology it is possible to easily sift through huge databases. These may consist of information about thousands of individuals, including digitized photographic images, sound files and movies.

To achieve this, MacFamilyTree 5 has been completely rewritten with the use of the most recent development technique.

An iPhone/iPod touch client is also available from the Apple AppStore named MobileFamilyTree

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Updates from previous versions are available for $25 (US)

What's new in this version:

  • Many fixes for the Person Merge Feature
  • Person Merge can now be accessed from the Family List as well
  • Many other bug fixes
  • Minor user interface enhancements
  • Localization fixes

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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MacFamilyTree ReviewDiagrams getting better but still not as it should be - Version: 5.5.8, 6/27/2009 04:15AM PST

Emilia
I am using V4 for some time now but I never felt attracted to switch to V5. There was too much emphasis on 3D charts which I find rather useless for a classical 2D data sets (thats what family trees are: 2D!)

I think it was V5.4 where they finally made 2D Charts editable but with the current V5.5 is still not perfect. Its a major challenge when the number of persons increase to distribute all graphical elements over one or several pages and still make everything readable and "pretty". I would hope for some more advanced graphics features:
- in addition to manual layout some auto-aligment/adjustements functions
- there are no graphical templates! When you edit a diagramm it is stored as graphical objects with all reference to the actual data base lost. Thus when you change one detail of information for a certain person you have to start your diagram layout from scratch again!

- more control over the layout of text within a diagram box. Again not as a one shoot manual edit but rather defining templates.
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MacFamilyTree ReviewBest Genealogy App for the Mac - Version: 5.5.7, 6/25/2009 04:39AM PST

RayBrason
I've used this only for 5 days and I am really stunned what the developer was able to acomplish. Before I've switched to the Mac I've used many different genealogy applications on the PC and MacFamilyTree is clearly superior, on the Mac as well as on the PC.
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MacFamilyTree ReviewNot worth a penny - Version: 5.5.6, 6/17/2009 07:12AM PST

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uetli123
It cannot even sort names or families in alphabetical order. That is a minimum I expected of this kind of software. A lot of bugs and a hardly usable Interface let me regret having bought macfamilytree. "Reunion" ist much more better, but I was too mean to expend the few bugs more :-( Now I am fooled.
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