#Macfamilytree upgrade for mac os#
It’s not clumsy Windows software made available for Mac, it’s really for Mac OS X. In my opinion, it’s the only “real” Mac genealogy apps because it looks and feels like Mac. I have seen so many genealogy apps come and go within the years but MacFamilyTree is the one I really recommend. I started more than 30 years ago, my first software was DOS based.
#Macfamilytree upgrade free#
Īttached is the GED file and rejects showing the fields not acceptedĬAN YOU PLEASE ADD THIS AS A FEATURE REQUEST – Allow more flexible GEDCOM filed even if they only go in as free format texts notes so the info is not lost.īiggest Pro: Stunning screen and report appearanceīiggest Con: frustrating inefficient interface, poor GEDCOM standard, cannot merge, poor repository & source support, data loss on import The other info that is lost is when a witness is at an eventĬAN YOU PLEASE ADD THIS AS A FEATURE REQUEST – Allow relationships to be as a witness to an event not just GODPARENT.
You could readily have a last person button if you wanted to go back to some previously referenced person.ĬAN YOU PLEASE ADD THIS AS A FEATURE REQUEST – use last person accessed as default for views/reports. It is very frustrating and a terrible waste of time.Ĭouldn’t you keep the current person referenced as the default focus person for each view/report so that you do not have to keep searching for the persons name or ref number every time to check ancestors or defendants or other relationships ? When I use the views and reports, I have to re-find the person I am working on EVERY time I switch views or reports. These are held in Brothers Keeper but I cannot transfer them to MacFamily – they are rejected.ĬAN YOU PLEASE ADD THIS AS A FEATURE REQUEST – more repository fields.
Repository have Emails, web Sites and names and organisations. Very sad really when it could be such a useful tool.Īnother feature missing is further details about repositories.Ī name and address is not enough. I have transfer my data to MacFamily each time just to print attractive charts. I have been using Brothers Keeper for 15-20 years for genealogy research and am forced to keep doings because of this critical lack of functionality in MacFamily. So I cannot give it to anyone for reference. I can search on it by selecting search options but I cannot print/view/report it anywhere. Otherwise I could put the Ref No in a Nat ID No FACT but what can I do with that then ? I will have to write a macro or a program to do this each time that I import. ?Ĭurrently the only way I can see to do this is to use the NICKname field and copy the Ref Number into the SURNAME field of Nickname. and provide a person search option on the ref No. This reference number for each person is key to genealogy research – I add it to every document, source and picture media etc to link then all together and readily find them.ĬAN YOU PLEASE ADD THIS AS A FEATURE REQUEST – to switch on/of appendage of the Reference number to all view/reports etc.
When you do use it in the DB Search it searches for the number in other record numbers, other than the type you have selected, so you get heaps ! - Not just the one with the number entered. It also is not good for searching as you can only use it in the DB search and not the sidebar person search. I have found the option to select Reference number and I have chosen “Reference Number” but this only appears on the edit screen and nowhere else on views or reports, so it does not help me a great deal. I sent the following list of suggestions to Mac Family Tree Support in June 2016 and have heard nothing back. It forces me to do all my work in clunky Brothers Keeper (written by a genealogists for genealogists with great functionality) export it and print it from MacFamily. Hope this helps others understand the shortcomings of what could be an industry leader if simple things were fixed. no compact way to print all info in an indented hierarchy to give people hard copy to check and correct REPOSOTORY only has name and address files, and rejects email/fax/phone etc rather than put into NOTES truncated source details - no overflow into even a NOTEs field inability to merge a GEDCOM from another database into yours invalid GEDCOM import/export and rejections of data rather than storage in a notes field lost focus on the current person as you change views/reports etc (must search again for EVERY screen change to the same person) attributes for person that are not searchable/printable unique ID for each person searchable ( their simply does not work and cannot be displayed with the person in layouts) I have been building my family tree on PC/Macs since 1987 and MacFamily is the most beautiful product I have used but it was not designed by a genealogist as the the most basic but key functions are not provided.e.g.
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