Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Genealogy program for Mac Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:56:46 -0700 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <1la08mh.2bqhmn7c59umN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1380578207 9654 127.0.0.1 (30 Sep 2013 21:56:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:56:47 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:17864 On 2013-09-30 10:38:42 +0000, Lewis said: > In message <1la08mh.2bqhmn7c59umN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> > Peter James wrote: >> At present I'm doing my family research on a Windows computer using >> "Family Tree Maker". I find the latter to be clunky and not at all >> friendly to use. > >> Can anyone recommend a program for genealogy that will work on the Mac >> and to which I can import my current infromation? > > The only genealogy software for the Mac that I remember is Reunion. > > All genealogy software should support GEDCOM. I use MacFamilyTree. It's got a pretty great interface, and there is a corresponding iOS app, too. And it's actively maintained. I do have a complaint about how going from the previous generation to the current generation (v7) they've moved the user files into a hidden location. Supposedly, it's in accordance to Apple's standards, but they are demonstrably full of shit about that. The downside is that now you cannot leave your files in Dropbox and if you want to use/sync from multiple computers, the only way is via iCloud. Not a big deal if you are an iCloud user, but a real annoyance if you aren't (or if you use iCloud for other things but not "documents in the cloud".) That all said, it's still a really nice program. I hadn't been in the market for a family tree program in the first place - it came as part of a bundle I bought - and I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was and how helpful it was. I'm hooked now. Definitely worth a try.