MacFamilyTree 7 (MacStammbaum 7 in Germany) is a popular genealogy app developed for the Mac OS X and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) platform, that dates back to the late 1990s, when MacFamilyTree version 1.0 ran on 68k Macs (version 1.6 was the first to support PowerPC Macs). It is one of the “cleanest” apps when it comes to iCloud/cross-platform support between your Mac and iOS device, and it fully supports the “Handoff” capabilities of OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”, where you can be working on a person or family on your Mac, and pick up your iPad, and immediately begin working where you left off. MFT has several visualization options, including a “Virtual Globe” that allows you to physically track where your ancestors lived, married, immigrated, etc. If you enable the FamilySearch features, it has extensive built-in support for FamilySearch.
Contacts Journal CRM 1.7.5 Contacts Journal is a powerful tool that will transform your business and personal relationships: save notes of important meetings, set follow ups and meetings, create custom contact fields, and attach important documents to each of your contacts. For the most part, MacFamilyTree also achieves the Mac’s renowned “ease of use.” Buttons switch between Edit, View and Publish modes. You input all your data in Edit, of course, while View offers options for ancestor charts (called “Heritage Chart”), descendant charts, timelines, genograms, statistical reports, simple lists and summaries.
MobileFamilyTree, the iOS companion app for MFT, is a fully-featured genealogy app in its own right. You do not need a desktop or laptop to do your genealogy research using MobileFamilyTree, and it supports sharing GEDCOM files with others (something several of the mobile apps do not). It does offer most of the features of MacFamilyTree, and it’s one of the first true genealogy apps available to iPhone users, with version 1 being released in 2008.
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MacFamilyTree 7 (USA)
MacStammbaum 7 – (Germany)
MacFamilyTree 7 (UK)
MacFamilyTree 7 (Canada)
MacFamilyTree 7 (Australia)
MacFamilyTree 7 (France)
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MobileFamilyTree 7 (USA)
MobileFamilyTree 7 (UK)
MobileFamilyTree 7 (Australia)
MobileFamilyTree 7 (France)
MobileFamilyTree 7 (Germany)
Developer/Publisher: | Synium Software |
Current Version: | MacFamilyTree 7.3.3 |
Last Updated: | March 2015 |
Originally Released: | Version 7.0 - May 2013 |
Price: | $49.99 |
Demo/Trial Versions: | Synium Software (Direct Link) |
Platforms: | OS X, iOS - MobileFamilyTree (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) |
Requirements: | Mac OS X 10.7 - 10.10 |
OS X 10.10 Yosemite Support: | Yes, MFT 7.3 added a new user interface that matches the Yosemite styling. Handoff - easily move between iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 devices. |
Supported Languages: | Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hungarian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
GEDCOM Support: | Yes, full support. |
Unicode GEDCOM (Explanation): | Yes |
LDS Ordinance Support: | Yes, LDS Child Sealing, Confirmation, Endowment, Initiatory, Baptism |
iPhoto / Photos Support: | Yes |
Web Page/HTML Creation: | Yes, HTML for any website, or export directly (for free) to MacFamilyTree.com. Web export was re-written with MFT 7.1, and has various themes allowing for exporting to a family website or MacFamilyTree.com |
iCloud/Cloud Support: | Yes, includes backing up and/or syncing with other Macs running MFT, or with MobileFamilyTree on a portable iOS device. Can use Dropbox instead of iCloud |
Online Services Support: | FamilySearch.org. You can download FamilySearch information directly into MacFamilyTree, or you can up upload information to share with others (information about living persons is not shared). There are options to allow MFT to try and match persons with FamilySearch in the background. See MFT's FamilySearch Q&A page for more details. MacFamilyTree also supports an integrated web search for the following services: Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com.au, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.de, Arkivverket.no, CollectionsCanada.gc.ca, EllisIsland.org, FindAGrave.com, FindMyPast.co.uk, FootNote.com, Genealogy.net (Germany), Google.com, MyHeritage.com, WorldVitalRecords.com |
Features: | Interactive and Virtual Tree (3D) Virtual Globe 2.0 - shows locations where family members lived, immigrated, etc., as well as allowing for a timeline view. Statistic Maps Comprehensive statistics Database Maintenance (search and replace, unreadable date entries, adjust date formats, reformat names, remove empty entries, check mismatched partners in families, find duplicates) Supports associated persons (witnesses of events, godparents, etc.) Name Distribution Chart Plausibility Reports |
Articles & Reviews: | MacFamilyTree 7 - Mac App Store 4.0 out of 100+ reviews (all versions) MacFormat Review - Oct 2013 CNET Review (Oct 2013, v 7.0.13) |
Other Useful Links: | MobileFamilyTree at Synium Software Download older versions of MacFamilyTree |
Series History: | Series History at Synium Software from version 1 (1998) through 7 (current 2015). MacFamilyTree 4 at MacGenealogy.org MacFamilyTree 5 at MacGenealogy.org MacFamilyTree 5.7 at MacGenealogy.org MacFamilyTree 6 at MacGenealogy.org |
Release History: | MacFamilyTree 7.x version history at Synium Software |
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