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Archives for May 2009
MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.5.3
Synium released an update to their Macintosh genealogy software MacFamilyTree. According to the software update dialog, version 5.5.3 includes the following changes:
- New person merge functions to search for duplicates in your database
- Search duplicates for either a single person or in your whole database
- Improved GEDCOM merge when adding a GEDCOM file
- Full Chinese localization added (Simplified Chinese)
- Many bug fixes and minor improvements
Family Tree Maker 2009 Service Pack 1 Bug Fix Release
The Generations Network Released a bug fix update to their PC genealogy software
Family Tree Maker 2009. This update fixes issues reported in service pack 1. The fixes identified in the update are:
- Task category creation and use in Person view.
- Calendars fail to display when showing February 29th.
- Memory usage grows after using “Export to One Page PDF” function
- Book items are not retaining changes.
- Reports not being created due to brackets in facts and notes.
- Chronological facts displaying incorrectly in Individual report.
- Ahnentafel numbers displaying incorrectly in the pedigree chart.
- Images aren’t added when merging information from Ancestry.com.
- Photo Album reports creating memory usage problem.
- Sorting multiple spouses for a woman working incorrectly.
- Landscape charts in a book are rotating incorrectly.
You’ll want to upgrade your copy to eliminate these issues. The update will be detected automatically if you have that feature turned on, or can be initiated by selecting “Check for Update…” from the “Help” menu item.
Little Known Way to Use Group Photos in Reunion 9
You’ve got some group photos of ancestors, right? Do you use Reunion 9 for Mac as your genealogy software? If so, I’ve got a tip you’ll love! You can quickly select a parts of a group photo to use as head shots for multiple ancestors without duplicating or changing the image file. Each person in the photo can appear to have their very own, individual photograph while the original file on your Macintosh remains unchanged.
This “magic” is possible thanks to two features in Reunion 9 for Mac. Firstly, Reunion doesn’t copy your image files into the family file when you add them to records; it leaves them alone, right where they were, creating a pointer (called a “link”) to that file. Secondly, it enables you to zoom in and out and or change what part of an image shows in the “picture window.” It saves this information along with the link to the file, so the image can appear different for any record you add it to.
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Family Historian 4 Officially Released Today
While Calico Pie actually made it available for purchase at the end of April, they officially annouced version 4 today. Some of the interface has been completely rewritten to make it easier to use. New features in version 4 include:
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