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The “community preview” of RootsMagic 4 that I have been participating in and bringing glimpses of, has ended. The public beta phase has opened, so if you’re interested in getting your hands on it, you can sign up here.

On Monday, Synium released an update to their Mac genealogy software, MacFamilyTree. This release, version 5.4, contains fixes, enhancements, and new features. Here’s the rundown from the software update window: [Read more…] about MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.4

Something went wrong with the rendering of the screencast causing the sound to drop out about half-way through. I re-rendered the file and all is well now. Please see the original post to view the video.

In support of the Reunion for iPhone app release, Leister Productions, Inc. has released version 9.08 of Reunion for Macintosh. Rest assured, there is more than just the iPhone support in this update. Their update page lists the following fixes and changes:

• New Feature: Added support for the iPhone and iPod Touch version of Reunion.
• Register Report – fixed 2 problems with the privacy filter
• Fixed a rare crash when exporting Temple Ready files.
• Improved date sorting in lists and reports.
• Better support for RTF index codes in NeoOffice.
• Fixed problem with the Find Citation Detail function.
• Fixed a problem when importing family files containing new source types and new source fields.
• Improved the “Leister Home” web style to support longer names.
• Fixed a problem with Google Analytics.
• Fixed a rare problem with saving sources in facts fields.
• Marked Sets would not work for family files containing more than 262K people.
• Fixed a rare crash that would happen when opening saved found lists.
• Fixed a rare problem with duplicate files on Web Media pages.
• Fixed a problem with Web Media pages reporting links to missing media files.
• Updated the LDS Temples file.
• Updated the US Presidents perspective events.

Go get it!

Leister Pro released the Reunion for iPhone app. With it one can search, navigate, view, and edit genealogy data on the iPhone and iPod touch.

I wasn’t given a review copy or informed of the release; I guess I’m not on Leister’s radar yet, but I’ll go get a copy so I can give you all the skinny. I’ll follow up with a review later.