MacFamilyTree
MacFamilyTree overview
MacFamilyTree gives genealogy a facelift: modern, interactive, convenient and fast. Explore your family tree and your family history in a way generations of chroniclers before you would have loved. MacFamilyTree helps you capture your family history, and turns data and facts into conclusive reports and visually impressive charts.
MacFamilyTree offers numerous options for you to capture and visualize your family history. Now matter how you want to illustrate your family relationships - MacFamilyTree 8 has the right solution for you, offering different types of reports, charts or the innovative Virtual Tree 3D view. The possibilities are nearly endless - optionally synchronize your data via iCloud, access a huge genealogical online archive to assist your research, create websites and family books or do your research on the go with MobileFamilyTree 8, available separately for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Features
- Well-structured, fast and easy-to-use user interface
- The new Interactive Family Tree: Lets you navigate your entire family tree, view all persons and families, and add persons directly
- FamilySearch: Doing extensive research has never been more convenient - access the world's biggest genealogical archive with several billions of person and family records from the comfort your home.
- Genealogical research developed specifically for OS X in order to harness cutting-edge Apple technologies for optimized application performance
What’s new in version 10.2
Updated on Mar 29 2023
Interactive Tree – greatly enhanced
- The Interactive Tree now supports four different orientations (top to bottom, left to right, etc.)
- Plethora of new configuration options like different colors, shadows and margins added. The new Interactive Tree is more configurable than ever in order to suite your needs
- In addition to birthdates, the new Interactive Tree can display the generation number on Generation Bands
- Lines, Generation Bands or the background can be configured with custom colors
- Integration of data from FamilySearch has been vastly improved and now displays complex relationships much better
- Much improved and easier to understand settings
- Separate branches can now be shown with larger margins to improve clarity
- The entire alignment of the Interactive Tree has been vastly improved
- Better alignment of connections between parents and children
Completely new: Flat Interactive Tree
- In addition to the 3D Interactive Tree, a completely new, flat Interactive Tree is now available offering a more traditional visual style
- Seamlessly switch between the 3D and the flat Interactive Tree – the root person and the selected person are preserved when switching
- Completely configurable: Every aspect, like colors, margins, generation bands and so on, can be adapted to your liking
- The flat Interactive Tree optionally displays all person events for a person
Vastly improved: 3D Interactive Tree
- Many new options for Generation Bands added: New pedestal and stair modes added, as well as many new coloring options
- When using pedestal or stair Generation Bands, non-blood relationships may optionally be displayed at a lower height
- Different patterns and colors added for the ground below the 3D Interactive Tree
- Greatly enhanced performance – especially on older hardware, the number of frames per seconds is much higher than
- previously
Face Detection
- Faces in your pictures are now be automatically detected using Machine Learning. This automatically happens in the background
- This happens locally on your device – your pictures won't be sent anywhere
- When browsing charts, reports or while editing your data, pictures with detected faces will optionally be cropped accordingly
- You can deactivate the automatic face detection in the preferences
CloudTreeWeb
- The web interface to CloudTree is now better integrated into the app
- Using the edit mode, you can now copy or open direct links to CloudTreeWeb – this way, you can send your relatives
- direct links to persons, families or sources on CloudTreeWeb in order to add valuable information
- A guide has been added on how to work together with Windows or Android users
General
- Greatly enhanced performance throughout the app
- Touch Bar support improved in MacFamilyTree
- The maximum recursion depth may be specified when displaying charts
- Many setting dialogs have been reworked and enhanced for better clarity
Information
License
Demo
Size
152.9 MB
Developer’s website
https://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytreeDownloads
284558
App requirements
- Intel 64
- Apple Silicon
- macOS 10.15 or later
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Jul 8 2022
Version: 10.0.7
Please update the price information - current (2022-07-08) is $69.99.
Jul 29 2021
Version: 9.3.2
I have been using MacFamilyTree for a long time and have now created entries for over 600 people going back to the 16th century. MacFamilyTree records life events, media, additional notes and sources. Great fun are the many display options on maps, as virtual trees, different family trees, factual data sheets and much more. When my children had personal history as a topic at school, I was able to give them a three-generation printout with one click. I also like the possibility to indicate local and world historical events, such as wars, floods or famines, which make the hard life in old times very clear. If you are interested in family statistics on age, places, occupations or marriages, you will find answers here. A plausibility check gives one hints as to which data need to be checked again in the sources. With the export function, one can have a book output (which I have not done yet) or a website (which I update regularly and make available to my interested relatives on a protected web space). MacFamilyTree has been greatly expanded over the years and is a real treasure among my programmes.
May 12 2021
Version: 9.2
I purchased a this app a few weeks ago. It's a little clunky and counter-intuitive, but I was able to figure out things pretty quickly. However, there are still some issues I just have not been able get a handle on. With most of these features, I figured I get to them later, so I concentrated on getting the content I have into the program. This approach lasted about week, until I went back to look up some of the content as a reference point for further content. Lo and behold, a large amount of information that I entered dutifully had just disappeared. The best I can figure out is that this app only maintains and saves the direct line of descendants, not brothers and sisters (of grandparents, etc.). So, I had met two of my great great aunts as a young kid. I had photos and stories from them. In fact, these two people were an early key to finding links to a multi-generational gold mine of information. However, MacFamilyTree saved nothing that I entered about them, nor any of their brothers and sisters, except for the one who was my great grandmother.
I'm floored and angry. I've wasted huge amounts of time and the money purchasing this piece of crap. I've tried contacting the developer's support team, but they haven't responded.
My advice... don't purchase this product. You'll be disappointed after a frustrating beginning with this counter-intuitive software. I want my money back! I bet they won't do it. And, I'd love to have them pay me for my wasted time.
I'm using Mac OS 10.15.7 Catalina.
Feb 24 2021
Version: 9.2
This version doesnt work with Mac OS Catalina 10.15.17. I tried several times to get assistant but it was in vane. To bad. The program is good, but how can I continue using it ?
May 22 2020
Version: 9.0.12
the app may be good for some people but I am having problems with it, even after reading the manual. I have repeatedly contacted synuim through the address on their site. I received 1 text only saying to use the site which I have been. I also responded to that text but nothing back. I want my money back but can not get ahold of any one to demand it. any oe have ideas for me.
Apr 1 2020
Version: 9.0.12
I've been using MacFamilyTree for over 10 years and with every update, it gets better. Version 9 was a big step forward.
Feb 1 2020
Version: 9.0.10
I purchased the new version in November 2019, expecting that I would be able to continue using the macfamilytree software!! That, unfortunately hasn't been the case as version 9 does not facilitate my using the web search provider that I have always been able to use in previous macfamilytree versions. Find My Past no longer appears on the drop down list of web search providers that the latest software is compatible with. I have reported this to MFT by several emails and they promise every time that an update will be available that will allow the use of FMP!! That update was due end of November (didn't happen) end of December (didn't happen) and now end of January (didn't happen) I have now lost patience with MFT and requested a full refund from them and await their response!!!
Jan 10 2020
Version: 9.0.10
I like the interface. Used this app. for a long time. But I hate the yearly upgrade. Especially if you work with others.
Dec 30 2019
Version: 9.0.10
It has some good elements, until you get to the reports, views, charts, etc. which are RUINED. They are terrible looking. The old great MacFamilyTree8 templates are GONE and replaced with ones so bad you cannot fix them. I'm afraid to even look at what some non-designer has done to the websites. They better fix this fast.
Aug 7 2019
Version: 9.0.1
Personally I was most impressed by the new interface, the new reports and the new statics. But there's a lot of other goodies for everyone. New is also the ability to store DNA information. It seems faster and it still is no 1 when it comes to intuitivity. Recommended!
Jul 31 2019
Version: 9.0
Just an fyi - MFT website says it's $30 at the Mac App Store for a limited time.
Apr 19 2016
Version: 8.0
Wow, you didn't accept having your GUI in lock step with Apple; thank you! You choose to pay attention to lots of good color and font choices and prefs to make your App pleasant to use for us who are legally blind/vision impaired. Many other Deves have refused to think outside the box to help their users; so have been forced to fight them. You respected the wise insights from the original HIG of 1985!
Feb 11 2016
Version: 7.6.2
I have had several email exchanges but the step-issue is yet to be resolved. Here is the difficulty, taken from the Manual.
"Enter "patchwork" families with a biological and a step or
adoptive parent
If a child lives in a family where only one part of the family is the biological mother or father and
the other part is in a step or adopted relation to a child. Such a relationship requires some steps
to create, but can also be entered into the database. You actually have to create three families
in order to enter the mentioned relationships correctly, because children are assigned to
families and not persons."
This could be easily done invisibly in the background. This is on page 48 of the Manual. How to call a child 'step' is done on about page 17!
Nov 26 2015
Version: 7.6.2
Please improve the way step relationships are dealt with - a virtual family can be created in the background with no user involvement and no intrusion into the interface. Spoils an otherwise good product.
Jul 27 2015
Version: 7.5.3
I have used this for years, and have seen it improve. One of the good things is that the dev listen to the consumer, they answer to questions quickly and take suggestions seriously. Try it and you´ll love it!
Mar 16 2015
Version: 7.3.3
Excellent program - which I find easy to use and very fully featured. As was noted by MaggiesDad, the relationship chart doesn't handle all situations elegantly, but the printed output is very nice and while it is easy to pick up, it also has a lot of flexibility too.
I find that the various views and reports give a lot of interesting ways to view your data, including maps showing how people moved around during their lives, various forms of relationship charts and some nice website output options. I can't really fault it, and it comes with a very good manual too.
Jan 1 2015
Version: 7.3.2
Just noticed on the Synium site that MacFamilyTree is on sale for $24.99 (through the MAS) until January 11. Nothing here about that, so I just thought I'd let people know. I just now purchased the software, so I can't review it yet...
Aug 22 2014
Version: 7.2.4
I've used this software through several versions. I like the way it looks and I am comfortable with data input. In my tree there are many people and a lot of double cousins. It does not handle those relationships very well in the relationship chart, but other than that, it is great. I like it enough to pay for it. I will pay for the next version as well. I would like to be able to upload a site and not be told there is too much, and that I need to not load photos and other info. THAT didn't happen in version 6.
Apr 23 2014
Version: 7.1.6
I have had absolutely no problems with MFT. MAS vs reg download is not a review of the software itself. Frankly, either way is good for me.
Please stick to how well it works or does not work.
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