Macworld Article/Excerpt: Take Control of Mac OS X Backups:

Two good articles/book excerpts on backups under Mac OS X are available at MacWorld: Part One and Part Two

Very relevant to genealogists, as more and more data we collect is computer-based.

Update: Reunion Planner 6.2

Reunion Planner has been updated to 6.2 (both the OS X and OS 8x versions).

Reunion Planner is the ultimate tool for planning and coordinating family, high school, college, company or military reunions. This easy-to-use software program organizes information into concise records, drastically reducing paperwork. It features a complete address book, integrated mail merge, budget planner, mailing labels, photo name badges and much, much more.

Official Site

Requirements: MacOS 8.1, OS X 10.1

Changes:

* Saved Sets now referred to as Saved List Sets
* Improved Alphabet Filtering in List View
* Improved Event Ticket Summary report
* Added Address Services Request to envelope printing options
* Fixed thousands separator display in budget totals window

Info: GraphicConverter X 5.5 adds mrSID support

Lemke Software has added mrSID support to it’s graphics conversion/editing software, GraphicConverter. You can now view all of those neat maps from the Library of Congress in OS X (Examples: Civl War Maps and the 1500-2004 Map Collection)

Official Site

Java: GenealogyJ 2.3.2

GenealogyJ has been updated to version 2.3.2. This is mainly a maintenance release. GenealogyJ (GenJ in short) is a full-featured standalone Java application that can handle all of your genealogic information (GEDCOM compliant). It provides different graphical components for working on your Family Tree.

Official Site and SourceForge.Net Project Page

Changes:

* Fixed bug using ‘standard’ EditView mode and editing Fams
* Made GedcomReader more lenient on read
* Added Almanac for Timeline

This is a minor release fixing an important bug and containing slight adjustments. Files are:

*app – the application (the minimum you need)
applet – the applet (optional)
de – german resources (optional)
en – english resources (optional, included in app)
fr – french resources (optional)
es – spanish resources (optional)
nl – dutch resources (optional)
hu – hungarian resources (optional)
pt_BR – portuguese resources (optional)
*help_en – english help (optional)
help_fr – french help (optional)
help_de – german help (optional)
help_es – spanish help (optional)
lnf – look&feel support package (optional)
win – windows installer (all you need on windows, double-click installs GenJ)

Create a base-directory for GenJ – every file you choose
from above has to be unzipped into that same directory
while preserving directory structure (* marks files for a
basic setup).

To start GenJ execute one of the ‘run’-scripts included in
the distribution (depending on the OS you’re using).

Article: Task Management and Outlining (ATPM)

About This Particular Macintosh has just published article about Task Management and Outling (actually this is part 2 – part 1 is here). Something that is very important to genealogists. They have an extensive round-up of all of the current applications.