Apple has updated their pages concerning Universal Binaries, Rosetta, and Intel CPUs:

Apple’s Rosetta page
Apple’s Intel CPU page
Apple’s Universal Binary page

We also have a small page concerning Universal Binaries here. As of yet, few Mac genealogy applications are compiled as Universal Binaries (MacFamilyTree being one), as far as I know, most Mac genealogy developers are going to work on Intel-compatible/Universal Binary versions of their software, although with Rosetta, they have plenty of time. After all, even if a PowerPC-based application under OS X on Intel runs 25% slower than on a PowerPC-based Mac, considering the new iMac is twice as fast as the old, and the MacBook Pro is upto 4 times as fast…well I don’t think we need to worry about performance problems

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If you are curious about running GRAMPS under Mac OS X 10.4 (aka Tiger), over on the GRAMPS blog, they have posted an article about what you need to do.

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Version 4.2.0 of MacFamilyTree (still in beta), introduced two new views - the Family Table view and the “World Map” or “Map Chart” view.

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If your having problems with GEDCOM files, going between Macs and PCs (even Macs to Macs or PCs to PCs), there are a few things you can do:

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There is an article on Random Genealogy about backing up your genealogy data and making sure it’s some place safe, in light of the recent hurricane.

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