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Mac OS X Genealogy Utilities

Skype 5 Beta for OS X

Posted on November 4, 2010 by admin

Skype, which is a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) application has released beta 5.0 of the Mac OS X client. Your eyes are not deceiving you. While the previous versions of Skype for Mac were 2.8 and below, … Continue reading →

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iPhoto 11 Update with Calendars

Posted on November 4, 2010 by admin

Apple has released iPhoto 9.1, which is actually iPhoto 11 9.1. iPhoto 8.0 is the version number of iPhoto ’09, so iPhoto 9.1 is iPhoto ’11 . Anyways, it’s an update for Apple’s iLife ’11 that resolves a few issues, … Continue reading →

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Software Deals at Amazon

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

Got an email pointing to some software deals at Amazon.com that maybe of interesting to some Mac genealogists. Note that these prices are subject to change, since some of them are through third parties. * Mac Box Set (with Snow … Continue reading →

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Relationship Completer v1.1.0

Posted on April 4, 2007 by admin

The Relationship Completer v1.1.0 has been released today – it’s a handy little utility for those (such as genealogists) who use their address books and want to keep track of relationships inside of the address books. Developer’s Description: Let’s say … Continue reading →

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Meander 0.5

Posted on March 20, 2006 by admin

It’s almost hard to categorize this free Mac OS X utility, but here goes: Meander is a way to measure things on your screen, using a piece of digital string. Shiela Dixon’s (the developer) description: How long is a piece of string? As long as you can see it on your screen, you can now find out! Meander is a little application which can measure routes, or shapes, or anything which you can see on your screen.

The major change in version 0.5: Scale can now be measured at any angle, so calibration can be made from a vertical scale, or any known distance between two points.

It’s a neat little application if you have messed around with trying to gauge distance on your display. Continue reading →

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