iFamily for Tiger V2.235 was released today. iFamily for Tiger is a unique Mac OS X (10.4+) genealogy application in that it focuses on individuals rather than families.
Enhancements in V2.235 (since V2.217)
Context Diagram
• Indication of number of spouses.
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Jeffery Battersby has written another Mac genealogy review, this time of Mac Heredis 10.2 or X.2. Mac Heredis 10.2 is a commercial Mac OS X genealogy application that was released in late 2005, with a few updates since then.
He stresses GEDCOM importing and lack of LDS ordinances, quote:
Like almost every other genealogy program [...]

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Osk 4.7 is now available from Studlar. This is considered a major update to the Mac OS X genealogy program. Osk is $29, and this update is free for current users. It’s available in English, Icelandic, Russian, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, and Italian.
One of the more interesting features of Osk [...]

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Macworld has published a review today of iFamily for Tiger 2.2. Once again it’s Jeffery Battersby, who has reviewed several other Mac genealogy applications as well.
It’s $30 and available at iFamilyforTiger.com
He gave it 3.5 out of 5 mice, saying:
iFamily for Tiger 2.2 provides a simple interface to create and edit your family data, includes [...]

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FileMaker 9 has been announced, with four versions: FileMaker Pro 9, FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced, FileMaker Server 9, FileMaker Server 9 Advanced. Several Mac genealogy applications and utilities have used previous versions of FileMaker, including one or two genealogy applications currently in development. This is considered one of the biggest upgrades in years, [...]

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