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Have an Apple TV? Stream RootsTech 2015 to your HDTV!

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Apple TV If you are wanting to watch some of the sessions that are being streamed from RootsTech 2015, and you have an Apple TV and a compatible device, it’s very easy to stream to your HDTV, thanks to AirPlay.

On your compatible Mac or iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch), just load up the RootsTech 2015 website in your browser, and have it stream (mirror) through AirPlay to your Apple TV/HDTV. You can find the full streaming schedule here, and remember that all times listed are Mountain Standard Time (MST). The first session starts in half an hour (at 9:30 am if you’re in CST like I am).

Regardless of which method you use, you will need a 2nd Generation Apple TV or later. I have confirmed that the RootsTech website’s streaming is compatible with iOS devices, on an iPad 2 running iOS 8.1.3

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MacUser Magazine Closing After 30 Years

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MacUser Magazine MacUser magazine will be shutting down as the February 2015 issue is released. It was started in the UK in 1985 by Felix Dennis (who passed away last year), and was a magazine that I enjoyed, at least the UK version, as it had quite a few articles about using Photoshop, retouching photos, etc.

If you’ve seen the mouse-style ratings used in Macworld, well those were licensed from MacUser.

If you are wondering about whether this is the same as the US version of MacUser, it’s not – that publication ceased in 1997 (after a 12-year run), and was merged with Macworld.

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MacGenealogy.org – Upgrade – April 19 – 22, 2014

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Over the next few days, MacGenealogy.org will be undergoing several upgrades as far as software and content, and will be regularly updated after that. After the updates are finished, you’ll be seeing a lot of activity here. Apologies for being away – being a father and juggling a few other … Read more

Civilization IV, Colonization for Mac $4.99 until Feb 29

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Normally I wouldn’t talk about games here unless they were genealogy-related (as if there is a large market for them, although MacFamilyTree has a quiz feature for your family tree), but for whatever reason, Aspyr Media is running a couple of really good deals on some classic games for Macs … Read more

Site Update – February 2012

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There will be a small bit of downtime over the next week as I do some upgrades to the website, as well as some design changes and updates. I’ll be taking care of outdated information and broken links as well. I also have some new features planned that I will … Read more

Family Tree Maker for Mac Mentioned in Wall Street Journal

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Katherine Boehret, writing in the Wall Street Journal, talked about using Family Tree Maker for Mac as well as the iOS (iPad/iPhone) software from Ancestry.com. I’m not sure if she was using Family Tree Maker for Mac or Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 which just came out last month. … Read more