Family Ties (Familienbande) – June 16, 2007

A new version of Family Ties/Familienbande was released a few days ago. It’s a free Mac OS X (and MacOS 8.6/9 with Carbon) genealogy application written by Stefan Mettenbrink. It is only available in German, but it can be used by non-German speaking genealogists who are willing to work out … Read more

iFamily For Tiger v2.204

iFamily for Tiger V2.204 was released last week. iFamily for Tiger is a Mac OS X (10.4 required) genealogy application, and this is a major release/update, including improved picture editing, and additional navigation features in the Context Diagram NAvigation. Changes: Context Diagram Navigation * Added navigation to the siblings of … Read more

HoudahGeo 1.1.5

HoudahGeo version 1.1.5 is now available. HoudahGeo is a “geocoding” application for Macs – it allows you to embed latitude, longitude and altitude information into photos (“invisibly – no impact on the photo data). The photos can then be used in combination with Google Earth It requires Mac OS X … Read more

Site News, Forums

I just discovered that our spam filter on our contact form worked a little too well. A lot of email was classified as spam, that shouldn’t have been. I’m working my way through the email manually and answering questions as fast as I can (I think I’m up to the … Read more

iScrapbook 1.1.0

iScrapbook 1.1 was released today. iScrapbook is the newest Mac OS X scrapbooking application. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 and sells for $49.99 and comes with over 40,000 photos/clipart. It can be downloaded here (ChronosNet.com/Products/iScrapbook). Changes: * Added several image optimizations that make the software more responsive and result … Read more

MacFamilyTree 4.4.7

MacFamilyTree version 4.4.7 is now available. It requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and can be downloaded here (discontinued, latest version) (OnlyMac.de). This release adds a new report, as well as the sources list can now be sorted. Changes: * Distinctive Persons Report: The new report shows all persons … Read more