14 DAY TRIAL // Swinging from one tree topic to another, Synium Software has updated MacFamilyTree, its genealogy application, to version 5.3.6, improving the generation and rendering performance of the virtual tree, but also enhancing the alignment in the virtual tree and the MobileFamilyTree sync, for the iPhone version of the app.
The rest of the enhancements to be had in MacFamilyTree 5.3.6 include: Virtual Globe marks events out of the date range; toolbar in the main window is configureable now; GEDCOM importer improved; various other minor fixes and improvements.
MacFamilyTree helps you document, store, and display information about your family, while drawing and printing family trees, lists, cards, heritage charts, descendant charts and genograms. You can also include multiple partners and people of the same relationships, and export HTML data to build a web page, although this is not the only export option available.
The program's native file format is GEDCOM 5.5. Users of MacFamilyTree can visualize the migration of their ancestors over the centuries (and continents) using Google Earth to research geolocations as part of Synium's new multi-pane GUI. Version 5.2 was an important update, as it added a new Virtual Tree feature, a powerful 3D view.
"Based on more than a decade of experience, MacFamilyTree 5 may be regarded as the most advanced genealogy application for the Mac, and is fully compatible with GEDCOM for reliable exchange of genealogy information across OS boundaries," Synium Software says. "MacFamilyTree offers easy web page creation, and is smoothly integrated into Apple's .Mac and our own exclusive Internet service on MacFamilyTree.com."
To run MacFamilyTree on your Mac, you will need to pack an ATI Radeon 7500, a GeForce 4 MX Graphics Card, or an Intel GMA 950 (or better). The genealogy app runs on Intel or PPC-based machines under Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later. A demo version of the desktop software, as well as the iPhone / iPod touch client can be acquired using the links below.