From the monthly archives:

November 2008

A Tribute to Keith Wilson

The Mac genealogy community has suffered a significant loss. Keith Wilson, the creator of iFamily for Leopard (and Tiger before that), passed away unexpectedly on November 2nd. I’ve called him a maverick and meant it with great respect. His ingenious contributions will be missed.
When considering an appropriate tribute to Keith my first thought was to [...]

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Add Another Dimension to Your Family History: Memory Writing for Everyone

Nothing will enhance your family’s genealogy more than a few true tales of the past. You don’t have to be a successful author to write down the family memoirs. You just need to start writing and here are a few tips to get you started.
Begin with your very own memories of the most important events [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

In the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving today. I hope you all had as great a day as I did. My wife Carrie and I prepared a wonderful vegetarian—almost vegan—meal. We shared it with our children, Logan, and Paige as well as Carrie’s mom and step-dad. We are so blessed! On this day it is [...]

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Starting with Another’s Data: A Descendant Report, part 1

Sometimes when one starts with the genealogy obsession hobby, it is with information collected by someone else. Ironically, even given some starter material, it’s not always obvious where or how to begin. This article is a case study of such a start. It’s a specific one in that the starting material is real and limited. [...]

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See How Easily You Can Backup Your Files to CD or DVD

One of the many great things about using a Mac is how many functions that just seem like they should be included in the operating system actually are! One of these is the ability to create (or “burn”) CDs and DVDs. This feature is great for anyone creating and or storing a lot of data [...]

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Parallels Desktop Updated to 4.0.3540

The computer virtualization software, Parallels Desktop, that many Mac genealogists use to run Windows genealogy applications has been updated. The new release is described as containing bugfixes and improvements. The information provided during the upgrade describes the following changes:

Bugfixes and improvements in Parallels Desktop 4.0 Update (build 4.0.3540)
Improvements in the upgrade procedure:

BSOD in Boot [...]

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