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iFamily for Leopard

Little Known Way to Use Group Photos in Reunion 9

You’ve got some group photos of ancestors, right? Do you use Reunion 9 for Mac as your genealogy software? If so, I’ve got a tip you’ll love! You can quickly select a parts of a group photo to use as head shots for multiple ancestors without duplicating or changing the image file. Each person in [...]

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A Brief, Introductory Tour of iFamily for Leopard

If you’re interested or curious about what it’s like to use the Macintosh genealogy software iFamily for Leopard, you’ll like this video: A Brief Video Tour of the iFamily for Leopard Mac Genealogy Software. In it I demonstrate a few features of the interface and adding some people to the sample data that is included [...]

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Can You Reach www.ifamilyforleopard.com?

I’ve been trying unsuccessfully for the past week to reach the ifamilyforleopard.com site. Neither the built-in software update nor the website work for me. Are any of you able to reach it? December 31, 2008 Update I’ve been told that others can reach it, so I’m investigating more on my end. January 1, 2009 Update [...]

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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 [...]

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How to Link Images to Multiple People in iFamily for Leopard

Sometimes it’s appropriate to have an image applied to more than one person in your family history database. iFamily for Leopard includes a simple, space-saving way to add an image to one person then link it to other people. This allows you to avoid having multiple copies of the image in the iFamilyData/Pictures folder on [...]

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Routine Photo Management Tasks in iFamily for Leopard

The context diagram in iFamily for Leopard can display a photo above each person. This is a great way to harness the face recognition part of your brain to make finding people quicker as well as add flavor. Storing photos of relatives in iFamily for Leopard is also a great way to organize them. You [...]

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