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Is the Virtual Globe Bloat?

I’ve been working on a MacFamilyTree screencast this evening. It’s related to geocoding which is related to the “virtual globe” feature. As is usual for me when I explore features, I asked myself, “What value does this offer genealogists?” I’m having a hard time coming up with something nice to say about this one. Yes, [...]

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Review: Reunion 1.0 for iPhone & iPod touch

It took only a few minutes with Reunion for iPhone & iPod Touch to realize that researching and writing this review would not be a trivial effort; there’s so much this iPhone app can do! Let’s begin with the requirements so that’s clear up front. Requirements For Reunion for iPhone to be of any use [...]

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Review: MacFamilyTree 5.3 Beta

A beautiful, capable, moderately priced Macintosh genealogy application. Product Overview MacFamilyTree is one of the most popular genealogy data management programs for Macintosh. With it one can store, update, explore, and report on family history data. The data can consist of names, events, sources, notes, and multimedia files (images, video, sound). Interacting with family data [...]

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Review: Switching to the Mac: Leopard Edition

No, this book isn’t written for big, spotted, felines. It’s for people who have switched from Windows to the Macintosh or are curious about doing so. Leopard is the friendly name (unless you are afraid of cats) for the operating system. This friendly, book will help switchers and their genealogy and other files make the [...]

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MacGenealogist.com Featured in Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 51

An audio version of my recent review of Reunion 9 is featured in the Genealogy Gems Podcast episode released today. It’s episode 51 in the free podcast. It can be downloaded to your iPod or played directly on the GenealogyGems.TV website. If you are not already a subscriber of this podcast, I wholeheartedly recommend becoming [...]

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Review: iFamily for Leopard 2.443

A maverick, solid, and modestly priced Macintosh genealogy application. Product Overview iFamily for Leopard is one of the most popular genealogy data management applications for Macintosh. With it one can store, update, explore, and report on family history data. The data can consist of names, events, sources, notes, and links to image files. There is [...]

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