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#BEST GENEALOGY SOFTWARE FOR MAC PLUS#
#BEST GENEALOGY SOFTWARE FOR MAC SERIES#
#BEST GENEALOGY SOFTWARE FOR MAC FREE#

#BEST GENEALOGY SOFTWARE FOR MAC PLUS#

Mac version sluggish at times, plus buggy.

#BEST GENEALOGY SOFTWARE FOR MAC FREE#

Free RootsMagic Essentials also updated to new version.

New fan chart option alongside simplified charting tools.

No longer restricted to editing a single person.

Improved user interface with minor and major tweaks.

RootsMagic 8 also allows you to view hints from MyHeritage and Findmypast as well, but you can’t directly merge those into your tree. You can link your tree to both Ancestry and FamilySearch, allowing you to sync facts and other information between them. First, only the selected person’s markers are highlighted in a different colour, and there’s no chronological line between places to help you easily trace someone’s life journey. Viewing, managing, and editing places easier than before thanks to the fact the Edit Place dialog sits within the main interface as opposed to requiring a separate pop-up window, plus you can now edit place links to people and events from here too.Īnother new feature is that the Mapping tool can now display markers for more than one person, but it’s not as intuitive as it could be. The Places tool also gains welcome improvements – everything is now neatly consolidated in one spot. You also gain a new fan chart for your troubles. On the other hand, everything is now contained within a single window, and you can make simple adjustments without having to start from scratch.

#BEST GENEALOGY SOFTWARE FOR MAC SERIES#

That’s bad news if you’re a fan of the RootsMagic Chart tool, which allowed you to freely edit your chart using a series of drawing tools. The newest version of RootsMagic has simplified and consolidated charting tools. However, there are no editing tools and no means of extracting headshots. The central Media index makes them easy to browse, link to multiple elements (including people, places, sources and events), and furnish with extra descriptive details like dates and captions. This remains RootsMagic 8’s major shortcoming. Look for a row of icons underneath the section title – click these to move between subsections (such as Places Index and Mapping Under Places). Some are more obvious than others – Tasks neatly brings together to-do items, correspondence and your research logs, for example, but you’ll need to look under Publish to link your tree to Ancestry and/or FamilySearch. The navigation pane on the left consolidates all the program’s features into eleven distinct sections. Look out for welcome improvements such as the ability to open more than one person’s edit screen or the introduction of reusable citations, which can be attached to multiple people and events.

Some adjustment is required, but thankfully there are enough familiar elements to ensure you never completely lose your way. It’s still outdated and somewhat clunky, but easier to navigate. RootsMagic 8’s biggest change is its overhauled user interface. Integrates with: Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, MyHeritage