MacFamilyTree

What's new in this version:

MacFamilyTree 11.0.5
- When exporting websites, it is now possible to configure the layout of the hourglass chart
- Dates before Christ are now supported on FamilySearch
- While editing places for events, the last selected view is correctly restored after re-open
- Memory optimizations
- Further fixes
- Localization improvements


MacFamilyTree 11.0.4
- Sorting of families by family name added to websites
- Description of person and family events is now correctly displayed on websites
- Localization updates
- Various other fixes


MacFamilyTree 11.0.3
- Issue downloading Influential Persons from CloudTree fixed


MacFamilyTree 11.0.2
- Issue downloading the geographical database fixed


MacFamilyTree 11.0.1
- Issue editing saved charts fixed
- Downloading of the geographic database improved
- Links to PDF files are not set correctly when exporting a website


MacFamilyTree 11.0
- New Photo Colorization, Enhancement, and Editing Features
- New Colorization Models: Choose from multiple colorization models for your photos instead of being limited to one suggestion
- Photo Restoration: Restore old and damaged photos and images
- 4x Super-Resolution: Upscale small images and improve text readability in hard-to-read documents
- Advanced Image Adjustments: New tools for customizing photos (exposure, gamma, channel-specific adjustments, etc.)
- AI Background Removal: Automatically remove backgrounds from portraits or other photos
- Faster AI Processing: Significant speed improvements of our AI servers
- Improved User Interface: Enhanced interface with help texts, especially for iPad and iPhone
- Completely New Places Management
- Configurable Place Templates: Pre-configured templates for major countries
- Completely customizable place citation styles, configurable for each place template individually
- Favorites and Default Templates: Mark frequently used templates for quick access
- Diagram and Report Options: Specify which citation style to use in diagrams and reports
- Improved GEDCOM Support: Properly incorporates format information for places
- Grouping Options: Group editing views by the first or second administrative level
- Integrated Maps: iPad now displays a detailed map alongside place editing, similar to Mac
- Flags and Pins: Optional flags for easier identification and movable pins for adjusting coordinates
- Map Styles: Select map styles while editing places
- Completely New: Place Details
- Detailed Place Descriptions: Specify exact locations within a place (e.g., address, hospital, cemetery)
- Coordinates and Maps: Display notable locations on maps with geographic coordinates
- Integration with Existing Places: Easily convert places into notable locations
- Support in Reports and Diagrams: Includes notable locations
- New: Search for coordinates and alternate names
- Results from a massive database of locations
- Multilingual, including historical place names
- In addition to the geographic database, Apple Maps search can also be used to locate significant places
- Precisely configurable to determine which components of a place name are adopted in which language
- Once downloaded, the new geographic database is fully usable without an internet connection
- With data stored locally, location searches are impressively fast
- Completely New: Search for Geographic Coordinates for All Locations
- Comprehensible presentation of all found coordinates for locations and significant places
- Significantly faster than the previous server-based search
- No internet connection required once the location database is downloaded
- Wikipedia Integration for Places
- Auto-Loaded Images: Display images from related Wikipedia articles
- Direct Article Links: View Wikipedia references while editing places
- Preview Articles: Access article previews directly in the interface
- Completely integrated in new places search, which also show Wikipedia articles
- Save as Media: Add Wikipedia content as media attachments
- New Website Creation
- Highly Customizable: Tailor website templates to personal preferences
- Integrated Search: Built-in search functionality on exported sites
- Reduced File Size: Smaller storage requirements for exported family trees
- Many included website styles ranging from plain to playful designs
- A website may include more than one style a visitor may choose from
- Multilingual Support: Websites can switch between multiple languages
- Easy Hosting: No server/database required; simple static file hosting is sufficient
- Completely new user interface for exporting websites
- Significantly faster website exporting
- Management of multiple websites with different configurations per family tree
- Website settings are synchronized via CloudTree and iCloud Drive
- Share button for quickly sharing the website
- Continued support for uploading to FTP and MacFamilyTree.com - or burning to CD/DVD on Mac
- New Feature: Influential Persons
- Customizable Relationships: Define various relationship types between a person and their most influential persons
- Icons for Relationship Types: Assign unique icons for each relationship type
- Date Range Settings: Specify dates or date ranges for each relationship
- Notes and Sources: Add notes and citations for each relationship
- Reports and Diagrams: Updated to display influential persons
- Additionally, the kinship report shows influential persons of the start person
- GEDCOM Compatibility: Import and export support for influential persons
- Interactive Tree: Easily add and visualize influential persons using a new mode
- Indicators for Influencers: Mark individuals with attached key influencers in the Interactive Tree
- Completely New Diagram: Sociogram
- Display Influential Persons: Visualize all influential persons of a relative
- Entire context: Optionally show children, parents, and their influential persons
- Display all connections: Even highlights relationships when influential persons are linked to multiple people
- Improved User Interface
- Significantly improved navigation with better clarity
- Enhanced representations in all editing views
- Larger title images in the person-editing and family-editing views, where space permits
- Improved dark mode for higher contrast display
- Improved dark mode in the editing section
- Improved structure in almost all dialogs
- Noticeable performance improvements
- Enhanced list views (better fonts, alignment, etc.)
- Improved integrated browser (now supports forward/backward navigation, and websites can be added as media)
- Completely New Welcome Screen
- Modern Design: Enhanced layout for better tree organization
- Color Labels: Assign labels to manage large collections of trees
- Favorites: Mark trees as favorites for quick access
- iCloud Tree Management: Improved download process for trees stored on iCloud Drive
- Collapsible Sections: Collapse sections for better organization
- Charts
- Many new, customizable styles for persons added
- New diagram templates introduced
- New styles and templates for the fan chart
- Noticeable performance improvements for most charts
- Distribution chart can now also analyze places of death
- Interactive Tree
- Improved Family Editing: Access all options from the regular family editing view
- Quick Family Selection: Select families linked to a person via a dedicated button
- Zoom Feature: Quickly zoom to the tree section of the starting person
- Enhanced Action Buttons: More visible and user-friendly buttons
- Customizable Title Images
- Editable Header Images: Configure the display of header images in editing sections
- Family Photo Composites: Automatically generated from family members pictures
- Placeholder Options: Use placeholders instead of images
- Favorite Functions - your personal MacFamilyTree
- Quick Access: Mark frequently used functions as favorites
- Dedicated Category: All favorite functions are grouped in a separate category for easy navigation
- Customizable: Fully configure which functions are shown as favorites
- Re-order Favorites: Adjust the order of functions to suit your workflow
- Highlight Key Functions: Certain functions can be emphasized and displayed as larger icons for faster recognition
- New Backup Feature
- iCloud Drive Backup as an alternative to local backups: Backups can now be stored on iCloud Drive and are accessible across devices
- Configurable location where Backups should be stored
- Improved Management: New interface for viewing and managing backups
- It is now possible to define how each family tree is backed up individually
- Improved automatic saving, which can now also be configured per family tree
- Performance Enhancements
- Performance: Improved editing, diagram rendering, and app start-up times
- Speed optimizations in the edit section
- Performance improvements when editing diagrams
- Faster app launch
- CloudTree
- Noticeably improved performance, especially when downloading new family trees or processing many changes
- Faster and easier setup