MacFamilyTree 8 is the largest update we've ever released for our popular genealogy software. Version 8 comes with a huge number of new features and improvements.
New Interactive Tree
Much improved layout
Beautiful new look
Navigate, add and enter persons faster than ever
Better FamilySearch integration
Force Touch supported
Completely configureable
Display up to 8 generations of ancestors and descendants at once, including brothers & sisters
CloudTree Sync & Share
Sync your family tree to all your Macs, iPhones and iPads
Invite friends & family to build your family tree
Participants can either be invited with read-only or read and write privileges
Complete privacy – only you decide who can see or edit your family tree
Works on broadband as well as on cellular internet connections
Near-realtime sync of changes to your family tree to all your devices
Completely new user interface
Much better usage of screen space
Global back and forward history similar to a web browser
New database management window
New & Improved Charts
Many configurable style options to choose from
Customize line styles, shadow styles, coloring…
New fractal charts: Fractal Tree, Fractal H-Tree, Fractal Circular Tree, Fractal Symmetric Tree, Fractal Horizontal/Vertical Tree
Greatly improved performance
Smart Filters
See only relevant entries from your database you’re currently focusing on
Create and save complex search filters (all living women in Texas)
Available for Persons, Families, Sources, Places and ToDos
Also available for most reports to create specialized reports from a subset of persons from your tree
Powerful new Sidebar Lists
Completely redesigned Person, Family, Place, Source and ToDo sidebar lists
Much improved search options
Configureable grouping/sectioning options (for example by birth place, last name, creation date and so on)
Sorting options greatly enhanced
Available in the Edit, Views and Reports sections
Custom Event & Fact types
Create your own Person Events, Facts or Family Events, and record any kind of information
All reports and views adapted to display custom events and fact types
Hide event and fact types you do not use often
Easily import data from other genealogy apps
More default event and fact types added
Improved management of event icons
Change Log
All changes in your database are recorded for further reference
Keep track of when you worked on which records
See all change log entries for a specific person or family directly in the edit sections
Much improved performance
All parts of MacFamilyTree & MobileFamilyTree heavily optimized
Improved memory usage
GEDCOM support
Much improved compatibility with other apps
Better handling of custom GEDCOM tags from other genealogy apps
Improved importing performance
Detailed error reporting
Improved and configureable character encoding detection
Navigation Timeline
Quickly see and select persons related to the person you are currently editing
See when events happened in a person’s lifetime
Available in all edit functions
Plausibility testing
Checks for many different kinds of data integrity problems like „buried before death“
Available for the Interactive Tree or when editing persons or families
Improved FamilySearch integration
Auto-Login option added
Improved performance when matching and downloading persons
Support for more event types
Other
Unknown gender option added
Charts & Reports options revamped for better numerical input
Complete support for iPad Pro
More sorting & grouping options for the Person List report
Supports iOS multitasking/side-by-side view
Name Distribution can now be displayed for first name
Labels can now be displayed in all charts
New Events & Facts statistic chart added
New search sites added to the Web Research feature
Performance of the Media Gallery improved
Improved import from Apple’s Photos app
Person List Report option added to separate name components into different columns
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