Current Version: 11.1.1

Version History

MacFamilyTree 11 requires macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 14 Sonoma, macOS 15 Sequoia or macOS 26 Tahoe. Fully optimized for M1-, M2-, M3- and M4-based Macs.
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MacFamilyTree 11 Version History

26 Aug 2025
11.1.1
  • Rare issue fixed which prevented migration of family trees from previous versions
  • Adding additional information, which is not part of the source template, can be reliably added again
21 Aug 2025
11.1
  • Vastly improved ToDo management
  • Fully customizable type, status, and priority for ToDos
  • Default values for type, status, and priority can now be set for newly created ToDos
  • Significantly improved user interface
  • ToDos can now include free text in addition to the title
  • Type and status are now clearly displayed in the ToDo header
  • Greatly improved ToDo list with clearer layout
  • The function list and ToDo list now indicate when a ToDo’s due date has passed
  • All completed ToDos can now be deleted at once
  • ToDos can now be created directly from plausibility warnings
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  • New ToDo Assistant
  • Completely redesigned
  • Includes 15 different assistant types
  • Most assistant types can be fully customized
  • Detects "islands" in the tree where individuals are not connected to the main tree
  • When creating ToDos, you can define which label, type, and priority should be used
  • Tasks can be limited to persons within specific person groups, with specific labels, or matching Smart Filters
  • Detects recursions in the tree - e.g., if someone is their own great-grandfather
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  • Completely New Date Parser
  • 5 to 50 times faster than before
  • Recognizes pre- and suffixes such as "BC" in all supported languages
  • Automatically recognizes month names in all supported languages
  • Requires significantly fewer format definitions - one format string can now recognize short/long month names or numeric months
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  • Improved Age Display
  • Age calculation has been completely reworked and now supports partial date entries
  • If only a partial birth date is available, age values are now marked as approximate using "~" character
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  • New Date Picker
  • Fully redesigned to simplify date entry
  • Supports full dates (day-month-year), month-year, year-only, and date ranges
  • Displays all available pre- and suffixes (e.g., "BC") during selection
  • Allows you to define the language used for month names New Date Input Field
  • Visually highlights components such as "about", "circa", "between", or date range indicators during input
  • Auto-completes common prefixes and suffixes while typing
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  • Adjust Date Formats
  • A new dialog allows you to convert existing date formats throughout your tree
  • Freely define your preferred display format for dates
  • Now also supports dates in ToDos and Stories
  • Month names can be set to any supported language
  • The dialog to find unrecognized dates now also scans sources, stories, and ToDos - not just events
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  • Website Creation
  • Improved main menu on exported websites
  • Added new theme
  • Media can now be opened in a lightbox on the website when clicked
  • Significantly improved FTP upload
  • Statistics charts now evaluate the selected person group
  • Bookmarks in sources are now displayed on websites
  • Improved sorting in multiple areas, including families, sources, bookmarks, saved charts, and places Places
  • Improved "significant place" handling: while editing a place, you can now see which events are assigned to a significant place
  • It is now possible to group places in lists by the third administrative level
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  • Edit Section
  • Optional setting to increase contrast of person boxes in the edit section
  • Searching the place list now also includes significant places
  • Searching families, waves, places, and media now supports reference numbers
  • Search now includes persons with events at significant places
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  • Reports
  • Improved CSV export
  • Source list reports can now display reference numbers
  • In person and family reports, the event sort order can now be customized
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  • CloudTree
  • Improved download performance for trees and changes
04 Apr 2025
11.0.7
  • When editing persons, the current numbering system is displayed in the header when activated
  • Issues in the Interactive Tree fixed when using macOS 15.4 Sequoia
  • Converting Places to Place Details will now select the correct place after the conversion
  • When entering new places, the appropriate text field is now pre-select, allowing you to start typing immediately
  • When exporting a GEDCOM file, only families that contain persons selected to be exported will be included in the resulting file
  • Localization improvements
10 Mar 2025
11.0.6
  • Add places with a double-click from the place selection form
  • Search & Replace now works as expected with marriage dates
  • Improved hourglass chart on exported websites
  • GEDCOM Export: Improved handling of geographical coordinates
  • Issue displaying blood relationship in the Interactive Tree fixed
  • Issue converting places to place details fixed
  • Localization improvements
14 Feb 2025
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
06 Feb 2025
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
31 Jan 2025
11.0.3
  • Issue downloading Influential Persons from CloudTree fixed
29 Jan 2025
11.0.2
  • Issue downloading the geographical database fixed
29 Jan 2025
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
28 Jan 2025
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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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)
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • CloudTree
  • Noticeably improved performance, especially when downloading new family trees or processing many changes
  • Faster and easier setup

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