The Hourglass chart in the Person Report now displays the correct count of generations
The orientation of the Relationship Chart fixed
Markers for living persons in the Genogram are now displayed reliably
07 Aug 2019
9.0.2
Family trees from previous versions that have been uploaded on CloudTree can not be deleted reliably
Limit the count of generations to be displayed in the Virtual Tree
Layout of the Fan Chart improved
The Ahnentafel Report can now display up to 100 generations
Option to hide the description of events in charts
05 Aug 2019
9.0.1
Order of place name components in reports fixed
User interface customization is now retained after relaunching MacFamilyTree
Localization improvements
30 Jul 2019
9.0
New User Interface
Layout vastly improved, modern design
Improved space usage, especially when using the edit section
Improved display of children as a list when editing families
Configurable color scheme
Completely new Charts
Greatly enhanced performance
Multicore processors found in modern Macs are fully utilized
Rendering charts is completely handled by the graphics hardware/GPU
Nearly unlimited options configuring charts
Many included themes and templates
Text-only themes
Themes optimised for monochrome printing
Much improved and more efficient PDF export
Bitmap export as a PNG or JPEG file, optionally as individual pages
Several options to colorize generations added
Improved display of step and adoptive relationships
Age of the person at time of an event can be included optionally
Improved search for specific persons in a chart
New coloring options: By age and by birth year
Customize the name format to be used in a chart
Choose between different date formats (like long or short formats) to be displayed
New Chart Edit Mode (Mac)
Improved user interface layout
Edit events or facts to be shown for specific persons
Improved options for text added to the chart
Improved arrows and lines: More options and line/arrow labels
Enhanced options to distribute the chart to multiple pages
Undo/redo
New Tree Chart
Much improved layout
Greatly enhanced performance
Persons are grouped for easier navigation
Many new options to configure the Tree Chart
New Fan Chart
Optionally include person images
Many new themes and templates
New configuration options added
Optionally displays all events and facts for persons
Greatly enhanced text display
New Descendancy Chart
Improved layout
Can display up to 100 generations
Improved Statistics Chart
Much improved configuration options
Fully customise the appearance of the diagram grid
Optionally display numbers at each data point
Much improved performance
New statistic type: Month of divorce
New statistic type: First names
New statistic type: Titles
New statistic type: Age at christening
New statistic type: Age at retirement
New statistic type: Place of marriage, country of marriage
New statistic type: Place of burial, country of burial
New statistic type: Year of christening, year of burial
New statistic type: Genders
Option to exclude events and facts marked as private
New Distribution Chart
Visualize the distribution of names, birth place, birth country and genders over time
Also displays all person facts, like eye color, over time
Additionally shows the distribution of illnesses and occupations over time
Improved configuration options
Much improved graphics
Enhanced performance
New Double Ancestor Chart
New layout options added
Much improved layout and space usage
Optionally include brothers and sisters of ancestors
Improved Ancestor Chart
New compact view
Improved display of branches (when two distinct branches are colliding, they are separated by a greater distance)
Start person and partners are displayed in separate groups optionally
Now supports up to 100 generations
Optionally include brothers and sisters of the ancestors
Improved Hourglass Chart
Much improved layout
Many new configuration options added
Optionally display brothers and sisters of ancestors
Improved Timeline
Better space usage and layout
Optionally display the persons age at the time of event
New coloring option: By age
Improved Genogram
Configurable Layout
Much improved display of events
Improved connection lines
Improved Saved Charts Section
Better user interface
Improved Thumbnails
Completely new Reports and Lists
Many themes and styles included ranging from plain text to coloful and complex designs
Each report and report theme is completely configurable to the last detail
Export all lists as CSV files compatible to Numbers and Excel
All reports can be exported as plain text or RTF files
On larger screens, several report pages can be shown side-by-side for better space usage
Choose between different date formats (like long or short formats) to be displayed
Source citations are now completely configurable. All information from a source can also be included in the source citation.
Choose between three on-screen display modes: Normal page, endless page without page breaks or scalable full-screen view
Click on persons, events, places, sources or media in a report to directly access the entry in the edit section
New Report Edit Mode
Undo/redo supported
Customize each word, color or font of a report
Remove unwanted sections in a report
Add annotations, pictures, PDFs and Text as well as additional rows in tables
Copy & paste text from or to the new reports editor
New Person List
Freely specify what should be displayed in each column
Many options to customize sorting and grouping
Improved Person Report
Overview section at the beginning of the person report
Much improved ancestors and descendants section
Specify how large images of persons are displayed
Optionally display reference numbers like GEDCOM IDs or AFN numbers
Improved Family Report
Much improved layout of events and facts
Optionally display reference numbers like GEDCOM IDs or AFN numbers
Optionally, the family report shows an overview of the selected family at the start of the report
Improved Descendancy Report
Much improved layout, especially when displaying parents
Optionally display marriage dates or further information about parents
Improved Map Report
Configure which person events should be used to display the map report
Optionally consolidate events at the same place
Improved Marriage List / Family List
New grouping options: By last name of husband, last name of wife or marriage place
Freely specify what should be displayed in each column
Improved Events List
Optionally deactivate the grouping of events by year
Option to only evaluate events of living persons
Improved Places List
Option to only evaluate events of living persons
Improved grouping options
Enhanced display of events at a place
Improved Anniversary Report
Optionally displays the anniversary year of an event
Much improved configuration options
Improved Person Analysis
Improved user interface for selecting the analysis mode
Enhanced display of persons in the report
Improved Sources List
Specify how large images of the source should be displayed
New grouping option: By source archive
Improved To Do Report
Optionally display an overview at the beginning of the report showing the count of unresolved and resolved to dos in the family tree
Enhanced Family Tree Books
Exactly specify which fonts should be used in your book
Also, all colors can be freely configured for the whole book
Choose what should be shown on the title page of your book
Specify an image for the title page or a family crest
Options to configure the page margins for odd and even pages
Improved Welcome Window
Completely rewritten
Much improved layout
Sorting options added
Add DNA test results to each person in your family tree – every major genealogy test vendor is supported
Support for Y-DNA, mtDNA and autosomal DNA tests
Additionally add media (PDFs, images), notes and to dos for each test
Option to add raw DNA data for each test
Multiple tests of different vendors can be added to a single person if required
CloudTree
The restriction which limits sharing of databases to 5.000 persons has been lifted. It is now possible to share family trees of any size (version 9 is required)
Much faster invitation of participants to family trees: Inviting new members now takes a few seconds instead of a few minutes
More efficient sync: Especially for small changes, syncing only takes a fraction of a second
Database
Much improved configuration options for parent-child relations: Specify how the child is related to the mother and father separately
Title can now be entered as an additional name
Specify which images should be displayed in the icon of the family tree. Optionally, the family crest can be used as the family tree icon
Optionally hide specific person and family images to be displayed in charts or in the interactive tree
Alternate place names can be entered for each place or transferred from the coordinate lookup feature
If no known birth dates for children are present, the birth order can be manually specified
Display of a persons has been improved to be shown as components (years, months, days) instead of a fractional number
Author Information and Family Crests
For every family tree, enter information and notes about the author
Additionally, store family crests directly in the family tree database
Optionally display family crests and author information in charts and reports
GEDCOM
Improved compatibility to PEDI tags used in Families
Submitter information in GEDCOM files is now supported
New Help/Manual system
In every section, a small question mark is shown. By using it, you are directly taken to the relevant page in the manual
Integrated reader: Read the manual directly from within the app
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