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Free Mac Genealogy Software[edit | edit source]

Commercial Mac Genealogy Programs[edit | edit source]

Ancestral Quest for Mac
Family Tree Maker (for Mac)
GEDitCOM II
Genealogy Pro
Heredis
iFamily for Mac for Snow Leopard and newer. For older OS versions, use iFamily for Leopard (still works for Tiger)
MacFamilyTree
ohmiGene
Reunion
RootsMagic 8 for Mac

Mac Genealogy Programs Certified for FamilySearch[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Certified Products and Services

Ancestral Quest for Mac Tree Share, Sources, Discussions, Change History and FamilySearch Support
MacFamilyTree Tree Share, Sources, Discussions, Change History

Running Certified programs for FamilySearch that were created for Windows on a Mac

You will need a valid copy of Microsoft Windows.
You can partition your hard drive and create a windows section on your computer which will allow you to run any of the certified programs for New Family Search on your computer. You would partition your hard drive using Apple's Boot Camp. Boot Camp comes preinstalled on your computer. The program walks you though step by step how to partition the hard drive although I do recommend that you print out the instructions before you begin. Apple
As alternatives to BootCamp there are a few virtualization programs that allow you to run the Windows OS as you would a native program program.
- Oracle VM VirtualBox is free open-source software similar to Vmware Fusion and Parallels. Virtual Box
- Parallels is currently $79.95. Parallels contains a feature similar to VMware Fusion's Unity called Coherence. Parallels
- VMware Fusion is currently $79.95. It has a feature called Unity, which allows you run Windows programs like native applications. VMware

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 === Free Mac Genealogy Software  ===
-*'''GRAMPS'''&nbsp; [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Using_GRAMPS_on_Apple_Mac for Mac OS X (PPC or Intel)] - Download: [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download the Latest Version]<br>
+*[http://www.ancquest.com/mac/index.htm Ancestral Quest Basics for Mac]
-*[http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/AboutPAWriter.html '''PAWriter II''']
+*[https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Download#Mac_OS_X Gramps]
+*[http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/AboutPAWriter.html PAWriter II]
+*[https://arkluz.com Infinite Family Tree Explorer]
 === Commercial Mac Genealogy Programs  ===
-*[http://www.ifamilyforleopard.com/ iFamily for Leopard] (still works for Tiger)
+*[http://www.ancquest.com/mac Ancestral Quest for Mac]
-*[http://www.myblood-line.com/ MyBlood]
+*[http://www.familytreemaker.com/ Family Tree Maker (for Mac)]
 *[http://www.geditcom.com/ GEDitCOM II]
-*[http://www.leisterpro.com/ Reunion]
-*[http://www.synium.de/products/macfamilytree/index.html MacFamilyTree]
-*[http://www.familytreemaker.com/ Family Tree Maker (for Mac)]
 *[http://www.genealogypro.net Genealogy Pro]
-*[http://www.myheredis.com Heredis]
+*[http://www.heredis.com Heredis]
-*[http://ohmi.celeonet.fr/ohmiGene/indexEN.html onmiGene]
+*[https://www.ifamilyformac.com iFamily for Mac] for Snow Leopard and newer.  For older OS versions, use [http://www.ifamilyformac.com/support/ iFamily for Leopard] (still works for Tiger)
-*[http://www.studlar.net/en/software/ Osk]
+*[http://www.synium.de/products/macfamilytree/index.html MacFamilyTree]
-*[http://users.rcn.com/psherman/genscribe.html GenScribe] (A family history research tracking and record keeping program. Not a lineage-linked program.)
+*[https://ohmigene.en.softonic.com/mac ohmiGene]
+*[http://www.leisterpro.com/ Reunion]
+*[https://www.rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/ RootsMagic 8 for Mac]
-=== Mac Genealogy Programs Certified for New FamilySearch  ===
+=== Mac Genealogy Programs Certified for FamilySearch  ===
-FamilySearch [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/affiliates/index.html Certified Products and Services]<br>
+FamilySearch [https://partners.familysearch.org/solutionsgallery/s/ Certified Products and Services]<br>
-*'''[http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=downloads&page=FamilyInsight FamilyInsight] '''- Access, Helper, Ordinance&nbsp;Reservation, Ordinance Request, Multi-Language, Sync, Update<br>
+*[https://www.ancquest.com/mac Ancestral Quest for Mac] Tree Share, Sources, Discussions, Change History and FamilySearch Support
-*[http://www.ohanasoftware.com/GetMyAncestors '''Get My Ancestors'''] - Access, Multi-Language<br>
+*[https://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/ MacFamilyTree] Tree Share, Sources, Discussions, Change History
-*[http://www.ohanasoftware.com/OrdinanceTracker '''Ordinance Tracker'''] - Access, Ordinance Status, Ordinance Request<br>
-*'''MyBlood''' (not yet) planned for after summer 2010
-*[http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/ '''MacFamilyTree'''] Access, Print, Sync, Update
-<br> '''Running Certified programs for New FamilySearch that were created for Windows on a Mac''' = You can partition your hard drive and create a windows section on your computer which will allow you to run any of the certified programs for New Family Search on your computer. &nbsp;You would partition your hard drive using boot camp. Boot Camp comes preinstalled on your computer. &nbsp;The program walks you though step by step how to parition the hard drive although I do recommend that you print out the instructions before you begin. There are two programs that can then help you run seamlessly between your Mac and windows side of the computer.
+<br> '''Running Certified programs for FamilySearch that were created for Windows on a Mac'''
-VM Fusion is currently $49.95 and allows you to work in Unity mode between the tow sides of the computer.
+#You will need a valid copy of Microsoft Windows.<br>
+#You can partition your hard drive and create a windows section on your computer which will allow you to run any of the certified programs for New Family Search on your computer. You would partition your hard drive using Apple's Boot Camp. Boot Camp comes preinstalled on your computer. The program walks you though step by step how to partition the hard drive although I do recommend that you print out the instructions before you begin. [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468 Apple] <br>
+#As alternatives to BootCamp there are a few virtualization programs that allow you to run the Windows OS as you would a native program program.
+#*Oracle VM VirtualBox is free open-source software similar to Vmware Fusion and Parallels. [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Virtual Box]<br>
+#*Parallels is currently $79.95. Parallels contains a feature similar to VMware Fusion's Unity called Coherence. [https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/ Parallels]<br>
+#*VMware Fusion is currently $79.95. It has a feature called Unity, which allows you run Windows programs like native applications. [http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion VMware]
-Parallels is currently $59.95 and works very similar to VM Fusion.
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