Members of Ancestry.com get a six month free subscription to the Family Tree Maker program. The Mac version is being called 'equivalent' to the 2010 Windows version of the Family Tree Maker software. This software is a very valuable tool to go along with a membership to Ancestry.com. What does it all cost? The Family Tree Maker for Mac costs. The official home page for Family Tree Maker customer support, with free live chat 24/7, updates and other resources, for all versions including our newest release, FTM 2019. Family Tree Maker 2017. Manufacturer: Software Mackiev. Biggest draws: Lots of bells and whistles; charts, reports and book publishing; integration with Ancestry.com and web searching; help options and companion guide. Software MacKiev. R Files created in Family Tree Maker versions 5 to 16 (1998-2006,.FTW or.FBK) will open in Family Tree Maker 2017 for Mac without prior conversion. R Files created in Family Tree Maker for Mac versions 1, 2, 3, and 3.1 can be opened with Family Tree Maker 2017 for Mac without prior conversion.
Family Tree Maker makes it easier than ever to discover your family story, preserve your legacy and share your unique heritage. If you're new to family history, you'll appreciate how this intuitive program lets you easily grow your family tree with simple navigation, tree-building tools, and integrated Web searching. If you’re already an expert, you can dive into the more advanced features.
Help using Family Tree Maker
What help is available for Family Tree Maker?
Family Tree Maker comes with a number of really good helps, plus a Digital Companion Guide. For help accessing these helps, please see the links below.
This article discusses the following:
Getting Started Guide
Training Tutorials
Help File
The Companion Guide for Family Tree Maker 2011-2014
The Official Guides for Family Tree Maker 2008-2010
The Getting Started Guide for Family Tree Maker covers three general areas: setting up the software, building a tree, and basic troubleshooting. You can access this guide directly from FamilyTreeMaker.com by clicking the version appropriate link below.
Family Tree Maker 2010 http://www.familytreemaker.com/Content/Downloads/Guides/GettingStarted_US_2010.pdf
Family Tree Maker 2011 http://familytreemaker.com/Content/Downloads/Guides/QuickStart_US_2011.pdf Family Tree Maker 2012 http://www.familytreemaker.com/Content/Downloads/Guides/QuickStart_US_2012.pdf Family Tree Maker 2014 http://c.ancestry.com/Affiliate/Knowledgebase/Guides/Ancestry/QuickStart_US_2014.pdf
Training Tutorials
Family Tree Maker 2009 - 2014 also includes tutorial videos you can view on your computer. To access these video, click the Help menu from the top and select Training Tutorials.
Help File
There is also a built in help file with numerous tutorials and helps. The help file can be accessed by clicking the Help menu and selecting Help for Family Tree Maker.
Contents tab – displays a list of Help topics arranged like the table of contents of a book. You can double-click a book to see its contents. For books with subchapters, double-click on the subsequent icon (chapters) until you funnel down to individual Help topics.
Index tab – works like the index in a book. Find the term you're interested in and double-click it to see the corresponding Help topic.
Search tab – lets you search for keywords or phrases that may be contained in a Help topic, such as 'source' or 'printing'.
Companion Guide for Family Tree Maker 2011-2014
The Companion Guide for Family Tree Maker 2011-2014 is included as a digital copy with your software. It can be accessed at any time by going to the help menu and selecting Companion Guide.
Official Guides to Family Tree Maker 2008-2011
Though these are no longer available from the store on Ancestry.com, the Official Guides to Family Tree Maker 2008-2011 are still available from many online retailers and bookstores.
Ancestry Academy
Ancestry Academy is a great resource that allows you to learn directly from those who work with the product. To view the Ancestry Academy course on Getting the most out of Family Tree Maker click here.
Note: By clicking on the Ancestry Academy link you will be directed to the Ancestry Academy website. You can use you Ancestry login credentials to log in.
New User Interface
Modern look
More logical structure
Easier and more comfortable to use
Customizable color scheme
Collapsable functions bar to gain even more space, especially handy when using smaller screens
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 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
Better space usage and layout
Optionally display the persons age at the time of event
New coloring option: By age
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
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 Status Report
A summary of your Family Tree – for example, how many Persons or Families have been added
New Timeline Report
Shows the chronology of a Person and Close Relatives
New Change Log Report
Displays all changes to persons, families, sources and media
New Today Report
Lists all events that have occurred on Today’s Date in your Family Tree
New Fact List
Displays all entered Facts grouped by Fact Type
New LDS Ordinances Report
Lists all ordinances that have been reserved or printed (For LDS members)
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
Colorize Vintage Photos
Magically create color images from your precious black & white photographs in a single click — with the help of Artificial Intelligence
MacFamilyTree’s Artificial Intelligence automatically recognizes grass, sky, and faces and then chooses the appropriate colors
Works especially well with Portraits, Landscape Photographs, and Group Pictures of up to 10 Persons
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Image Enhancement & Image-Editing Features
Enhances pictures with the help of Machine Learning
Scales Pictures up to quadruple the size of the original to reveal details not present in the Original Picture
Removes noise and Compression Artifacts — especially useful for older scanned documents and low-resolution images
Stepless rotation and easy to use crop function for photographs and scanned documents
Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation of images
Non-Destructive: Every Operation can be reverted and Original Images are never altered
DNA Test Results
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
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CloudTree Sync & Share 2.0
Share databases of any size with friends, family or between your own devices
No more limitation to 5000 entries
Considerably faster and more efficient sync
Much faster invitations to other people
New Chart Editor
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
Improved user interface layout
Undo/redo
New Report Editor
Undo/redo
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
Family Tree Maker Mac Manual Instructions
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
Database enhancements
If no birth dates for children are known, the birth order can be manually specified
Much improved handling of step and adoptive relationships
Enter alternate place names for every place. Especially handy of a place name changed over time.
Title can be optionally entered as an additional name
Specify which images should be displayed in the family tree icon in the welcome window
Ages and date spans are now displayed as components (days, months, years) instead of fractional numbers throughout the app
Hide specific images of persons or families from showing up in charts or reports
Improved Welcome Window
Much better space usage, especially when managing a large number of family trees
Specify the sort order of the family trees displayed
Optionally hide family trees from older versions
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Author information & Family Crests
Store Family Crests of your family tree
Display your Family Crests Charts and Reports
Store information about the author of your family tree like your postal address and contact information
New Help Function & User Manual
Family Tree Maker Mac Manual Download
Completely rewritten user manual
Every view in MacFamilyTree has a small question mark icon – click on it and you’ll be directly taken to the relevant section of the user manual
Integrated reader for the user manual including search and a handy table of contents bar
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