Comments on: Family

By: Monty Lee

Monty Lee — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:03:35 +0000

Needs to be able to import GED. I’ve already got all the information and have no desire to retype it all.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:28:58 +0000

Thanks Philipp,
Import and export features are absolutely necessary. I will not buy a copy today but I will keep an eye on Family. It is something I will likely purchase when the project matures a little further.
Best of luck,
Jim

By: Philipp

Philipp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:38:31 +0000

Hi Melusine,

Thank you for your feedback. Indeed we have big plans with Family, including improving the user interface, and allowing import of GED.

More feedback and suggestions are always welcome!

By: Melusine

Melusine — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:20:02 +0000

This has a nice, easy interface, but there doesn’t seem to be an option to import files like GED, Family Tree Maker or other formats. I’d like this better if the location & cause of death fields had the same smart input dropdown suggestion box that the name fields have. It would be useful if there were other fields for unique circumstances – my mother had two sets of parents – one, her birth parents and the other, her adoptive parents – There’s nowhere to indicate this although I can link them together. Photos are a problem if in an Aperture library, as the Aperture library is grayed out. Are there plans to expand this application with more features?

By: Philipp

Philipp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:28:38 +0000

Hi Jim,

Thank you for your question.

I’m afraid that importing is the current weak point of Family. Having said that we’re working on a brand new version of Family that will allow importing GEDCOM files, which I believe you can create with Family Tree Maker.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:03:22 +0000

Looks nice, I think I’ll buy it, even if resizing does not work here (I’m on 10.5.8).

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:51:56 +0000

Hi Philipp,
My dad has already done a lot of research into our family’s history and entered the data in Family Tree Maker. Will Family allow me to import all his work or would I have to type everything up from scratch?

By: Philipp

Philipp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:50:35 +0000

Hi Andreas,

Thank you for your comment. Could you please email me at support ‘at’ creativebe.com with the details of your problems? We’re happy to help!

Best regards
Philipp

By: Andreas

Andreas — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:46:42 +0000

I just tried this app and it seems broken in many ways. I cannot add pictures from iPhoto, it does not re-size correctly, persons are shown on the grid but they cannot be removed or moved or anything.

Too bad – for the price it seemed to be a nice app.