MacFamilyTree 10
MacFamilyTree 10 is a macOS genealogy app for building, researching, and visualizing family trees with charts, reports, maps, and media.
What is MacFamilyTree 10?
MacFamilyTree 10 is a native genealogy app for Mac that helps users record family relationships, organize historical research, and present family history in a visual way. It is designed for people building a family tree from personal records, interviews, archives, and imported genealogy files. The app supports entering people, families, places, events, photos, and other media, then turning that information into charts, reports, and map-based views. MacFamilyTree also integrates genealogy research workflows such as GEDCOM import and access to FamilySearch data, making it useful for both hobbyists and more serious family historians. For users who want to work across Apple devices, the broader MacFamilyTree and MobileFamilyTree ecosystem also supports syncing and sharing features tied to Apple services.
Key features
- Build and edit family trees with people, families, events, places, and notes
- Import genealogy data from GEDCOM and earlier MacFamilyTree files
- Visualize relationships with charts, reports, maps, and 3D tree views
- Add photos, videos, and other media to family history records
- Research ancestors through integrated FamilySearch access
- Explore statistics and geographic patterns across your family data
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is genealogy software from Syniumsoftware, and its data access is consistent with its purpose when you choose to store family records, media, and sync data. Because family trees can contain sensitive personal and historical information about living relatives, review what you share through cloud or family collaboration features before enabling them. If you use syncing features, an iCloud account may be involved, and any exported reports or shared trees can expose private details if handled carelessly. Keep the app only if you use it for genealogy work and are comfortable storing family information there.
Recommendation: Keep MacFamilyTree 10 if you actively manage family history or genealogy records on your Mac. If you no longer use it, removing the app may also leave your saved tree data elsewhere on the Mac unless you delete that separately. Before uninstalling, export or back up any family tree files and reports you want to preserve.
Common paths
/Applications/MacFamilyTree 10.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.syniumsoftware.macfamilytree10
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.syniumsoftware.macfamilytree10
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.syniumsoftware.macfamilytree10.plist
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