MacFamilyTree 7
MacFamilyTree 7 is a genealogy app for macOS that helps users research, organize, visualize, and share family history data.
What is MacFamilyTree 7?
MacFamilyTree 7 is a native genealogy app for macOS designed to help users build, manage, and explore family trees. It is aimed at family historians, genealogists, and anyone who wants to document relatives, relationships, events, places, media, and source material in one desktop workspace. The app supports collecting family records, attaching photos and other media, and presenting research through charts, reports, and interactive visual views. It also integrates family history research workflows with access to online genealogy resources and supports syncing with the companion MobileFamilyTree generation from the same era through iCloud-based workflows. Users commonly rely on it to preserve long-term family records, prepare printable trees and reports, and study how branches of a family connect across generations. Syniumsoftware published MacFamilyTree 7 as part of its long-running MacFamilyTree line for Mac users.
Key features
- Build and edit detailed family trees with people, relationships, events, and notes.
- Attach photos, audio, video, and other media to family history records.
- Create charts, reports, and visual tree views to explore family connections.
- Research ancestors with integrated access to FamilySearch resources.
- Sync family tree data with compatible MobileFamilyTree versions through iCloud workflows.
- Export and share family history information for printing or presentation.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
MacFamilyTree 7 is legitimate genealogy software. It is meant to store family history information, so the main privacy consideration is the personal data you choose to enter, such as names, dates, relationships, photos, and research notes. Access to files you import or sync is normal for this kind of app. If you still use it, keep backups of your family tree database before major edits, migrations, or removal so you do not lose research you want to preserve.
Recommendation: Keep MacFamilyTree 7 if you still open older family tree databases or maintain genealogy records on an older Mac. Remove it only if you no longer use it and have already backed up or migrated any family history data you want to keep.
Common paths
/Applications/MacFamilyTree 7.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.syniumsoftware.macfamilytree7
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.syniumsoftware.macfamilytree7.plist
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