Heredis 2017 World
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$49.99 Developer BSD Concept, heredis.com Requirements OS X 10.9 or later Heredis 2017 World is the latest Mac edition from a French developer with more than two decades of experience in the field of genealogy. The tool’s interface is comprehensive and highly customizable, but clearly leans toward those in the professional arena compared to MacFamilyTree, a more intuitive application which remains a better choice for novices.
With the 2017 release, Heredis attempts to curtail some of its complexity with the Dashboard, a widget-based information window that provides quick statistics on family members, births and deaths, events, surnames, and searches.
Despite its unwieldy interface, Heredis 2017 World is immensely helpful in other ways, such as flagging entries that have potentially incorrect dates or other information. Little conveniences abound, such as a pop-up menu when entering countries for events; plus the ability to transfer footnotes or sources to Microsoft Word-formatted documents, create charts, or even print a book of your entire tree, complete with photos.
Other additions include combined smart search criteria for faster results, improved find/replace options, and the ability to share family tree files with iOS or Android devices. Although Wi-Fi sharing is quick and easy, Heredis lacks true two-way sync between desktop and mobile, so changes made on your iPhone or iPad aren’t automatically updated on the Mac side.
To facilitate genealogy searches, the software links directly to Heredis Online, the company’s web-based database where people can publish family trees to share with others, as well as conduct further ancestral research. Our first attempt to register for this free service was stymied by a validation email that never arrived in our iCloud email account, but a second attempt via Gmail worked fine.
the bottom line. Not as easy to use as MacFamilyTree, but Heredis 2017 World offers more comprehensive tools in a flexible interface.