There’s a small but important maintenance update for Forebears, and I’d like everyone to install it. Please install the latest version (4.3.1) of Forebears from the App Store. This update moves your existing data into the app’s standard storage. It’s a one-time change that keeps everything working correctly. If this update is skipped and you install a later version inContinueContinue reading “Please update to Forebears 4.3.1”
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Forebears 4.3: New Y-DNA Trees, Anniversaries, Editing & More
I’m pleased to announce a new release of Forebears that adds powerful ways to explore your paternal line, stay on top of family anniversaries, and edit your tree more intuitively—along with a clearer experience on Mac and an updated User Guide. Y-DNA Tree in Classic Tree The app now lets you view and export a male-only lineage directly from the Classic Tree.ContinueContinue reading “Forebears 4.3: New Y-DNA Trees, Anniversaries, Editing & More”
Forebears 4.0: A Major Update for Family Tree Enthusiasts
We’re excited to announce the release of Forebears 4.0, a significant update that brings powerful new features and improvements to help you build and explore your family tree with greater ease and clarity. Enhanced Date Support One of the most requested features is now here: date ranges and periods. Whether you’re recording a period ofContinueContinue reading “Forebears 4.0: A Major Update for Family Tree Enthusiasts”
Take Note
December has been a ‘tidying-up’ month for Forebears—making things pretty and presentable for Christmas! Let Me Update You Release 3.3.1 added a simple but long-overdue feature. Now, when you open the Forebears app, it automatically checks if an update is waiting to be installed. You’ll see a prompt inviting you to update from time toContinueContinue reading “Take Note”
We’re Back and We’re Busy
October 30th was a milestone date for my family history app, Forebears. That was the day I released Version 3.1.8 with fixes that made quite a few users very happy. Here are a few things that this release achieved: It enhanced the GEDCOM import logic to overcome some rare errors It fixed a critical bugContinueContinue reading “We’re Back and We’re Busy”
When’s the next Forebears release?
It’s 10-months since I last released a new version of Forebears. So if you’re a Forebears User, you may be wondering “When’s the next update coming?”. Well the answer quite simply is not quite yet. With around 15,000 downloads, and 6,000 in the last year alone, I’ve been waiting and listening to learn what allContinueContinue reading “When’s the next Forebears release?”
Guide Rails
The next Forebears release will be a major enhancement to the way users build and maintain their family groups. Basically, my plan is to have Forebears take more control of the various update workflows. Let me explain how this has come about. California Calling! One of my users in California was having real problems withContinueContinue reading “Guide Rails”
Busy, busy, busy
First of all, thanks to all of you great people who’ve downloaded my Forebears family history app. I really appreciate it and hope you’re having fun using it with your family history projects. And there’s a lot of you! The chart may help explain the radio silence since my last update. I’ve been preoccupied developingContinueContinue reading “Busy, busy, busy”
Great News for iPad Users!
Our latest Forebears release (version 2-3-2) includes a radical change to the user interface for iPad users. We know that some of our customers always like to use their iPads in Landscape orientation and often with an external keyboard and mouse attached. That’s certainly a great layout if you’re used to a laptop or desktopContinueContinue reading “Great News for iPad Users!”
Time to flex my muscles!
What am I trying to achieve with my Forebears genealogy app? That’s the question I was asked by a wise friend two-years ago. “Is it just something to talk about at dinner parties? Or am I trying to build a long-term business serving a global market of family historians?” Good questions! The truth is somewhereContinueContinue reading “Time to flex my muscles!”
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