![]() Rootsmagic 8 Release DateĪnother issue was the tediousness of having to accept each non-identical fact when you can’t see the family page to know which fact is the one you want. The file is on my computer but the images didn’t appear. There was also a problem locating the media that should have been linked to a person. I specified a place to put the file but the program never put it there. I’m going back to Ancestral Quest and Family Tree Maker for getting the Ancestry data onto my computer.īackups are another program. Then I tried to do a GEDCOM of part of my data and that was a disaster. Lots of blank records and missing data especially gender. I was hoping to be able to do backups of my Ancestry data but when I did the download, I got a lot of bad data. I have been using genealogy programs for 30 years and am very disappointed in this program. I found the Roots Magic 7 program very unintuitive and the manual was not the least bit helpful. ![]() Unlike many genealogy programs, RootsMagic ($29.95) is Mac-compatible. ![]() RootsMagic 7 is just one of many genealogy programs competing with industry leader Ancestry.Using RootsMagic, you can collaborate with others by inviting family members to access your family tree. RootsMagic genealogy software can synchronize with Ancestry® to transfer people, events, notes, source citations, and photos between trees.At RootsMagic, we create a variety of easy-to-use software products to help you unite past, present, and future generations.I had used another genealogy program for 20+ years, and while I was very happy with its ease of use and capabilities this program could not present citations in the style recommended by Elizabeth Shown Mills in 'Evidence Explained.' Whether you're a beginner or an experienced professional, RootsMagic is the perfect tool for you! I purchased RootsMagic, ver. I don’t disagree with the company’s release of a new version since it has new and desirable features for some, but fix the bugs in the old version before further development stops.RootsMagic lets you carry your genealogy on your Android device! This viewer is designed as a companion product to RootsMagic, the award-winning desktop genealogy software which makes researching, organizing, and sharing your family history easy. We bought the software believing that the bugs would be fixed and they haven’t been. These little aggravations should be fixed. This time it jumped to the beginning of the first line at the top of the file.Īll of these this evening when searching for the bug that I had been able to reproduce for Renee several months ago were sporadic occurrences. I was several lines down in a text and deleted a space to make lines wrap. When I clicked with my arrow button to see it, it had jumped to the end of the entire line. I deleted the space at the end of the first line, which brought the 2nd line up to the correct place, but the cursor had disappeared. A line had not wrapped (not the fault of RM8, it was imported). I just had one when I was searching for it. ![]() There is another one which I’m having trouble reproducing at the moment to describe it to you, but which was still there a day or so ago where when you delete something on a lower line, the cursor jumps to the end of the very first line of the edit window. You have to move the cursor with an arrow key or click somewhere with your mouse to bring it back. In the edit window, delete a space or a letter and the blinking cursor disappears. That said – what bugs in 8.5.0 have you found that present? (I wish RM would remain on the right monitor where I like to use it, too.) I’m operating on Windows 10 with dual monitors. I have to then close the program and reopen it. The end result is that I spend way too much time switching back and forth from the mouse to the keyboard.įinally, what’s with the “RootsMagic has encountered an error” messages? I’m not sure that’s the exact wording but it happens a lot. I realize it was a complete overhaul but these useful “features” should never have been deleted. In terms of features, I wish we still had the Alt-S for sources or Alt-O to close a source, event, note, or whatever. I enter the date and location, then click on the sources icon and the date and location disappear and I’m left with a source on an empty event. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, and Ctrl-V seem to be OK but Ctrl-Shift+an arrow key seldom works and/or gives an error message, “You have reached the end of the history list.” Also, when creating a note for an event, if I hit the delete button at the end of a line and then hit the down arrow, the cursor jumps to the very top of the note.Īlso, I’ve had problems when entering an event. Most editing key shortcuts are missing and some simply don’t work correctly. ![]()
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