Randall, like you for years I has asked Geoff, or other Legacy representatives, at every genealogy convention when a Mac version would be available. I have heard quite a few others express the same wish. I, like Randall, really prefer Legacy to other programs…and yet it slows my MacBook Air terribly, and drains the battery to use it in a parallel/fusion setting. Let’s hope the MyHeritage techs do bring a Mac Version to fruition in the near future!
Hopefully, Jan Hornick > On Jan 31, 2022, at 6:00 AM, Randall Dodds <randydo...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Good morning, at least it is where I am at this moment. I try not to link on > to chain notes I get in my email. But this post has hit me as I ask a few > years ago when the purchase was released that he had sold Legacy. I ask Geoff > at the time when was the release of the Mac version on Legacy go to happen. > “NOT” I even offered to be a beta tester. This was after being told one was. > I was told by Geoff after a webinar it was really soon. I Like the program > and really want a Mac version of it. In fact, I use MyHeritage Family tree > builder for years as now my main program for my tree on the Web. I got to say > it is long in the tooth as genealogy software goes and lacks some important > key items that others now have and are needed as a researcher. If anyone at > MyHeritage is reading these posts, I hope you would consider looking at a Mac > version for the Legacy program and put to rest the builder program. > Yours in genealogy discovers. > Randall > > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>> on behalf of SHERLOCK > Genealogy <sherlock.geneal...@hotmail.com.au > <mailto:sherlock.geneal...@hotmail.com.au>> > Date: Monday, January 31, 2022 at 6:20 AM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports > > All the gripes about MyHeritage buying Legacy is pretty much mirror of > Ancestry when they went on buying spree. > > The user looses out yet > It was the user's who did and STILL DO, I will stress but that both Legacy > and MyHeritage are still doing a good job of looking after members (wish > multiple user costs would reduce). > > > > Get Outlook for Android > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2FAAb9ysg&data=04%7C01%7C%7Ce98c1e061efa4fcfa5ec08d9e4aba0a2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637792248068721119%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=1txU%2BJKD9VJClTp6gkEkhPfKKfzp8YEEXtBTjlYzor0%3D&reserved=0> > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of > Juergen Amling <j...@juergenamling.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 2:10:42 AM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports > > I agree with CE WOOD, I believe Heritage bought Legacy yo get their users > buying into their online genealogy database and abandoning Legacy, it’s much > more profitable for them. Well I’m not buying into that. > And speaking about backup, I never used their online backup anyway. I store > all my file on my home computer and backup my files to an external hard drive > AND in addition to Dropbox. And I do that all automatically, starting a batch > file that first backups my file before opening Legacy, then opening Legacy, > and when I close Legacy the batch file continues and copies all the changed > files to the external hard drive and then to my Dropbox folder. And I always > watch out that my Dropbox folder is up to date before I shut my computer down > ( which I rarely do, basically only when updates require it). > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 28, 2022, at 17:23, CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com> wrote: > > > Yes. Legacy was bought by MyHeritage to shut it down. They would much prefer > their own, inadequate FamilyTreeBuilder as their only data base program. > Thus, the fact that theirs automatically updates your website on MH, whereas > uploading new LegacyFamilyTree files requires re-linking all photos and > myriad others impediments. > > That has been well known, as has the inexcusable number of years they have > been telling those of us who enabled them become what used to be the best > gene database, that it's too difficult for the Legacy programmers to > undertake. > > As to backups, you can backup to as many locations as you want. Every time I > make any changes, I backup to two separate backup folders on my desktop, as > well as to two separate USB drives on my desktop, to one USBC external hard > drive, and to the Cloud service that I use. It is a bit time consuming, > because I can't simply have Legacy do that automatically do that. But, > considering how many years I have put into collecting the data and media, a > few extra minutes are well worth it. > > > CE Wood > > > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of > John Faulks <johnfau...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 2:28 PM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports > > Another wishlist feature adding to what others have requested is an extra > backup option. I know there were legal/logistic issues when the Legacy cloud > storage option was removed. However I would like to have both a "local" and a > "remote" backup option. Local is local to the PC or home network. Remote > could be to a cloud service. This would fit the 3 2 1 best practice (3 > copies, 2 locations and one in a different location). > > I like the Legacy features (the ones I use at least) and know migrating is a > big deal so I am OK for now. However it would be good to "feel" like there is > a degree of ongoing progress and improvement. Knowing there is a schedule of > updates and improvements might demonstrate Legacy has "life" and is fully > supported. For example, windows get monthly updates - they have a lot more to > worry about fixing things. But they also have a schedule of feature updates. > You might not like all the changes but it creates a sense that the product is > "alive". > > Since adding another backup option should not (my guess at least) disturb the > underlying data engine, putting that into a small feature update would be > nice and could stop my eyes looking at the reviews of competing products for > a while. > > Cheers > > John > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:18 AM Chris Hill <chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com > <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>> wrote: > The problem is that Legacy needs a total rebuild, which I had hoped that MH > would provide the funding. > > I have looked at both the MH Family Tree Builder and at Roots magic. Both > have a more modern design and are functional across multiple operating > systems. But they do not seem to have the same functionality as Legacy. > > What I would be looking for, and have for many years, are > > 1. Unicode support, not at issue for me but it is for many users. > 2. Support for Mac and Linux, again not an issue for me. > 3. Ability to extract information from and put into genealogy website > like Ancestry, FindMyPast, MyHeritage (probably in version 10) etc with user > control on what is moved. > 4. To automatically generate source records when importing information > from a web site, like a census or BMD source. > 5. A more modern design based on the latest GUI interfaces. > > Regards > > Chris > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Larry Lachance" <la...@lachance.org <mailto:la...@lachance.org>> > To: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>> > Sent: 28/01/2022 15:52:50 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports > > I am going to chime in here! I have my own website with a page devoted to > recommending Legacy Family Tree based on the commendable merits of the > software. After waiting for so long for this “bug” to be fixed, as well as > other issues, I too must consider a change. Seems like since MyHeritage took > over, they don’t care as much as before. It’s too bad because the company > risks losing more consumers as time passes. I am hoping that MyHeritage is > not following in the footsteps of Ancestry and Family Tree Maker where the > ultimate goal was to bring everybody’s database “online”. Many simply don’t > want to do that. > > Agree with P Hays – unhappy is putting it mildly! > > Larry > > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>> On Behalf Of P Hays > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 9:51 AM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports > > I agree. I am having the same problem and unhappy is putting it mildly. > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 8:44 PM Juergen Amling <j...@juergenamling.com > <mailto:j...@juergenamling.com>> wrote: > I know this was mentioned before. If I remember right, in the last update to > Version 9 (9.0.0.393) which came in August 2021, there was a bug introduced > that prevented several reports (for sure the descendant report) to add > parents to spouses and children. I believe we waited patiently enough for the > error to be corrected. It's now almost a half a year that we have to live > with it, and it's time to fix it. If Legacy has no intention of fixing > errors anymore to Version 9, please have the decency to let us know, so that > we can look around and see if other programs are more suitable to our needs. > I for my part might just have to do that, although I really don't want to do > that. And if I could get the version before this bug was introduced, I would > use it, but unfortunately I updated all my computers to release 9.0.0.393. I > want to print a new edition of my book, and surely can't now all of a sudden > print one without the parents of the spouses and children. 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