MacFamilyTree is a commercial

Proprietary software

Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...

 genealogy program for Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 which helps users build their family tree, adding data about family members, including pictures and sound clips. The program allows the user to add sources for the information, with the ability of including scanned documents. It uses the Core Data

Core Data

Core Data is part of the Cocoa API in Mac OS X first introduced with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and for iOS with iPhone SDK 3.0. It allows data organised by the relational entity-attribute model to be serialised into XML, binary, or SQLite stores. The data can be manipulated using higher level objects...

 API to store information internally but can import and export to the genealogy standard GEDCOM

GEDCOM

GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a proprietary and open de facto specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software...

 format. The program can also create a set of web pages for family members, and optionally upload them to their website, or to iDisk

IDisk

iDisk is a file hosting service offered by Apple to all MobileMe members that enables them to store their digital photos, movies and personal files online so they can be accessed remotely. With a standard subscription, MobileMe users receive a 20 GB iDisk.iDisk integrates with Mac OS X,...

, to share with others.

MacFamilyTree also creates various types of diagrams, from the classic descendant chart to timelines and a virtual globe showing the locations of key events in the lives of family members. Reports can also be created for individual people, or families. A mobile companion to it, MobileFamilyTree is also available for iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 and iPod Touch

IPod Touch

The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...

users, and allows users to view and edit their family tree and synchronize it with MacFamilyTree.