PAWriter is a popular and free genealogy program for Macintosh. Author Howard Metcalfe has released a new update. The program is offered in two versions:
You should install version 102 if you have an Intel Mac running at least OS 10.6.6; otherwise install version 100. They are functionally equivalent except for the following enhancements in new version 102:PAWriter version 100 (a universal version) will run under OS 10.4 Tiger through 10.7 Lion but NOT under 10.8 Mountain Lion.
PAWriter version 102 (an Intel version only) will run under OS 10.6.6 Snow Leopard through 10.8 Mountain Lion (for which it is code signed).
- Operations which display the progress window (e.g., loading and tagging data files, listing possible problems, analyzing linkages, etc.) have been significantly speeded up.
- The previously "secret" feature that took a GEDCOM file and produced a "reformatted" version of that GEDCOM file is now made explicate as the Format GEDCOM menu item in the File menu. In the reformatted version of a GEDCOM file, the GEDCOM "records" (lines starting with level 0) are separated by a blank line, and within a record the lines are indented according to their level.
http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/beta/PAWriterU.dmg
or download the Intel version 102 at
http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/PAWriterU.dmg.
A software license must be agreed to in order to mount the disk image.
In the disk image, please read the Read Me First file in your browser. Then drag the PAW2U.app icon over the Applications folder icon to install it in the Applications folder. Eject the disk image. Then you may also drag PAW2U from the Applications folder to the Dock to install it in the dock.
You can learn more about PAWriter at http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/AboutPAWriter.html.
(You can also read my past reviews of the program by starting at http://goo.gl/4nPhp.)
