Thanks Gary — I thought it important to present a different point of view.
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- 07 Apr 2024 15:00
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Unspecified Error in FH7 when trying to view media
- Replies: 27
- Views: 741
- 07 Apr 2024 14:59
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: New Mac with Parallels and Windows
- Replies: 7
- Views: 343
Re: New Mac with Parallels and Windows
Tony; I used the default setup for Parallels, except for setting it to use "Coherence" mode. I use the ARM version of Windows 11 that is offered by default upon setup of Parallels. I have all my genealogy programs and other apps on the computer and still have 211 GB available. So; it obvi...
- 07 Apr 2024 10:42
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: New Mac with Parallels and Windows
- Replies: 7
- Views: 343
Re: New Mac with Parallels and Windows
I'm also looking to replace my 2017 model iMac this year. Can I ask how you squeeze parallels and MacOS onto t 500 GB disc? Do you use Parallels snapshots? My Parallels partition is around 250 GB, and my system disc (I added an external 1 TB SSD and cloned across, which causes no end of problems) is...
- 07 Apr 2024 10:02
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Unspecified Error in FH7 when trying to view media
- Replies: 27
- Views: 741
Re: Unspecified Error in FH7 when trying to view media
Perhaps you are talking about the Mac BitDefender anti-virus. According to the post linked below it is not needed: Does the MacBook Air need antivirus software It’s easy to find posts that don’t fully agree, even if you ignore vendors. They broadly point to users as a weak link and Apple doing a go...
- 09 Mar 2024 15:56
- Forum: Exporting
- Topic: Export to Mac Family Tree — note for geocoding
- Replies: 4
- Views: 799
Re: Export to Mac Family Tree — note for geocoding
I notice that you did alter the Rich Text Formatting to use HTML 5 format . Was that deliberate and did it give the best rendering of Rich Text Notes compared to the other options? You also ticked Use the JPG file format for all images . Was that necessary to get all images displayed? As I said, al...
- 08 Mar 2024 21:56
- Forum: Exporting
- Topic: Export to Mac Family Tree — note for geocoding
- Replies: 4
- Views: 799
Re: Export to Mac Family Tree — note for geocoding
I didn't do a lot of tweaking as all I wanted was the geocoding. I just use the iPad version when I go to a records office. This is how I have it set:
- 07 Mar 2024 17:10
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
I'll leave it here -- you might pick up some support when the board is busier. Is there something out of the ordinary about your image? I'd be happy to try shrinking it. Thanks for the offer, thanks to the next poster I now learn the file format was the problem. I'm off to make a cup of tea and tak...
- 07 Mar 2024 17:08
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
When you shrink your chosen image, what format are you saving it as? It should be jpg and I note that the avatar you have set up is a png. Attach the image to a post and I'll try converting it to an acceptable size for you. I've no idea where the avatar came from, thanks though for the note on imag...
- 07 Mar 2024 16:56
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
It's entirely obvious I'm not convincing anybody, and every comment so far has been in defence of the status quo, so I will stop trying to suggest what seemed to be a trivial update behind the scenes and go back to lurking.
Could an admin feel free to close / delete this thread
Could an admin feel free to close / delete this thread
- 07 Mar 2024 16:55
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
I don't have to make an avatar for anything else, just picked a small colour image and unable to get it to shrink to the intended file size.ColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024 16:15
My icon (which I use in a lot of places) is just over 3k and does the job nicely. Your intended icon must be pretty special.
- 07 Mar 2024 16:53
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
I'm not suggesting the arbitrary 100x100 should change, just the file size
- 07 Mar 2024 16:53
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
FYI: We have over 7,000 members on record. At 6k per avatar, that's 42 Megabytes of storage — increasing to 20k (something I find people debating on forums ten years ago) would up that to a huge (I'm being sarcastic) 140 Mb, which is still peanuts by any measure. I feel like I'm trying to flog a de...
- 07 Mar 2024 16:48
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
I'm not railing about the 100x100, more the file sizeColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024 16:17 Plus 100 x 100 fits in nicely with our theme and doesn't impact performance overly for those of our members who don't have fast Internet.
- 07 Mar 2024 15:48
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Re: Trivial question on forum avatar size
Really? How much does this storage cost that increasing the size of a few 100 avatars from 6k to something more contemporary breaks the bank?! I'm astonished, given how little storage actually costs!!!!
- 07 Mar 2024 10:47
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Trivial question on forum avatar size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 436
Trivial question on forum avatar size
Apologies for the triviality of this, but why are forum avatars so tiny? It's 2024, 100x100 at 6kB seems a little antiquated! I thought I'd actually set mine up, tried to upload and have spent 15 minutes failing to scale an image small enough! Not exactly important, but as I understand it the forum ...
- 07 Mar 2024 10:25
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: Question about scope of records handled by A.S.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2426
Re: Question about scope of records handled by A.S.
I also tend to use AS for RGO BMD as it hadn't occurred to me not to! While it's overkill, it makes me work in a consistent way and keeps me on one screen for most of my data entry. I don't make much use of templates, though.
- 31 Jan 2024 19:35
- Forum: Exporting
- Topic: Export to Mac Family Tree — note for geocoding
- Replies: 4
- Views: 799
Export to Mac Family Tree — note for geocoding
Just in case someone else tries this, I used the Export Gedcom Plugin to make a file for Mac Family Tree. It (so far) seems to have worked, but I did need to tweak the format option to make the Places get the geocoding information — the choice (which I concluded from the help file / other posts here...
- 25 Nov 2023 17:21
- Forum: Installing, Migrating & Upgrading
- Topic: Installing FH under virtual machine on a Mac
- Replies: 7
- Views: 753
Re: Installing FH under virtual machine on a Mac
Not quite the same, but Parallels Intel Win 10. Parallels is a little pricey and a little quirky to set up to best effect, but seems rock solid.
- 09 Nov 2023 17:13
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: Remembering repository
- Replies: 4
- Views: 511
Re: Remembering repository
Thanks!NickWalker wrote: ↑09 Nov 2023 14:21 Hi Tony
No unfortunately currently there isn't an option to save it for the entire session, just for same source type. I'll make a note of this as a possible future enhancement.
Cheers
Nick
- 09 Nov 2023 13:43
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: Remembering repository
- Replies: 4
- Views: 511
Remembering repository
Whenever I use AS, I tend to follow individuals up and down various life events. I'll try to bunch census entries, but still have to swap around between (eg) birth / marriage / death / burial entries. Each time I have to fill in the Repository, and it gets a bit vexing when it hasn't changed for the...
- 09 Nov 2023 08:57
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Recommended apps for FH?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 484
Re: Recommended apps for FH?
Given where we are in November, I'm tempted to see what Black Friday offers we might get, particularly for Mac Family Tree on iPad. A 50% discount might just tempt me
- 08 Nov 2023 11:11
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: GEDexplorer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1540
Re: GEDexplorer
Brand new iPad, so don't think that's the case. I went from that link. Happy to be proved wrong!tatewise wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023 10:53 Tony, FHUG KB GedExplorer links to https://www.sundin.nu/gedexplorer/ which has a link for Apple Store.
Maybe your (old?) version of iOS is not supported by the current GEDexplorer version.
- 08 Nov 2023 10:28
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 35497
Re: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
Most of my relatives are in Yorkshire/Lancashire (and a Scottish contingent too, so I mostly use scotlandspeople for them). I've found FMP the most useful, and it is supposed to be better for Yorkshire, but I did find some missing info in Ancestry which FMP didn't have when I added a subscription t...
- 08 Nov 2023 09:12
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: GEDexplorer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1540
Re: GEDexplorer
I was going to look into this, but the link to the App Store comes up with 'not available'. A quick google doesn't tell me much, but I can find a few references only mentioning an android version, so it looks to me like it's been dropped on iOS
- 03 Nov 2023 19:12
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 35497
Re: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
Tony, one change in the last 6 years is that Ancestry does have the 1939 Register, and has had for a few years now, so if you prefer Ancestry (as I do) don't let that put you off. I have both, as their coverage is different (as others have said) but I realise that's not an option for everyone. Than...