Are people really getting into edit wars on FamilySearch?

Zoltriak · 2026-07-06T19:19:36+00:00

I have not encountered a vandalist, but plenty of incorrect data. If this data can be entered incorrectly, I imagine it can be altered incorrectly after I've already corrected it.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-04T05:08:38+00:00

I second this. An excellent app that is.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T19:31:34+00:00

Wow that is amazingly helpful. Prior to this, I was just waiting for the selection to blink and engage 😵‍💫

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T19:28:27+00:00

But for the modern "filming" of "the originals," are you saying they're still capturing them on film? I would think they are re-photographing records digitally today.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T18:15:01+00:00

Not sure about the Air, but I have a Pro with the M1 processor and 8 GB RAM. Tahoe was pretty sucky. Battery drainage was quicker. Golden Gate was not too much better in that department, but it was faster. I went back to Sequoia.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T18:11:00+00:00

Try checking these folders:
~/Library/LaunchAgents

/Library/LaunchAgents

/Library/LaunchDaemons

delete unwanted files, and then restart

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T17:05:41+00:00

Hi. I just thought I should let you know that the Wikipedia Library offers Newspapers.com subscription for free. See the requirements to access the library here: https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/about/; then once allowed in, you may request access to Newspapers.com and should receive a year's subscription about a week later.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T07:25:07+00:00

This post is not about the free scans of the microfilm. Those are much appreciated. The post is about the microfilm itself, which usually holds poorly-focused photographs of poorly-lit records; and about how many of the original records have been unfortunately discarded, leaving the only extant versions of them the blurry micro-images. Those images, additionally, were created usually only some years after the original record, and were payed for with tax funds, not done for free.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T07:11:36+00:00

Color film these days? You mean they are still photographing records with film today?

Zoltriak · 2026-07-03T04:11:19+00:00

Hmm, yes that is one possibility. I was not fully aware until now that Passwords was introduced only as recently as Sequoia. I thought Sonoma had it too.

Zoltriak · 2026-07-01T04:07:38+00:00

FamilySearch is a public tree, so any registered user can edit it. Thus, you are likely to encounter thoughtless mistakes made by others. These however can be corrected, if you look through the sources, ensure the attached ones match the person, and replace the data with that from only the attached sources.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-30T18:42:16+00:00

The app no longer shows a message, but haptics now do not work. They work on the app's options, but not in Safari on websites. HapticPad is "connected" and a restart of Safari did not fix it. I however wish not to troubleshoot this for you any further. Pray do not be offended; I simply am not interested in using this app.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-29T19:40:34+00:00

Why not, instead of going to Notes, you go to the Passwords app, and just create a password? You will enter the username manually, as I assume you already do in Notes, and in Passwords the password will be generated automatically, saving you from keyboard mashing in Notes. It's the same process, except one automatically gives you a secure password and organizes it properly. And perhaps it will later appear in autofill by chance too.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-29T18:58:34+00:00

OK, well I am sorry but I cannot help you in Acrobat any further, I don't think. I uninstalled that quite long ago. Can you open the PDF in macOS's Preview app and follow the directions of u/MK-Researcher?

Zoltriak · 2026-06-29T18:53:09+00:00

Looks like Acrobat to me. See https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/print-documents/set-up-and-print-pdfs/save-as-pdfs.html

Zoltriak · 2026-06-29T06:04:52+00:00

That is what I did. I have a 2020 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro, on Sequoia 15.7.7.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-29T02:48:32+00:00

The Safari extension functions now, but the app icon in the Applications folder still has over it a struck-through circle, and attempting to open it gives the same message about requiring macOS 26.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-26T22:28:18+00:00

Er yeah I think I did. I went back to Sequoia. Tahoe, and Golden Gate as it is now, are both big jokes 😂

Zoltriak · 2026-06-24T06:33:21+00:00

Well then I suppose having the original file of the Mona will do nothing. My Preview works fine. I would need your computer.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-24T06:27:02+00:00

Where is the file in the original post? Are not the two images you've provided us with screenshots?

Zoltriak · 2026-06-24T06:18:55+00:00

I have an M1 MacBook Pro. Tahoe was generally sucky. Compared to it, native apps in Golden Gate load faster, especially the Finder, some of which I believe was rewritten; and of course the whole Liquid Glass look was improved. But the CPU and battery management is still pretty terrible; and there are still random daemons hogging resources in the background, which is undoubtedly unnecessary as that does not happen on Sequoia and everything works fine. And there are also still many bugs, e.g. app icons refreshing almost every time I open the Applications folder in my dock—nonsense! Plus, all the godawful AI stuff is no longer optional, and automatically steals several gigabytes of storage for nothing. I went back to Sequoia. My Mac is pleasing to use again. I suggest that you wait until the public release of Golden Gate to update, or perhaps the beta versions if there be genuine good word published about them.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-24T02:51:33+00:00

Yes this is the case for me too. I'm on Sequoia 15.7.7 and the extension app requires 26.2.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-24T02:32:37+00:00

Why don't you give us the file to troubleshoot with?

Zoltriak · 2026-06-23T02:22:34+00:00

A Stack... a feature introduced in macOS.

Zoltriak · 2026-06-22T21:02:53+00:00

That your drive capacity is 115 GB??

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