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Installation pas-à-pas sur MacOS

ThisCette page documentsdocumente pas-à-pas l'installation d'Ancestris sur un system MacOS.

Nous vous montrons ici un exemple d'installation qui a detailedeu step-by-steplieu installationen ofjanvier Ancestris2021 onde a MacOS system.

We will show an example that occurred on January 2021, of the installation of Ancestrisla version 11 ond'Ancestris sur un système MacOS Catalina.Cataina.

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TheseLes stepsétapes includesont theles following:suivantes:

  • Installation ofde Java 15 whichqui wasn'était notpas alreadydéjà installedinstallé onsur Catalina.
  • DownloadTéléchargement ofde Ancestrisla version 11 from the secure d'Ancestris webdu site sécurisé d'Ancestris
  • Confirmation ofde thela securitysécurité checkpour toautoriser allowle lancement d'Ancestris tosuite runà evenl'alerte thoughde it comes from an unidentified developerMacOS
  • LaunchLancement of d'Ancestris
  • CreationConservation ofd'Ancestris adans Dockle icon of AncestrisDock.

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SpecialNote notespéciale forpour les utilisateurs de MacOS Big Sur:

  • FromPour this MacOS version, it might be necessary to specify the path to the javala version inMacOS, theil ancestrisse peut qu'il soit nécessaire de spécifier le chemin de la version de Java dans le fichier de configuration filed'Ancestris (seevoir the correspondingla section incorrespondante thissi documentation)c'est le cas)
  • ForPour securitydes reasons,raisons itde mightsécurité belié necessaryau tomême storesujet, il sera peut-être nécessaire de placer les fichiers généalogique Gedcom filesdans inun anotherautre folderrépertoire thanque thele répertoire 'Documents' foldersinon ils ne pourront être ouverts par Ancestris.

 

Installation ofde Java

1. FromA thepartir MacOSdu desktop.Bureau de MacOS...

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2. Open a terminal and type "java -version"

If Java is not installed, a popup window will suggest to install it. Click "More Info...".

If java is installed, you can directly go to screen 11.

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3. You are on the Java web site. Click on "JDK Download"

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4. Go down to the "macOS Installer" line and click on the ".dmg' file
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5. Click on the green download button.
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6. Downloading starts... Wait.
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7. Downloading is completed. Open the Downloads folder to check out the file.
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8. Double click on the JDK package.

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9. The JDK installer starts. Just follow the steps.

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10. The installation should be successful. Close the window.

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11. Then type again "java -version" in the terminal.

The following result should appear, indicating Java 15 is installed in our example.

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Your are now done with the Java installation. Let's install Ancestris now.

 

Installation of Ancestris

12. Go to the https://www.ancestris.org web site

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13. In the menu, click on DOWNLOAD. This will scroll down to the download section.

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14. Click on the Ancestris 11 button of the MacOS panel.

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15. Allow downloads from the Ancestris web site if this is the first time you do it.

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16. Downloading starts. It will take a couple of minutes.

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17. Wait a bit more ... we said a couple of minutes !

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18. Once complete, move the file to your genealogy folder.

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19. It is better to place your Ancestris application in a separate folder from your genealogy data.

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20. To make sure it is the version you expect, click on "Quick Look "Ancestris" from the context menu.

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21. The application panel should tell you about the file version and date.

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22. Click 'Open ancestris' or go back top your Genealogy folder and click on the icon to launch Ancestris.

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Confirmation of the security check

23. Ancestris starts but MacOS tells you it comes from an unverified developer. Not a problem. Ancestris is open source and does not have any malware. Let's authorize it.

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24. For that, go to the System Preferences

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25. Click on "Secutiry & Privacy"

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26. Click on "Open anyway"

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27. If it is the first time you do this, confirm with your password.

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28. Yes, you are sure. Click "Open".

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29. Finally, Ancestris starts.

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30. You can see the Welcome window.

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31. Please note that from the application Menu, you can access the Preferences and the "About Ancestris" panel.

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Keep in dock

32. Let's keep the application in the Dock by clicking on the Ancestris icon in the dock panel.

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33. Choose "Option" and "Keep in Dock".

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34. This is it. Ancestris is installed and in the Dock. Yessss !

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