Startup Settings

Startup Settings

Opening the Most Recent Family File Automatically
Selecting a Sidebar

Going Home or Going to the Last Family

Startup Settings

To set Startup settings (i.e., what happens when you launch Reunion)...

  1. Choose Reunion > Settings.
  2. Click the Startup button.

This opens the Startup Settings window, shown below.

Opening the Most Recent Family File Automatically

When you launch Reunion by clicking the Reunion icon in the Dock (or double-clicking the Reunion icon in the Finder), Reunion will, by default, open the most recent family file with which you were working. (Put another way, the last family file closed when you last Quit Reunion.) If you prefer to select a family file to open each time the Reunion application is launched...

  1. Choose Reunion > Settings.
  2. Click Startup.
  3. Uncheck the button Open the most recent family file.

Note: as a shortcut, some people prefer to put a particular family file icon in the Dock. When a family file icon in the Dock is clicked, that family file will open whether or not Reunion was already running. Learn more.

Selecting a Sidebar

Whenever you launch Reunion, the sidebar that initially appears can be chosen in advance. To do this...

  1. Choose Reunion > Settings.
  2. Click Startup.
  3. Select one of the three buttons in the Sidebar section...
Going Home or Going to the Last Family

The home family is the family record that opens when you open a family file. To pick a home family, simply drag any button onto the Home button in the bottom bar of the family view.

Or, you can navigate to the desired family and then...

  1. Choose Reunion > Settings.
  2. Click Startup.
  3. Click the Use Current Family button.

If you'd prefer to see the last family record you viewed during your previous session using Reunion, click the [Go to the] Last family button.