Updating Family Tree Maker from the Internet

[Birtle]

No probs, as they say. And don't hesitate to come back with more questions about FTM 2011 - it does have its little quirks, as I've been discovering...
 

[Judesman]

Thanks.

[Brian2009]

Hi
FTM 2012 is being beta tested at present, and one of the new features is the ability to syncronise your on line tree with the version on your PC; and vice versa.  This does away with the constant updating of both trees.

Brian

[Judesman]

Hi Brian,

That sounds good. I have just bought FTM 2011, when 2012 is released do I get a free upgrade or do I have to buy the new prog?  At present I have one more person on my web tree than on FTM and I can't find the difference even after cecking back the index on both trees!

Thanks for your reply.

Judesman.

[Birtle]

Hi Brian,

At present I have one more person on my web tree than on FTM and I can't find the difference even after cecking back the index on both trees

It's just a thought (and probably a silly, certainly a totally uninformed thought) but could the difference be you? Maybe the owner of a tree is indexed twice over in ancestry: as owner and as a person within the tree???
Birtle

[Brian2009]

Hi
I presume FTM 2012 will be an upgrade that one has to purchase.  But I would wait for the reviews before rushing out!!
Brian

[Judesman]

Thank you Birtle and Brian.

I only appear once in the index in ancestry which is where I have one extra person,  but I see what you mean.  I might have a word with the technical support on this and the other matter I am posting on that you have kindly responded to.  I found their telephone support very good.
 

[sarenid]

FTM 2012 is being beta tested at present, and one of the new features is the ability to syncronise your on line tree with the version on your PC; and vice versa.  This does away with the constant updating of both trees.

Does anyone know when the FMT is to become available.  I am about to buy a new computer and as I am going to buy a Mac my FMT 2010 will not be of any use.  I back up my on line tree onto 2010 but none of the comments etc come through.  If the 2012 version will synch the two I will certainly wait to up-grade. 

Presumably the free access to ancestry can be used by those with current ancestry membership because on that basis it makes the cost of the programme considerably less expensive, given you can receive 6 months worth of access along with it.

Regards Sarenid

[Judesman]

Hi Sarenid,

I bought FTM 2011 to back up my web based tree and get six months subscription which I thought quite good value. I don't know when 2012 will be released but I phoned their freephone help two weeks ago with some suggestions that they said would be passed to the software developers. You could try the telephone support to get a release date.

Judesman.