Pam, it's my understanding that if you purchased Mac 3.1 (a Software MacKiev product) you can download FTM 2017 for free. I was using Mac 3.0 (still an Ancestry product) and had to pay about $29 for 2017, which, as software goes, is a bargain. Why not check it out. If you can get 2017 for free, you have nothing to lose. For what it's worth, I like it! There are some new features, like color coding, which allows you to assign colors to each of your family lines--or assign the colors any way you like. Syncing with Ancestry can be problematic, but I think the problem is on Ancestry's side. With 2017, you can sync more than one tree, and that works out great for me.
Nancy On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Dennis Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I also upgraded to FTM 2017 from 2014 without any issues installing and > converting existing trees…...until yesterday. Uploading my larger trees to > Ancestry would repeatedly time out, only partially completed, and the > screen displayed a request to send an error report to tech support. When I > contacted tech support I was told that the “first" time you sync your tree > data, there is a 1gB data limit. With larger trees, your media files can > easily surpass this limit. I was told to detach media files from my tree > by moving them to another document file temporarily. Then upload just the > tree data and once the initial upload was successful, just add the media > back to the tree and subsequent uploads should proceed without the 1 gB > restriction. Thereafter you can upload your media files as needed in the > future in your sync procedures. I don’t recall seeing this 1 gB restriction > rule before, but I could have easily missed it. > > FYI...I have not been able to complete this procedure today as there is a > warning alert concerning connection interruptions today at the Ancestry > site and they recommend waiting until it’s resolved hopefully today > sometime. By the way, I am running on Windows 10. > > Hope this can be of some help other FTM users should they stumble with > syncing their trees > > And otherwise, I find the FTM 2017 to be a nice improvement over my 2014 > version. It seems a bit faster, although that’s subjective on my part. As I > spend more time on the program, there may be other useful upgrades, but I > wasn’t at all dissatisfied with my old FTM 2014 really. Also I find that > it’s convenient to have both Ancestry hints as well as Family search hints > populating your trees since I did not have that function previously. > > Dennis > > On Jul 26, 2017, at 7:45 AM, Michael Gilfilian <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I’m trying the 2017 upgrade and it didn’t bring my media either when I > synced it with ancestry, but I still 2014 on a separate hard drive so I can > still use it. > Mike > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > *From: *JR <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:29 AM > *To: *Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Has anyone upgraded old FTM 16 to > newMcKiev > > Why don't you just try the trial version. Then if doesn't work, don't buy > it. I bought the 2014 version and see no difference with the 2017 version. > Apparently, the big deal is interfacing with Ancestry.com and getting > that feature to work. I don't use ancestry, so it is necessary to update at > all from 2014. Version 2014 works with Windows 7 and 10. > > JR > > On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 10:26:43 PM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: > > I installed the update for mac 3.1 and it did not carry all my media file > over. I haven't purchased 2017 if it doesn't transfer it over I would > extremely upset way way to many records to link to the individuals > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:49 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: > > I upgraded. You can install FTM 2014 without deinstalling Ver 16. They run > independently and you can run both at same time. Just save your files to > your computer or flash drive. Then install 2014. Go to import and select > files from your flash drive. > I much prefer Ver. 16. Much better interface and easier to navigate. I am > running Ver 16, though it is somewhat slower. > > Go to windows button and click, click Computer on right side, click system > properties, now look under system properties and it will show your "system > type". It is probably 32 bit operating system. If it is 64 bit, this will > be the source of any problems because Ver. 16 was designed to run on 32 bit > system. However, I still use it anyway. > > As long as you can saving your files in at least two places; say your > computer and a flashdrive; Two flash drives if you really want to be safe. > Two 4 gig flashdrives is all you need and they are fairly cheap. > > JR > > > On Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 12:19:25 AM UTC-4, E. Sharp wrote: > > Has anyone upgraded the old FTM 16 genealogy program to the new McKiev > program? If so, how easy difficult was it? I would like to do this but am > afraid my computer skills are very limited and when I say very limited that > is not an understatement. I have an HP laptop using Windows 7. > Thank you. > "E" > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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