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Family Tree Maker -- 1994 version

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I have a lot of data stored in Family Tree Maker dating back from 1994. When I tried recently to open it on my Microsoft Surface (Windows 10), I got a message that it cannot run on my computer.

Can anybody help me with advice to get the data into Ancestry?

Re: Family Tree Maker -- 1994 version

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If your Surface is NOT a Pro version, then yes, you can not run FTM on that machine.
The standard Surface does NOT run a REAL version of Windows.

Do you have access to a real windows machine?

Re: Family Tree Maker -- 1994 version

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Thanks. Never thought I had anything but a normal windows 10. I'll try it on my office laptop.

Re: Media process error

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OK, I have downloaded the latest free upgrade to Mac version of FTM, and during a sync it is doing the same thing as the original poster said. It is hanging on the last item of "Analyzing 960 citation media items out of 961". Please note that these media items were all added to the online version of my family tree (at Ancestry.com), not in Family Tree Maker. I initiated a sync just because I wanted to download a backup copy to my tree. Now because FTM is half-baked, I risk ruining all the work I made online which is not backed up! Because when I hit "Cancel", the resulting pop-up box states: "You have requested that the active sync process be stopped. If you cancel it at this point, your local tree in Family Tree Maker, or the linked tree on Ancestry.com, or both, may become damaged. If either tree becomes damaged, you will need to unlink the trees and upload or download the corresponding tree again." But wait a second! If the Ancestry.com tree gets damaged, I can't get it back, because all the work I have done was on the online version of the tree. So you have given me no way out. There is no path to a graceful exit! Thanks a lot Family Tree Maker for putting out half-baked software that doesn't work and that puts our hard work at risk. This issue has obviously been part of the software for well over a year, and you haven't fixed it. Why did I pay you for Family Tree Maker software? So you can ruin my hours of work using the online version of my tree at Ancestry.com?

Re: Media process error

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" Why did I pay you for Family Tree Maker software? So you can ruin my hours of work using the online version of my tree at Ancestry.com?"

This board is other users of the software, not the company that developed or supports the software.

For technical support:
https://www.mackiev.com/support_ftm.html

Maximum file size

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I have a file that is 102.573 KB in size after compaction. Doing entry in it takes forever. Is there a max size. I am using FTM 2017 build 23.2.0.1540.

Re: Maximum file size

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My largest is 3x that size, currently, at 325,680 kb fully compacted. I'm running the same version on Windows 10 64-bit.

There is no published maximum to my knowledge.

Re: Descendant Report in FTM 2011 Marriages

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Hi John
Thank you for your response. All of the dates were in my tree but obviously Family Tree Maker does not have the ability to order them, that is realise 1929 is before 1941. It is very frustrating to have to manually order every marriage every time I want to produce a report. Very time consuming. Hopefully this will be fixed in FTM 2012. Thanks again for your help.
Narelle

Descendant Report in FTM 2011 Marriages

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When I make a Descendant Report in FTM 2011, the marriages and therefore the children of the marriages, are in the wrong order. How can I fix this?

Family Tree 2017 Crashing

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I just purchased the latest version of the Family Tree Maker 2017 software. Even though I had purchased the original version - the web site wouldn't recognize me and I had to buy this new version since the old version doesn't work under Mac Mojave. As soon as I imported the old file - now Family Tree 2017 crashes as soon as I tried to load the file. Very very frustrating. Pay for software twice (essentially) that doesn't work. I've attached the error file.

Re: Family Tree 2017 Crashing

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I'm sorry you are having problems.

This board is other users of the software - not the company. If you have not reached out to MacKiev's Live Chat, I strongly suggest you do so.

https://www.mackiev.com/techsupport/ftm/livechat.html

I'm not sure what you tried to attach, but there is no attachment to your post. All you can attach on this board is an image file.

Re: Color column in the Index panel under the People tab

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It appears that the Color column disappears after deleting the Saved list. I contacted FTM support and after explaining the situation, twice, they have sent this problem to their tech people.

It is unfortunate that not enough people read these messages, or report problems, in order to fix these apparent, and annoying, bugs.

Re: Color column in the Index panel under the People tab

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This board is not connected with MacKiev in any way, so the likelihood of MacKiev support staff seeing a comment here is extremely slim.

This board is comprised of users of the product, who try to help each other.

Sample / demo family tree?

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I'm muddling through using Family Tree Maker 2017. I would love to see a sample family tree - how people enter things / what using all the capabilities of the app involve.

divorces with 2nd wife / husband
Sample reports what it can really do.

I'd like to send trees to family members to print out and add more info / but want them to see info I already have.

Can't make that in a single tree, right? You'd want to print each family member separtely with all the notes for that person? Does it do thumbnails of attached pictures?

Thanks!

Are data files more efficiently sized (smaller) than older versions?

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I had a family tree in an older version. File was about 2MB

Getting 2017 and importing it, that file is now 600KB. Can't see anything missing (but how can you really tell without manually checking every piece of info?

Did they get better with data storage in 2017? Anyone else seeing a drop in file size from older verisons?

Re: Are data files more efficiently sized (smaller) than older versions?

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How did you import the file? Does it include the source media?

My largest tree is just over 16000 profiles, with heavy media and a great deal of source media. The FTM file is 325 MB.

A smaller tree, with 590 people, is 7 MB. It is also heavy with source media but only a moderate amount of external media.

Re: Are data files more efficiently sized (smaller) than older versions?

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The older file may have been before the media folder. In the older versions the media was include within the FTM file, now that they are in the media folder.

Re: Are data files more efficiently sized (smaller) than older versions?

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My point was that is a very small file, and I was wondering if the import was as a GEDCOM, with no media.

Re: Showing adoptive ancestry in reports and family trees

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Wouldn't it be as simple as adding two more parents?

I mean is it really that difficult to show all of a person's parents? Why should I have to pick which ones to see, and search for the other ones anytime I want to see them? If you can easily show step parents (not in the pedigree view), why not adoptive?

I don't know the coding involved with ancestory trees, but I should think it wouldn't be that difficult, for experienced professionals, to do.

(I know this thread is like eight years old, but it's the only one I found while trying to see if there was a way around the "prefered" setting so I could display both sets of parents.)

Re: Showing adoptive ancestry in reports and family trees

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Wouldn't it be as simple as adding two more parents?

I mean is it really that difficult to show all of a person's parents? Why should I have to pick which ones to see, and search for the other ones anytime I want to see them? If you can easily show step parents (not in the pedigree view), why not adoptive?

I don't know the coding involved with ancestory trees, but I should think it wouldn't be that difficult, for experienced professionals, to do.

(I know this thread is like eight years old, but it's the only one I found while trying to see if there was a way around the "prefered" setting so I could display both sets of parents.)
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