Re: Thinking about buying FTM 2012 - risk of it erasing online Ancestry tree?

gldaggett,

Do modify your statement a bit, use the Tools > Compact file command. That does two things, 1) suggests that you back up your file, and 2) does some file maintenance.

Then, do a Manual, SyncNow. This suggests that you set the Sync to manual.

Russ