Re: Synching FTM for Mac and Ancestry Tree
Ah, I did that the first time I had the problem (which didn't fix it). Haven't done that since so yes, I'll give that a shot. I am at the stage that I am probably going to have to unlink and relink...
View ArticleRe: "Family Tree Executable has Stopped Working" FTM
The AMYUNI PDF generator in FTM 16 will not work under Windows 7. This has nothing to do with Administrator rights per say but if you install the updater you then need to first run FTM as an...
View ArticleRe: How to enter those complicated Norwegian names into FTM!?
@kj_norway,But that whole complicated issue is what makes genealogy interesting and fun. If is were simple, you could just push a button and get back to the beginning of time. I like the research, I...
View ArticleRe: Images being uploaded are grey
Hi JohnI'm running 2012 on Win 7. Interestingly, I can click on the grey image and the original image will show quite clearly but then revert back to grey when I click off it. RegardsChris
View ArticleRe: Birth Order On Family Group Sheet Report
I think I figured it out there is a button with two arrows next to the green lattuce looking thing. You click on the arrows button and it sorts it.Thanks
View ArticleRe: FTM MAC2 Invitees
I didn't know there what a MAC only board. Thanks. There are a lot of MAC posts on this log too. I'll also post on the MAC board, as you suggest, thanks.This log:Message Boards > Topics >...
View ArticleRe: Duplicate Trees on Ancestry after computer crash
I suggest you make a complete backup of each tree (including media etc, but not including the sync data), first of all; then you can restore if something goes wrong. Excluding the sync data means a...
View ArticleRe: Do you create just one family database OR a database for every family...
The numbers FTM (and your computing power) can handle aside, it can of course become humanly unmanageable after a point. There are almost certain going to be common but unrelated surnames occurring in...
View ArticleRe: "Family Tree Executable has Stopped Working" FTM
Agreed! The reasons why FTM decides to crash have nothing to do with Admin rights. I've got FTM 2012 on Win 7 and it has by far the longest log of any application in the Windows problem list (run from...
View ArticleRe: How to enter those complicated Norwegian names into FTM!?
@TheDahlstedts,Not sure why you say "But" in your comment. It sounds like you do not agree with something I said previously.I agree 100% with you that learning about the real names used by anyone's...
View ArticleRe: FTM and Windows 8
I have FTM 2008 and a sizeable file on a 4 year old HP. The Mother Board went bad so had to buy a new computer (Laptop) with Windows 8. I go to open the file and it appears to start and then it stops....
View ArticleRe: Do you create just one family database OR a database for every family...
Comment on original question posted by NoskyGalI have a little over 64,000 people in my data base, with approximately 5,500 different surnames. All of this is in one FTM 2012 data base that has only...
View ArticleAny hopes on getting money back on a download???
I purchased FTM 2012 last night, via download. It won't open ANY of my family files from FTM 16. I created backups for the files. I made sure that Windows 7 has all the latest updates. I made sure that...
View ArticleRe: Any hopes on getting money back on a download???
I forgot to mention that when I do try to open up a family file that the program shuts down. I get a message that says FTM 2012 has stopped working, and the only way to continue is to hit the button...
View ArticleRe: Any hopes on getting money back on a download???
This is perhaps a stupid question.Did you use File Import or File Open?
View ArticleRe: How to enter those complicated Norwegian names into FTM!?
Erase the BUT!(I seem to be losing my English) I am agreeing wholeheartedly with you. In FTM I have to rememember to erase the father's name for the child.I have mainly Swedish names and the father's...
View ArticleRe: "Family Tree Executable has Stopped Working" FTM
I recommend the free PDFCreator available from SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/). Once you install it just print your report from FTM and select PDFCreator as the printer. You...
View ArticleRe: Images being uploaded are grey
Could I suggest that you make auo a dummy file with a few people and a few images in it and try thatJohn D
View ArticleRe: Family Tree Maker 2012 Sync Problems
Have been sync'd for a couple of months. Until today - started getting a error when "analyzing conficting changes". Followed prompts - but program freezes and/or quits.
View ArticleRe: Backing up Linked Trees
Marco,Thanks for all the warnings about what can be lost. I recently did a restore of a backup tree on FTM after a failed sync, and ended up losing ALL my default photo settings on my Ancestry tree,...
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