Ftm 2017

[Terri]

I've given in and gone for a test drive.

My poor old 2012 FTM was becoming a tad temperamental - occasionally not wanting to open; often not wanting to close; freezing; regular appearances of the "Family Tree Maker has stopped working" error box.

Funnily enough, this has only started happening over the past month ....!

[Janet]

On the edge of my seat. Glad you went first.

[Terri]

It's looking very good so far!

[Kit]

Originally Posted by Terri

It's looking very good so far!

Good to hear.

I know you aren't meant to say anything but please keep us updated with an I'm happy or I'm not so happy as you go.

[Terri]

Still not there yet. I understand they have changed the servers and so no sync for a week or so. Not great. (This is common knowledge and openly discussed on the official FTM fb page). Fingers crossed we will be up and running soon.

[Janet]

*twitches tail*

[Janet]

Well, OK. Having read the latest, I'm still on the side of whoever at Mackiev wants more testing to make sure they're not going to unleash a cybermonster such as the accidental irreversible deletion of 57 people from one's tree.

For those who may not have been following developments, some snippets from "Update on Syncing - June 16":

NEW TREE SAFETY FEATURES
1. Go to support.familytreemaker.com
2. Enter “tree safety” in the search field

READ ABOUT TEST DRIVE 2.0
1. Go to support.familytreemaker.com
2. Enter “Drive 2.0” in the search field

LEARN MORE ABOUT FTM 2017
1. Go to support.familytreemaker.com
2. Enter “2017 FAQ” in the search field

SEE WHAT’S NEW IN FTM 2017
1. Go to support.familytreemaker.com
2. Enter “2017 feature” in the search field

Whole story here:
Release of FTM 2017

Thanks for the update, Terri.

[Kit]

Thanks. I've been wondering how it's going. I will soon forget all about it and will be very surprised when they email me to say I can download it.

[Terri]

At last, looks like we're getting there. (There was a lot more to this update, but this is the gist):

FTM 2017 - UPDATE - JUNE 21
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READY TO MOVE ON UP
We have been testing a new build series over the the past five days, and the results have been well beyond our expectations, in syncing, performance, and stability. We’ve met our goal of handling even the largest trees — which is why it has been nicknamed the “all trees” build. And according to our beta testers and engineers, if we had a build like this back on March 31st, we would have released it. It’s that good.
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TEST DRIVE 2.0 STARTS THIS WEEKEND!
Our new “all trees” build will make it’s debut this weekend as part of Test Drive 2.0, an improved "getting started” program in which users take FTM 2017 for a spin, and two days later we do a diagnostic test to see how the ride has gone. If everything checks out OK, they just get to keep on using FTM 2017. If not, we can provide whatever attention is needed to help get everyone off to a good start.
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[James18]

I have FTM 2014; does anyone know if still works? It keeps telling me that my trees are no longer linked to the ones on Ancestry.