Comments on: Family Tree Maker for Mac is Here!

By: Rocco

Rocco — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:55:34 +0000

#58 David Seay

Tana L. Pedersen (Ancestry Staff) states in her post #28.

“However, Family Tree Maker offers a 90-day money back guarantee so don’t be afraid to try it out.”

By: Tony Knight

Tony Knight — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:59:43 +0000

The release date in the UK has just slipped another week to November 26

By: Tony Knight

Tony Knight — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:57:01 +0000

Roger#59

The conversion tool is for FTM2008 onwards.
The blurb says you can direct load FTM 4 to 16 files

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:33:00 +0000

I thought I’d read somewhere that earlier versions of FTM could be converted to the Mac edition…however the migration tool does not seem to allow this.

Is there anyway to allow conversion of earlier Windows versions, short of buying FTM 2010 and upconverting the data before migrating it to Mac?

By: David Seay

David Seay — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:59:20 +0000

I am using FTM 2009 on a Windows 7 machine. I have now installed FTM Mac on my Mac. The file translation tool will not allow me to use my 2009 file. Can I return FTM Mac for a full refund?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:31:49 +0000

There’s no delay getting the program in the US, it’s been available in the stores, unless you preordered it over a month ago, then you/we are still waiting.
Stinks.
The company claims you should wait because you didn’t pay the full price. Say what? You sweet deal people to buy the product then slam them once the order is on the books.
If this thing doesn’t arrive in the next day or so, I will buy it off the shelf and return it whenever I get my preorder copy. Just to be nasty. I may return that as well. Family Tree for Mac works fine.

By: Tony Knight

Tony Knight — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:00:33 +0000

For those complaining about the delay in getting the program, I repeat and amplify what I said earlier.

1. Ancestry.co.uk are not offering the program for sale at all.

2. Amazon.co.uk originally reported release was due on November 12th and were taking pre-orders for a considerable time based on that date. This has now slipped to November 19th.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:30:45 +0000

The price of the Mac version is higher because it’s new code and not a port from W…WW…Smack!…Windows. The development team needs to get paid.
I am however disappointed that those of us that bought it early get to use it last. Not a good PR move for sure. At the least there should have been a download available when the app hit the store shelves.
Don’t know what these folks are thinking sometimes.

By: Darwin

Darwin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:23:15 +0000

I switch to a Mac last spring and no longer have a PC. I saved my PC created FTM files. How can I convert my old files without having access to a PC?

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:35:44 +0000

Just arrived UPS not US Mail like previous years. I guess it did go out this week.