This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HJC3HJC3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/112.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Actually I DO use the merge. I just go back and try to correct the missing info where I can. I have seen lots of alternatives to merging. Some people put much of the info in notes. I would guess they cut and paste, but you'd have to ask them. Howard Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gathompson56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/112.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HJC3: You stated that most people DO NOT use the merge? What is suggested instead of the merge, cut and paste? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: colleenkennedy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/112.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, Howard. I appreciated your reply. I'm a newbie to FTMM-2 having left FTM many years ago for Rootsmagic, then Reunion, but now I have returned to FTMM-2. There is much to learn! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: davepacek Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/110.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It's not totally resolved, but at the moment anyway it's much improved. Syncing in general seems to work well. I am, however, getting fairly frequent sudden crashes, without any apparent cause. Relaunching gets me right back in, with the only effect being a prompt to recompact the data file. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HJC3HJC3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/112.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I find very little consistency in ANY information I import from Ancestry. I try to look over most of it and make appropriate changes. I think this is why so few people use the merge. Howard Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gathompson56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is anyone prepared to offer a review yet? It sounds like both the PC and Mac versions were launched before they were ready. I am especially interested in those upgrading from FTM 1 for Mac. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gathompson56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/110.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Has the issue been resolved? What is your experience with syncing? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: colleenkennedy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/112/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I imported the 1910 federal census data for an ancestor into my FTMM2 practice data file. I noted under "citation detail" that not all of the information was imported into the citation detail, i.e., image number was missing and page number. I experimented with the 1920 federal census too and found that not all of the information is imported correctly. Are others finding missing data elements in citation detail when importing? Is it your practice to verify each import and then correct any missing elements? This seems like a hassle. Other ideas? Thanks! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tony_knight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/18.3.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: kmac1 It is interesting, but not surprising that the memory problem is still there. This suggests that the core problem of the Mono Runtime Library either cannot or has not been addressed.. As the program cannot run without Mono a patch is no good, only a complete rewrite. Tony Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kmac1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/18.3.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm glad that solution works for you and that you're happy doing that. As for me, I REFUSE to have to create and use a new User account for FTMM2! Any app that requires that solution to work, is not ready for prime time...... not even close. What is needed here is an update that fixes this constant crashing and memory hog issues. In the few days I have had this program it has crashed so many times that I cannot even count them. And, it uses a huge chunk of my RAM, typically about 450 MB, as well as most of the CPU. I had great hopes for this update, too, but it has been a huge disappointment to me. I am in the process of trying to contact Ancestry's Tech Support..... and they don't make it easy. It is unusable for me so I'll continue to use Reunion until, if and when, they get this fixed. And I still say you should NOT have to go to such extreme, unreasonable, and irritating measures just to use this app!!! Ancestry should be ashamed to have shipped this app in its current ! state. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RWells2010 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/107.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well I found one option but have not decided if it is the right choice yet. If you upload your gedcom to the web Family Tree it will upload with no problems. Then if you download a gedcom and import that gedcom into FTM4Mac you get a file without the problems of spaces at the end of the gedcom lines. Now another problem shows up as you loose all of the spacing or hard returns so everything is one long paragraph and you have to go through and put the new paragraphs where they belong. It seems you can never win maybe in my next life something will work the way it should?? Roger Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: davepacek Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/110.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Update; Per tech support this is known issue that's been reported for several weeks. (Kind of sounds like an issue for both the Windows and Mac on-line synching) They're close to a resolution. Their recommendation for the time being is just to recheck the links every couple of days to see if it's fixed. Dave P Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: davepacek Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/110/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A day or so after installing FTM2 on my Mac, a strange issue has developed with displayed hints. Suddenly, virtually every displayed hint is either to a missing tree or totally inappropriate -- to totally unrelated families, usually to individuals many centuries older than the person in my tree. The Mac tree and on-line trees are supposedly in synch; the on-line hints are appropriate. Looks like a call to tech support is in order this morning. Dave P Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HJC3HJC3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/106.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Russ, What I did do was extracted the individual files from the archive created by the utility I originally received. There was an FTM Mac file in that archive along with all my media items. That FTM file opened in FTM Mac 2 and updated to the new format. I then copied all my original media items to the Mac. After that I had only to reassign the media items to the proper files and I was good to go. Everything appears to be working and because the migration utility takes forever to run, I don't really feel like testing it any more for FTM. Howard Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rworthington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/106.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Howard, Please go to the Knowledge Base website: http://ancestry.custhelp.com/ and enter 5313 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button. In that article is another version of the Migration Tool. Have you tried that one? Russ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HJC3HJC3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/106.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Russ, I'm not going to go through the entire several hour process to get the exact wording of the error message again. The reason I say the migration utility did not fail is because the result of the migration utility is to produce a file that FTM MAC 2 can then open. The file is produced without error from the utility. The problem lies with opening the newly created file. FTM Mac 2 gives the error message when trying to open this file. It says it cannot open it because it is of the wrong type or corrupted. I apologize for not writing down the exact wording. So whether the migration utility is causing the problem but not erring, or whether FTM MAC 2 does not properly handle the output of the utility, or whether my data is somehow corrupted, or all of the above is in question. Does that answer your question? Howard Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rworthington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/106.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Howard, Sorry for keep asking questions, but your reply is confusing. First you say it completed without error, then you said that it was corrupted. Are you talking about the SAME file? What is the EXACT Error Message? Russ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rworthington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/107.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Roger, I had to manually go through all of my notes and all citations, cleaning them up, one by one. You can use the feedback link, in the Help Menu, to let them know. Russ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HJC3HJC3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/106.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Russ, The migration tool that came with ftmm2 seems to have worked fine converting an FTM 2011 file to Ftmm2. The migration completed without error. After I copy the converted file to the MAC and try to open it with FTMM2 I get the error that the file is incompatible or corrupted. Howard Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RWells2010 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/107.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes I agree it is the way each company understands the gedcom standard. Do you know of anyway to fix the problem? I tried changing the gedcom but could not find a way. I thought of using the global spelling check which I need to do anyway but when the global spelling check finds the misspelled word there is no easy way to fix the spelling. You would need someway to highlight both the beginning letter and the rest of the word and then correct that. The global check will not allow that type of fix unless I am missing something. Roger Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.