This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobHewitt44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/148.1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have had some success following a complaint direct to FTM2 for Mac. They have made a suggestion which I was sceptical about. They told me to change the date format in the MAC preferences from UK to USA. I immediately thought that my dates in FTM would go American but this is not the case. What effects this has on other MAC applications I have yet to see. Anyway a change and a full reboot didn't solve the issue and I told them so. What I did next was to download my Ancestry tree again into a new named FTM tree and from this point it has worked 100% after about 10 syncs. I still have the old FTM file just in case I have lost any data. The sync are now quite rapid rather than having to wait about 15 minutes so I am keeping my fingers crossed. It's worth a try. However David, you may well be in the USA so this might not be of much help! 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.