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/18.5.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sue I can't remember an instance of noticeable damage to data when FTM (Windows 2008 onwards or Mac 1) has crashed and I have had an awful lot of them. As far as compacting is concerned, I couldn't under Mac 1 and needed to convert my file to Windows and do it there and then convert it back. 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.