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Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 and 2012 Feature Inequality

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I received a correction to the information in my recent article, “Will Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Features Match Windows?” The Family Tree Maker 2012 Product Manager informed me that even though the features in the Mac version of FTM 2012 are not set, Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 will not include all [...]

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Family Tree Maker 2012 Ship Date

Wondering about Family Tree Maker 2012 ship date? There hasn’t been a definitive statement from Ancestry yet. We’ll have to go on the timing announced with the pre-sale. In August, Ancestry announced that the pre-sale would begin early in September and the Family Tree Maker ship date would be the end of the month. They [...]

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Will Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Features Match Windows?

Since the Family Tree Maker 2012 pre-sale and release date announcement, I’ve been asked whether the Mac version will have all the same features as the Windows version. I asked that question of my contact at Ancestry.com and quickly got the reply that all the features of the PC version will be in the Mac [...]

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Pre-sale of Family Tree Maker 2012

The pre-sale has begun. The Family Tree Maker 2012 release date is set. Ancestry is temporarily offering 40% off an upgrade or 20% off a full copy. That makes the upgrade price $23.99 and the full version $31.99. The sale ends September 28th. Click here to learn more and buy Family Tree Maker 2012. Be [...]

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New in Family Tree Maker 2012

There’s a post on the FTM Beta Sync board by the FTM 2012 development lead. He lists the following as the new features in the upcoming Family Tree Maker 2012 release: 1. TreeSync – Ability to synchronize your tree between FTM and Ancestry. 2. Blended family view – Easily show all of the children for [...]

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Family Tree Maker 2012 Beta Participation

I got an invitation to the Family Tree Maker 2012 beta program. Before I click the download link I wanted to tell you. When I do I’ll be under a non-disclosure agreement. That way my upcoming silence about FTM 2012 won’t be a mystery. See you on the other side!

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Family Tree Maker 2012 Availability

Looking forward to getting your genealogy paws on Family Tree Maker 2012? I’ve got news for you! It’s looking like the Family Tree Maker release date will be early next month and ship by the end of month. The Mac version is expected to follow by about 6 weeks. I’ll keep you updated as I [...]

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Reunion for Mac CDs Discontinued Soon

I got the news yesterday from the company that handles order fulfillment for MacGenealogist CDs is discontinuing CDs on July 30th. These are the CDs containing higher resolution versions of most of the Reunion for Mac videos I published on MacGenealogist.com. I’ve done some research and haven’t found any alternatives that would enable me maintain [...]

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New U.S. History Perspective Event Sets for Reunion for Mac

Don, a member of the GenealogyTools community, mentioned to me that the North American history perspective event set available on the Reunion website hasn’t been updated in years. I took on the task of making an updated perspective event set available for you to use in Reunion for Mac. Background on Perspective Events Perspective events [...]

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Ancestry for iOS Updated to 2.0.3

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Hot on the heals of the 2.0.2 release, there’s what looks like a fix to a crashing problem introduced in the previous release. I could be wrong about that, but in any case, if you own a copy, go get it updated.

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