


However, Jack Minsky told me, “Users are given a chance to present proof of purchase right in the Update Center if their registration for an Ancestry edition is not found in our database. If you’re not sure if you registered an Ancestry version, you will not be able to do so from within FTM. Obviously MacKiev will receive your registration right away for current versions. If for some reason you never registered your copy, it’s easy to do so from within FTM for MacKiev editions (Family Tree Maker>Register Family Tree Maker). Make sure you already registered your copy of FTM.
FTM 2017 UPGRADE INSTALL
If for some reason you lost your copy of FTM, you’ll have to request a replacement copy from MacKiev on their support website and then install it, since the updater looks for an existing copy. Copy your backup files to a safe location, like an external hard drive.

FTM 2017 UPGRADE HOW TO
I’d like to explain how to get the update, since at first the process seemed a bit redundant to me, but then I realized why. If you do find a bug, MacKiev has made it easy to report them on their website. Are there still bugs? I think it goes without saying that no complex piece of software is bug-free, but I’m not aware of any critical bugs that could corrupt a tree or result in loss of data. I’ve been using an updated version and have found it to be stable (rarely crashes) and fast for all but the most resource intensive operations, like loading an extended family chart for a large tree. So should you go ahead and update your FTM? Certainly, with the usual caveat to keep backups of your trees in a safe place (not just an automatic backup, since these are overwritten every time). In fairness to Software MacKiev, I should point out that they offered to provided updated versions to anyone who felt they needed them almost from the beginning and recently opened an update center on their website, making it even easier to get the latest build for anyone who had registered his or her software.
FTM 2017 UPGRADE FOR MAC
I also know that a long 10 months of development and testing went into it, and I think FTM fans will be pleased with the performance improvements compared to Ancestry’s last versions (2014 for Windows and 3 for Mac MacKiev’s versions are 2014.1 and 3.1, respectively). I know a lot of people have been waiting for this update. People who signed up for the FTM newsletter should be receiving an email from Software MacKiev president, Jack Minsky, announcing the release (I received mine last night). Less than a year after Software MacKiev acquired the Family Tree Maker (FTM) software from and promised to improve both the Mac and Windows versions with bug fixes and performance improvements, they have fulfilled their commitment and officially released final versions of the updates. Note: This article was updated on to include additional information from Software MacKiev.
