FTM upgrade?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any opinion as to whether it is worth upgrading Family tree maker 2012?
As yet I have not found out how to download a specific branch of my tree, also I wondered if a later version of FTM would generate a potential problem report which Legacy and Rootsmagic include on their free down load.
Thanks.

 

Hi, thanks for replying. I haven't had any problem synchronising with ancestry but with legacy it is possible to generate a list of possible problems ie children born after father's death, before parents marriage or burials before death. When I have checked these I have found the odd typing error, but most of those children were born before marriage! I did play with FTAnalyser before so should have another look as it was ages ago.

 

Thanks I had a look at FTAnalyser and there is much more than when I looked before. Very interesting.

 

Hi, I upgraded from FTM 2012 to 2014 and couldn't see much improvement. If anything it's worse. You have to convert your 2012 files to the new version, not difficult just a pain to do and my 2014 version on my desktop PC & laptop, both running Windows 7 at the moment, very often crash at startup. It also crashes when you try and open another family file using the "Open In A New Window" option. The chart drawing doesn't seem any different from the 2012 version so I normally fall back to the 2005 version for charts as it's just as good. Unless you are desperate to update I would save your money and stick with the 2012 version.

 

Hi Tim, thanks mine has occasionally crashed. I click on something and expect one thing to happen, then it's gone!

 

Thanks for the comments. I have decided not to update. I have at last found the data errors report !

 

I've just upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 (with fingers crossed) and all the previously installed programs work ok. FTM 2014 doesn't crash now, even when opening a second file in a new window, so must have been something iffy with the Windows 7 installation. As it's been working well for a few days I think I'll uncross my fingers.

 

Good idea MelG, get the circulation going again