I have read on their website that you are allowed to have a second copy on your laptop. Also as you stated you will be able to sync them both.
I admit this drew my attention until I realised it could only mean if someone had a Family Search Family Tree, which I don't have or want. In the same way I choose not to have a FMP Family Tree. Just how many online Trees do people want?
I had not spotted this restriction (in fact have not yet found a reference to it) - it certainly reduces its value as I do not have a tree on the site either.
As they say trebor, 'horses for courses', so as you use FTM as your main program the investment is naturally one you should take. It is far from being mine, which is why I wont take up the offer.
I sort of accept the first sentence with a few reservations, but the second sentence falls down if -as in my case the current product is only useful for its ability to 'sync' -a 'sync' facility is no longer available. That renders it not fit for purpose?
I can see your point of view but as a stalwart fan of Ancestry -often going against the flow by recommending Public Trees -it is invaluable as a research/search medium (getting more and more global all the time) and its active 'Hints' and 'Message' facilities second to none. On top of all that I can download Gedcoms for use in other programs if needed, and as I restrict most of my family information, images & stories to Tribal Pages, and have back-up data in Legacy, FTM (without sync) is no longer needed; Ancestry most certainly is.
Yes to most of that Norman and particularly about Ancestry giving good notice and under no obligation to provide alternatives. I had forgotten that Ancestry had released the 'sync' API and as you say, maybe others may copy Roots Magic. I chose Legacy over Roots Magic to replace my redundant FTL program, perhaps Legacy will be one of the 'others'. Meanwhile will wait and see if Tree sync stops working after 31st March, as I strongly suspect it will.
Norman, I think we can, this is from the email
I did say it. Because we have caught the Mac edition up to the Windows one, we no longer sell them separately as two different products. It's exactly as it says in the FAQ as Heather kindly provided it with no mention of platform:
Hi Canadianbeth - I asked myself the same question (although if bought in the next few days the price is only 29.95) and decided to invest because if in the future I do decide to subscribe to Ancestry again I would like to have the Sync option working, I like the sound of the colour coding which (if it works the way I expect it to) will help me clarify which lines the people in my tree belong to and if the Family Search hints work anything like the Ancestry hints they could be interesting too. I assume that like earlier versions of FTM the 2017 program will keep on working with the original features removing the need for an update (unless you want any new features) in the future so a low cost update now could remove the need for a more expensive one later.
Unless I have totally misunderstood the whole thing I believe that it was Ancestry's decision to kill TreeSync - not MacKiev's.
Yes in the first instance my anger is and was (in communications with them) directed at Ancestry for abandoning the program and the decision to discontinue the Tree Sync. For no other reason than the fact MacKiev entered the picture to take over FTM and continue the sync, I changed to their version. I fully understand the commercial implications of return on investment but I want to keep the program I have with continuing sync capability. If this is not possible, and as it is far from being a primary program for me -as it appears to be with others - then to pay for an upgrade is a waste of money. Just as others unsubscribe from Ancestry as they cannot justify the expense.
I think there is confusion between £29.95 and C$39.95. However with the £::CAD$ exchange rate at around 60% that makes the Canadian dollar better value.