I’d prefer to stay with FTM, but if these issues are not corrected….īiggest Pro: Ease of use - but I’ve been using FTM for 15+ yearsīiggest Con: Numerous current issues - slow, freezing (on a Mac!), relationship issues, media issues.įamily Tree Maker for Mac Review by Bijee, I now also have purchased Reunions for the Mac and MyHeritage, both getting a trial run from a GEDCOM using my complete tree. I’m hoping beyond hope that the next version (2021?) will correct the current hiccups without creating new ones. Perhaps the prior software included lots of “add-on” fixes rather than actually correcting the base software over time, I have no idea. It would seem a new team of software engineers are now working on this software who are unfamiliar (it seems) with the logic flow of the prior program. Obviously, there are more than a few newly created software “bugs” in the latest version. This version locks up often, has changed the home person (me) to a second cousin, has trouble finding media located in the FTM Media folder (it looks in my Documents folder instead - now why is that?), it actually Locks up! On a Mac!. My tree includes just over 12,000 souls and (wait for it) takes over 10 seconds just to load. My Mac has 7 Terabytes of available storage, 32 Gigabytes of available RAM. I’m currently using version 2019 for the Mac. Ive been using FTM since 1995, and the Mac versions since 2015. Family Tree Maker for Mac Review by D2King,
