3-Day Sale FTM Double-Upgrade Sale: FTM2019 Now, FTM2024 When Released

For members and readers who use Family Tree Maker software.

Most FTM users know that announcements are made via Software MacKiev's FTM newsletter mailing list which due to its extremely large size is sent out in a staggered release. If you own a version of FTM or don't but are just interested, make sure you register to receive the upgrades updates email newsletter.

One of MCGG's emails is registered on that email newsletter as owning FTM2017. This afternoon that email received the latest FTM email newsletter announcing a Double Upgrade Sale. Upgrade to FTM2019 now for $29.95 and receive FTM2024 for free when it is released.

Yes, this is similar to the sale ran at the end of December/beginning of January. So if you missed that one, you have a few days to decide on this one.

But remember! If you just upgraded to FTM2019 at the very end of 2023/beginning of 2024 you already get the next new version that comes out in the next two years. So, you are good to go but you can check out the other items in the FTM store, some of which are on sale too. (Just be sure to double-check/remove the app purchase from your cart since you already have it. Some items have the same sale price but some don't through the main FTM Store Gift Collection.)

Currently, FTM2019 is the only version that can sync a FTM tree file with an Ancestry member online tree. A fix was said to be in the works for Family Tree Maker 2017 to sync again also but it has not happened yet and that software is 6/7 years old. We've no news if this is still the plan or not. With FTM2019 being 4/5 years old we guessed in one of our prior posts (just us guessing) that a new version may be in the works considering the brand will be celebrating 35 years in 2024.

See our prior post on the 3-day sale for FTM2019 owners on some of the new features described by that FTM email newsletter.

With this FTM email newsletter, Software MacKiev made sure to convey there are dozens of more features, large and small. Such as support for hyphenated dual surname support. "And there's extensive work "under the hood." Work that makes this by far the fastest and most stable Family Tree Maker ever built. One that can handle BIG trees. Really big. Hundreds of thousands of people big. And even if your tree isn't absolutely gigantic, you're going to feel the difference."

The Turn Back Time® feature introduced in FTM2019 will expand from 1,000 to 5,000 changes ago. Again, Tree Vault® Cloud Services will be a one year free trial and besides acting as up to the minute backup of your main tree, it will be the hub for several collaborative features mentioned in our prior post.

See the Easy on the Eyes™ feature in action using the link to this sale's store front above. Just click on the green Easy on the Eyes™ link below the Double Upgrade pricing chart on that page.

FamilySearch Integration 2.0 will allow you to download an entire branch from a FamilySearch tree into Family Tree Maker and get hints linked to more than SIX BILLION online FamilySearch historical records. A unique new source of records for Family Tree Maker users – for free.

Software MacKiev also updated its Comparison Table to include FTM2024. There is still no information released on the minimum system requirements for either the Windows or Mac version of FTM2024. When we spot it we will let you know.

The FTM Facebook page has not received any updates/changes since August 2022 so there is no new news from that platform. With the demise of the Ancestry Message Board for FTM (Windows) there is a void in community helping community. While there is a Facebook Family Tree Maker User Group it is a closed group so non-Facebook users can not access it or even view it.

The company does not seem to be on other social media so use caution there. Remember, Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker only has LiveChat for customer support not a phone number. If you  do a internet search and find a phone number, you do not have the official customer support for Family Tree Maker. It is someone posing/scamming people.

The new collaboration features or other tools may not sway everyone to pre-order FTM2024. But consider this, the two latest versions of FTM will be five and seven years old this year. As new upgrades are released, less likely are updates to the older software versions. Why pay twice as much later (regular price $79.95) when you can pay less now? You don't have actually upgrade your tree files right away, but can have the program (save the email, receipt and download the installation file and save to safe place) on hand when you need or decide to do it.

Computers and their operating systems are being built to last five years or so with updates. But eventually hardware limitations eventually negate updating. Gone are the days of safely running old software on old computers unless you never take that computer on the internet. But if you are running that way, will you be able to even transfer your very important files to someone with a more modern computer?

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