Tree Synching is this the new way forward ?

[Guest]

I was trying to view somebodies tree with my people in it this is the message I got ?


The tree you are trying to save from is currently synching with Family Tree Maker and is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.


I wonder how much later?

[PhotoFamily]

Oh, interesting - I've been getting the "temporarily unavailable" a lot lately. If they're locking a tree to sync things up, that would explain much.

The tree might remain locked as long as the owner has it open?

[Guest]

it certainly looks like it Family ? at least we know it must be working ?

[mikeg13]

Fingers crossed its working great, think that was one of the changes made in recent update and seems to have sorted out problems was having with using synch, before it was so hit and miss if it would synch and often resulted in having to start anew.
Do love it, before started using it did not think it would be a benefit, hard to explain why it is, but now would hate not to have it

[Darksecretz]

thing is, my tree on my puter is vastly different to my ancestry tree, so I wouldnt want to sync really, as there is alot of stuff that is on my master tree that I don't want online..

[mikeg13]

thing is, my tree on my puter is vastly different to my ancestry tree, so I wouldnt want to sync really, as there is alot of stuff that is on my master tree that I don't want online..

You can do that, it just means an extra tree on FTM, I did it by accident on my wifes tree (no idea how I did it, it was when trying to get it to work) do find it very handy when not sure to try thing out before put on proper tree

[Darksecretz]

so what you are saying is that I d'lode a Gedcom, from Ancestry...(ie my tree/s) and then bung them into FTM?? and use that one to sync with..

[mikeg13]

so what you are saying is that I d'lode a Gedcom, from Ancestry...(ie my tree/s) and then bung them into FTM?? and use that one to sync with..

Yes thats way I did it with my tree, but not totally sure how did wife's one as did not do it that way.

[Ann from Sussex]

If you don't have a tree on Ancestry (I don't and never will), can you still use the newer versions of FTM or won't it work for you?

[Lindsay]

If you don't have a tree on Ancestry (I don't and never will), can you still use the newer versions of FTM or won't it work for you?

No need to have a tree on Ancestry Ann (I don't).

You just ignore the synch facility.

[Ann from Sussex]

No need to have a tree on Ancestry Ann (I don't).

You just ignore the synch facility.

Oh good, I was hoping you could ignore it. thanks.