FTM2024 Ver 24.2.2 Announcement
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A Brief History of Family Tree Maker 1989 – FTM Version 1.0, Created by Kenneth Lafferty Hess, Banner Blue Software. 1995 – Acquired by Brøderbund Software, Version 3.0 1995-2006 – The Learning Company, Genealogy.com, MyFamily.com, Version 16. 2007 - Acquired by Ancestry.com, Version FTM2008. 2010 – MAC OS support added, thru MacKiev. 2016 - Acquired by MacKiev, Version FTM2017 (a little later). Oct 2019 – Version 24.0 (Build 230) – Original FTM2019 Release 2022 – August, update patch for FTM 2019 Version 24.1 released. NOV 2019 – Version 24.0.1 (Build 252) – First Free FTM2019 Update AUG 2022 – Version 24.1 (Build 520) – Second Free FTM2019 Update MAR 2025 - Version 25.0.0.164 (Build 164) - FTM 2024 released What's New in FTM 2024? Plenty! FTM 2024 is a major new Family Tree Maker edition that takes this grand old brand to places its creators could only have dreamed of when it was first published back in 1989. Where your tree can be instantly fact-checked by a relative half way around the world on their smartphone or tablet. Where you can turn back time to erase mistakes you made even five thousand changes ago. Where the interface grows in just the right places to go easy on your eyes. Where you can arrange for your tree to be passed on to a successor of your choice along with your Family Tree Maker license to ensure your legacy lives on. All this and more in the exciting new world of Family Tree Maker. Turn Back Time® 5000 Being able to fix a mistake that was made up to 1000 changes ago was just the ticket if you discovered you lopped off Uncle Harry's branch of the family — weeks ago. Introduced in FTM 2019, having Turn Back Time meant you could roll back changes with a single click to just before that catastrophe. Because every change is recorded in the Turn Back Time change log. Even the details of changes for complex operations like merging and syncing with Ancestry. So we asked users what more could we possibly do to improve on THAT? Easy, you told us. Give us more saved change log steps. And so we have. Five times as many. Meet Turn Back Time 5000. Connect Workspace Making it super easy to connect with your relatives is an idea so big that it gets its own workspace. The new Connect workspace makes it a snap to share your family tree with your relatives — and enlist their help in fact-checking it. They start by viewing your tree on the free FTM Connectmobile app for Apple and Android devices (see below). If they find something to share with you they simply add a Relative Hint™ sticky note to the tree. Then, through the magic of TreeVault®, their sticky note icons instantly show up on your FTM tree and in the Index, right next to Ancestry and FamilySearch hints. And, as your network of helpful relatives grows, the Connect workspace automatically keeps track of their progress. Time to get connected. FTM Connect 2.0 A greatly expanded FTM Connect app is what makes getting connected with your relatives possible. First off, there's Guest Access. Enabled byTreeVault, Guest Access is what allows you to send invitations to relatives you'd like to view your tree on their phone or tablet. And when they do, they'll find even more information from your FTM tree in this version, including Relationships, Person and Research Notes, and Web Links. And for some fun, there's direct access from the app to our Family Tree Maker collection of famous trees — from Alexander Hamilton to Luke Skywalker, and Walt Disney to Game of Thrones. Enjoy! Easy on the Eyes™ One of the most frequent requests we get is "Can't you do something for my poor tired eyes?" Well, now we have. Easy on the Eyes does just one thing. It enlarges areas of the People workspace while you are working in them and then puts them back to normal size. So go ahead — you can stop squinting now. See how Easy on the Eyes works by watching a video of the feature in action. New Photo Darkroom® Tools In FTM 2017 we introduced a set of repair tools for damaged photos, especially those that faded over time to be almost blank. And we named them collectively Photo Darkroom. Now in FTM 2024, we've greatly expanded the tools you'll have on hand to rescue old family photos. They include cropping and a range of new repair tools that will help you remove dust and scratches. And, as with the first set of Photo Darkroom tools, the original photograph is always saved unchanged. Coming Soon! AlbumWALK® AlbumWALK has been called a "game-changer" for capturing memories in photos. Built around our very first technology patent, it's a free mobile app for iOS and Android devices that allows anyone to record memories and embed them in a photo using our tap-talk SoundSpot™ technology to create interactive talking photos. Just tap a face on a photo and talk about that person. Tap the next and talk and so on. And when you're finished, AlbumWALK creates a mini-documentary with professionally scored background music that can be played back in the media center of FTM 2024. To move album files to your tree, AlbumWALK relies on TreeVault, which on the way to your media collection, also puts an up-to-the-minute backup of all your AlbumWALK photos and albums in the TreeVault cloud. Once in Family Tree Maker, the talking picture files can be viewed in a built-in AlbumWALK player. Co-Pilot 2024 The co-pilot program started with FTM 2017 to make sure that each new user of Family Tree Maker got off to a great start. And that's still the concept behind our Co-Pilot 2024 program — but greatly expanded to include a growing number of mobile apps that now make up the Family Tree Maker ecosystem. Here's how it works. A few days after your first launch of FTM 2024, we'll offer a brief diagnostic test that can tell us if you've had a smooth takeoff, or could use some assistance. You'll be offered help if you want it with things like getting TreeVault set up. With making your first Connect Workspace mailing to relatives. And with creating your first AlbumWALK page. It's free, fast, friendly and completely optional. We're here for you, captain. |
