Review by midnight122

I’ve been using Family Tree Maker for a number of years, mostly on Windows. So this is my first Mac version, but I’ve been around the software before and use it extensively with ancestry.com sync features. At first glance, FTM for the Mac 3 Deluxe seems to be fairly feature complete, on par with the Windows version. Of course, it’s also a bit sluggish, which I’ve come to expect from the FTM products.

Now, while I have used FTM for a number of years, by no means am I a genealogical expert. It’s all personal use and it often comes in spurts. I use the software to update a family tree on occasion and likely don’t come back to it for several months to a year. Like other FTM products, it comes with a three month subscription to ancestry.com. Syncing with the online tree is great and has been much improved over the years.

It does an excellent job of tracking changes and keeping your tree(s) in sync. The interface is nice with a UI that is easy to navigate. There are plenty of printing and viewing options. There are times that grabbing online content and waiting for things to process is sluggish. Again, I’ve grown accustomed to this over the years with FTM. Each version seems to get a little better, but there’s often a few quarks to get used to. Overall, a nice family tree product with syncing and plenty of features to keep you busy on your various genealogical projects.