I have just updated FTM2014 to MacKiev FTM 2014.1 using the link in an email from them and the three folders in question are in the program folder C: Program Files Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014. The Documents folder Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker simply contains my.ftm files, Media folders and logs.

New Family Tree Maker 6

1. Family Tree Maker version 22

Family Tree Maker 2014 is a marketing name. The 2014 in Family Tree Maker 2014 isn't its version number. Family Tree Maker 2014 does have a version number. Family Tree Maker 2014 About Box shows that it is Family Tree Maker version 22.0.

2. New Family Tree Maker

Family Tree Maker 2014 isn't the 22nd major release of the same application. There are three different applications that bear the same name. The original Family Tree Maker was an MS-DOS application. It was followed by Family Tree Maker for Windows. In 2007, Ancestry.com introduced Family Tree Maker 2008. Although Family Tree Maker 2008 is marketed as a Windows application, it really is a Microsoft .NET application. To distinguish between them, the older Family Tree Maker for Windows is known as Family Tree Maker Classic, and the Microsoft .NET application is known as New Family Tree Maker.

3. two years in the making

By Ancestry.com's reckoning, Family Tree Maker 2014 is the sixth major release of New Family Tree Maker. Ancestry.com has a marketing practice of increasing the major version number every year, regardless of whether the changes warrant that increase. If Ancestry.com had kept to that practice, Family Tree Maker 2014 would be the seventh major release of New Family Tree Maker. However, there is no product called Family Tree Maker 2013. Family Tree Maker 2014 is the successor to Family Tree Maker 2012, released two years ago.

Family Tree Maker 2012's major new feature, TreeSync, turned out to be a Beta quality feature. Users had already become more vocal in protesting the unwarranted yearly version number jump, and corresponding grab into their wallets. When, in 2012, it became time to slap another version number on and announce Family Tree Maker 2013, Ancestry.com had released many service packs already, but TreeSync was still buggy and Ancestry.com had practically no other new features or improvements to show. so Ancestry.com decided to forego the version number increase, and keep providing service packs for Family Tree Maker 2012.

which FTM build?

It is easy to check whether the 32-bit or 64-bit build is installed. On a 64-bit Windows system, the 64-bit build of Family Tree Maker 2014 will be installed in a subdirectory of the Program Files directory, while the 32-bit build will be installed in a subdirectory of the Program Files (x86) directory, just like the 32-bit Family Tree Maker 2012.

4. 64-bit build

Family Tree Maker 2014 is the first version of New Family Tree Maker to come in a 64-bit build. This is a 64-bit Microsoft .NET application, not a 64-bit Windows application, but you do need a 64-bit build of Windows to run 64-bit Microsoft .NET, so you do need a 64-bit build of Windows to run the 64-bit build of Family Tree Maker.

You should install in the 64-bit build if you can.
Family Tree Maker 2014: New Features explains this in some detail, but to quickly summarise; the 64-bit build can take advantage of more RAM, and should therefore be less likely to crash.

You do not have to worry about installing the right build. The Family Tree Maker 2014 installer will install the 64-bit build if you have a 64-bit system. You just may have to first install or upgrade the 64-bit build of Microsoft .NET to a more recent version, if you haven't done so already.

An interesting property of Microsoft .NET applications is that you can run different versions side by side. If you start both the 64-bit Family Tree Maker 2014 and the 32-bit Family Tree Maker 2012 side by side, without loading a file, Windows Task Manager shows them using roughly the same the amount of memory; both use about 100 MB. That's to be expected, because it is large the same code. On my system, FTM 2012 uses 97 MB while FTM 2014 uses 104 MB.

5. New database format

The Family Tree Maker 2014 database format differs a bit from the Family Tree Maker 2012 database format. Family Tree Maker 2014 must convert databases created with earlier versions to the FTM 2014 format, and Once converted, this file cannot be used with older version of Family Tree Maker.
The dialog box that pops-up to let you know your database must be converted contains a checkbox for making a backup copy, but that box is not checked by default. You may want to check it.

It is possible to convert your FTM 2014 database back to an earlier version; the File Export dialog box offers export to GEDCOM, Family Tree Maker 2008/2009, Family Tree Maker 2010, Family Tree Maker 2011, and Family Tree Maker 2012.

6. GEDCOM Export still broken

New Family Tree Maker's GEDCOM export is still broken. When you choose GEDCOM from the Export dialog box, you get an Export to GEDCOM pop-up. It has a drop-down box that offers UTF-8 as the character encoding, yet it still defaults to using ANSI as the character set. That is not just the wrong default for a Unicode application like New Family Tree Maker, because it is practically sure to loose information, it is even an utterly invalid option; ANSI isn't a legal character encoding for GEDCOM.
Double disappointing is that even if you choose UTF-8 as the encoding, Family Tree Maker still claims to export to GEDCOM 5.5, while UTF-8 is only supported by GEDCOM 5.5.1 and later, and it uses GEDCOM 5.5.1 tags.

In the ostensible GEDCOM files that Family Tree Maker 2014 produces, the product version number is still broken too. It is still broken in just the same way as recently described in GEDCOM Version, and originally in An Early Look At FTM 2008 Beta. That was written in July of 2007, more than six years ago!
New Family Tree Maker still puts the version number within parentheses, and still puts the string Family Tree Maker in front of that, all for no apparent reason whatsoever, making the entire version string twice the maximum size.

That these simple to fix defects have remained unfixed for years is embarrassing to say the least.

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Ancestry.com announced it will discontinue making its acclaimed FTM (Family Tree Maker) software, and there are a lot of angry customers. Their blog is full of comments from displeased people. Ancestry has not offered any suggestions for alternate solutions. The only explanation the company has offered is that it does not see any profit in desktop software going forward, and so will focus on online offerings. This means people who have used Ancestry.com solely to build their family tree will have to keep up an annual membership to the site to be able to access all the work they have done on their family tree. The information on the site will also be stored in the cloud, so if the cloud or Ancestry ever goes down or out of business, people stand to lose their family trees. This can sometimes represent decades of work.

There are others who use the online feature of the FTM desktop software to connect with Ancestry.com and automatically find records and download them to their family tree. It saves a lot of time in collecting and cataloging research. Since FTM will not be available for purchase after the end of the year, this means no more upgrades to the software, and Ancestry.com will stop supporting it after January of 2017. This is a big deal in the genealogy world, since FTM has been around since the mid-1990’s, and was one of the first family tree software programs available. It was made by a company called Broderbund back then; it was only later that Ancestry.com purchased it and added it to their company. Some customers have been using this one program for nearly twenty years to record their family history and genealogy information.

Locating an alternative is going to be a priority for FTM users, and a dramatic change for many of them, especially the ones who have been using it since the beginning. Without support from Ancestry.com anymore, and with many people being uncomfortable with the idea of putting their genealogy information in the cloud, with a third-party company, alternatives are the only answer, and getting used to a new way of recording information on their family tree will be a necessary evil.

The tough part of finding an alternative to FTM is that no other family tree software is compatible with it. Ancestry.com, and Broderbund before it, made certain of this, to ensure they kept customers. The idea of manually transferring what may be tens of thousands of names and thousands of pages of notes from FTM to another genealogy software program is daunting at best. Here are some ways to make transferring your information easier, as well as alternative software programs that are just as good as FTM, and, according to many genealogists who use them, even better.

Make a GEDCOM File

While FTM files are not compatible with any other genealogy software, you can convert those files to GEDCOM files. GEDCOM files are compatible with many different family tree software programs. Being able to transfer your information, including photos and media files, without having to copy it all over by hand, which could take months or longer to do, depending on the size of your family tree, is a big deal, regardless of what software you choose to transfer them to.

To make a GEDCOM file with FTM, you open your family file in FTM, then use the main menu to select “File>Export File>Entire File.” You’ll get a “Save as Type” popup menu. Select GEDCOM from this menu. Click “OK,” and the GEDCOM version of your FTM family tree will go onto your desktop. When you install a new family tree software on your computer, you can just drag the file to the new program’s desktop icon and deposit it there. You should then be able to access your family tree information in the new program when you open it. All you need to do then is learn how to use the new program.

Good FTM Alternatives

While no other software will be able to connect to Ancestry.com and automatically grab copies of records from it for your family tree (you’ll have to do it by hand), there are a few other programs with the in-program capabilities of FTM. In fact, some message boards where this issue is being discussed say some programs are actually better than FTM when it comes to in-program functions.

Some programs you may want to try, that have high ratings and excellent user satisfaction, include Legacy (by far the most popular alternative choice being discussed online), Reunion, and RootsMagic. You may want to try more than one before deciding on the program you will use in place of FTM from now on. It’s important to get a program you will enjoy using, and that does what you need it to do. Most programs offer a refund if you return it within a certain period of time, so this gives you an ideal way to try alternatives to FTM and discover the new one you like best. Just be sure the software supports GEDCOM files, then start exploring to find your new favorite family tree desktop software.