Bought a new computer and am searching for how to move FTM source tree between two computers. If yes, then this post will help you a lot to understand how to transfer FTM source tree between two computers quickly and easily within a few minutes.
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So let’s understand how to move FTM source tree between two computers quickly with the easy steps.
Preparing for the Transfer to Move FTM Source Tree Between Two Computers
Make sure the Family Tree Maker is installed on both computers before proceeding with the transfer process. Physically, you will require a USB flash drive or an external storage device to transfer the files. If you don’t want to use external devices, you can use a cloud service such as Google Drive or Dropbox for transferring. Here is the procedure using a USB flash drive, one of the simplest and most reliable methods:
Steps To Move FTM Source Tree Between Two Computers
Here we tell you a short way to move your family tree files to a new computer. Check the given instructions carefully so that you can easily transfer your family tree files from one computer to another one.
Step #1. To move the FTM source tree from one computer to another, first you need to take a backup of your family tree. If you don’t know how to take a backup of a tree, then click here to take a backup.
Note: Before moving the FTM source tree between two computers, make sure that you have installed FTM 2019 on both computers. Apart from this, you have updated the TreeVault Service.
Step #2. The second step is installing FTM 2019 on a new computer using the backup that you take from old computer.
After completing these two steps, the main work comes that you need to do on second computer.
Step #3. Open FTM 2019 on the second computer, go to file menu and click on restore option.
Step #4. Create an Antenna Tree. Make sure you are login with the same account as you login on the first computer.
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Step #5. Now choose View> tree browser. When you choose the tree browser option, a tree browser window will appear.
Step #6. Select the TreeVault option and click on the Next button. After this, click on the Find FTM Source tree button.
Step #7. Select your tree from the results for the FTM source tree column and click on Use as source tree. After this, your tree is linked to the Antenna tree that becomes the FTM source tree.
Conclusion
You have successfully moved the FTM source tree between two computers. For any help, you can use our FTM live chat support any time from our site or dial +1-800-410-2443.
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