We have completed updated versions of FTM 2014.1 and Mac 3.1 that we recommend all users of FTM 2014 and Mac 3 and later install (including those who have already installed previous builds of FTM 2014.1 or Mac 3.1). For information about the changes to Ancestry services, and how to purchase FTM 2017 as a discounted upgrade for returning users, please read this article. The free updates for FTM 2014 and FTM for Mac 3 are not able to reconnect these services, as the technology they had been using was retired by Ancestry. These connection services are now available only in FTM 2017. Accept the default file name and location, and your program will “import” the file-basically, it creates a copy of the GEDCOM file in your software’s proprietary format.IMPORTANT NOTE:When FTM 2017 was officially released on July 17, 2017, Ancestry services such as hints, search, merge and all other features that required an Ancestry connection were retired for older editions. ged), and it should open with your genealogy software. In Windows, just double-click on the file (GEDCOMs have the file extension. Family Tree Maker will show a progress dialog.Choose a file name for the GEDCOM file.Select: Individuals to export: entire file.
So you must focus on re-installing your FTM 2014 program. That is explained in how_to:import_from_family_tree_maker|> Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM). The only rational way to convert your FTM database into a GEDCOM file is to use the FTM program to export in GEDCOM format.