# Media duplication

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/media-duplication/4803>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/media-duplication/4803 "2022-06-20T06:01:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rooty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rooty](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Rooty)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/media-duplication/4803/10 "2022-06-22T12:57:14Z")

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My less than stellar DSL internet has no trouble with FTM sync. However, I only sync manually and up to ancestry. Hints and records found are downloaded manually and added to FTM database on my mac. Only then do I start a sync. This avoids duplication like census…residence facts. After a sync I also check each of the people involved to see if anything funny has happened.

If RM8 becomes stable on the mac I plan to switch to it for larger text size and better cleanup tools but at present it remains unusable for mac users.

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