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Help needed to download .GED from Ancestry - AppleMac

clairebates65  (View posts) Posted: 17 Dec 2012 9:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi... Help with Macs?

When ever, and how ever, I try to download my tree on ancestry.co.uk to a .ged file, it saves it as .ged.rdp (rdp = remote desktop protocol).

When I download from ancestry, I have tried just clicking on the 'Download your GEDCOM file' button, and I have also tried Ctrl clicking the button and selecting 'Download Linked File As'. Both have the same result of saving the file as .gedrdp

When I Ctrl click on the 'Download Linked File As' button, the only options available from me are:
Open Link in New Window
Open Link in New Tab
Download Linked File
Download Linked File As...
Add Link to Bookmarks...
Add Link to Reading List
Copy Link
Inspect Element
Add to Reading List
-None of these sound like what I need to me???

If I try to simply change the file name of the downloaded file from .gedrdp to .ged, it simply changes back again.

My software (of course) doesn't recognise/open the .gedrdp file.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thank you for your time

Claire
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clairebates65 17 Dec 2012 9:04PM GMT 
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clairebates65 18 Dec 2012 7:28PM GMT 
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