http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/07/follows.week.after.desktop.upgrade/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/bentoiphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As promised, FileMaker has released an updated Bento iPhone app at the App Store. The app is a scaled-down version of the desktop Bento software, and lets users create a variety of databases covering material such as contacts, events and media files. Twenty-five templates are included, and databases can be synced with Bento 2.x or Bento 3. Bento for iPhone 1.0.3 fixes compatibility problems wit... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/07/follows.week.after.desktop.upgrade/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/personal.database.app.gains.major.update/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/bento3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple-owned FileMaker has released Bento 3, a major new edition of its personal database utility. The software now includes iPhoto integration, which allows users to associate extra information with images. Photos can be linked with any material in a database, such as events, contacts or projects.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/personal.database.app.gains.major.update/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/05/bento.for.iphone.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/4-iphone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's FileMaker subsidiary on Tuesday made a trio of announcements related to the iPhone, including a mobile version of its Bento personal database software, a free update to its Bento 2.0v4 desktop application for wirelessly syncing to the iPhone app, and a new tool for FileMaker Server 10 to create iPhone-friendly websites for FileMaker data. Bento for iPhone and iPod touch enables users to vi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/05/bento.for.iphone.released/ Tue, 05 May 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/01/bento.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/bentotwo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />FileMaker has released Bento 2.0v3, the latest version of its database software. The update addresses a number of user-reported bugs, including issues related to the vertical spacing between checkbox fields, text-box editing on imported templates, and exporting of non-ISO date formats. Problems with deleting static labels and XML references, upgrading large databases, and partially downloaded e-ma... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/01/bento.update/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/27/bento.2.personal.database/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/28-bento-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />For years, the most popular Mac database has been FileMaker. While FileMaker has a reputation for being powerful and easy to use, itís also geared more towards commercial developers, cross-platform development, or people who need heavy-duty data processing. If your database needs are much simpler, you could still use FileMaker, but you might find the program a bit more complicated than necessary. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/27/bento.2.personal.database/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/14/bento.20.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/bentotwo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Approximately 10 months after its introduction, FileMaker has released v2.0 of its personally-oriented database software, Bento, focusing on user-suggested improvements. Rather than a complete revamp, this version is said to represent fine tuning. FileMaker has added 10 new themes, direct links to Apple Mail, easier import/export from Numbers and Excel, and a more "Mac-like" interface.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/14/bento.20.released/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/26/fmpro.migrator.438/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/fmpromigratorstory.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />.com Solutions has upgraded FmPro Migrator to version 4.38, and describes the patch primarily as a "maintenance update" which includes Bento-to-FileMaker Pro enhancements. FmPro Migrator converts FileMaker Pro databases to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, OpenBase, PostgreSQL and FrontBase formats. Some changes include new Check for Updates and Online Web Help menus, the latter of w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/26/fmpro.migrator.438/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/25/kore.2.workshop.dates/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/reviews/filemaker/bento-box_med.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: We have a review of FileMaker's Bento, dates for the KORE 2 workshop tour have been announced, Zerofractal Studios has debuted Tree3D, European Country Keynote themes are available, and 1 million copies of Parallels have been sold ... We have posted a review of FileMaker's Bento. In Bento, you choose customizable forms and a number of containers, each with a specific use. Bento veers awa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/25/kore.2.workshop.dates/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/13/bento.10v2.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/13-bento-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />FileMaker's newly released Bento personal database has reached version 1.0v2, adding a number of features and stability implementations, as well as compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5.2. Bento now supports several language formats, such as International English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Several import and export functions have been refined, related to Smart Collections in the iCal Events... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/13/bento.10v2.update/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:55:00 GMT