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I don’t use Windows, so Access isn’t part of the MS Office equation for me (on a Mac). However, I’d very much like to have a simple database that I could use in
by mbreese 7y ago
I don’t use Windows, so Access isn’t part of the MS Office equation for me (on a Mac). However, I’d very much like to have a simple database that I could use instead of tracking certain things in Excel.
So... I can completely understand why someone would be interested in making a more universal solution for this very common problem.
- wrs 7y agoThe Mac equivalent (for decades now) is FileMaker. Which, now that I look at it for the first time in a long while, seems to run on Windows and the web as well. [1] [1] https://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-pro-advanced/ https://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-pro-advanced/
- mbreese 7y agoYeah, I’m aware of FileMaker. We actually use it a lot at my job, but I don’t because I can’t access it remotely from a Linux server. Not sure if that’s a quirk with the FileMaker server security we have or a lack of support. I also tend to avoid it because it’s halfway in between Access and a real SQL database (Postgres, MySQL, etc). But also — have you seen how expensive it is? If you want an individual license, it’s >$500. Or you can get a subscription per user per month. FileMaker seems like one of those applications that Apple has never really known quite what to do with.