Mac OS X

[Ocean West]

Too Cool

Just got my OS X Today an it works... Will wonders never cease...

[Ocean West]

With OS X and OmniWeb this site is FAST!!

[Arin]

How Does FMP 5 or FMP 5 Unlimited run in Classic?

is it reliable/stable?

[Ocean West]

Yes FMP does operate under the Classic OS9.1 environment, I haven't given it a total run of the mill but so far so good.

[Krioni]

FileMaker Pro 4.0v3 in Layout Mode (running in Classic environment) has a really strange behavior:

When dragging an object, the object's outline drifts away from the cursor, while the object itself stays where expected. The problem is, this makes it very hard to place on object where you want it. I haven't tried this in FM5 yet, but most of my clients are still running 4.

[LiveOak]

So let me get this straight, your clients will pop for the expense of a G3 machine AND a copy of OS X, but won't pay for a FM upgrade . -bd

[Arin]

Has anyone heard when FMP is supposed to be releasing an OS X Native version of FMP 5?

[ March 29, 2001: Message edited by: Arin ]

[kbata]

Both FileMaker 4.0 and 5 have problems running on Classic. Things seem to work fine in browse mode. When you are in layout mode dragging objects doesn't work. The same thing happens in both FM4 and FM5. When you select an object to drag with the mouse the outline of the object takes off across the screen. It makes it unusable for doing any layout work. Under Classic on OS X beta it worked fine. I wish Filemaker Inc. would let us know how long it will be before an OS X native update will be released.

[Steven Burton]

I have Filemaker 5 running on a host machine and connect to its databases from Windows and Macintosh computers. A typical database with a few hundred records finds and sorts instantly for Mac OS 9.1 and Windows 2000 Pro clients, but takes from 10 seconds to a minute to never for a client running in Mac OS X's classic mode. I've not found an explanation or solution at FileMaker's web site. Any ideas for a work-around other than dual-booting to Mac OS 9.1 (which is my current solution)?

[Arin]

Yeah it would be nice if FileMaker would at least give us an IDEA of when a native product might exist.

Does anyone know if there will be a FREE update, or if they're going to make us pay?

[scratchmalogicalwax]

oh you'll pay !!! The only way round the bugs is to boot with you classic system folder then I have no problems. Filemaker where at the launch so should expect something Autumn (sorry Fall!!) I'm waiting for WebSTAR OS X I've heard from 4D that it flys! see ya IIS....he he

[Arin]

Looks like FMP 5.5 is out, $149 for the upgrade (all the way from 2.1), and $249 for the full package.

They've got a 5.5 (OS X) demo for download, anyone try it yet?

They also say that FMP Unlimited 5 "works with FMP 5.5" Anyone try this?

I've got FMP Unlimited running on OS X Server 1.2 with Apache and mod_ssl right now with the

WSC (web server connector) getting data from a version of FMP 5 (with Unlim serial #) on OS 9.1.

Do you think this means that I could replace the 9.1 machine with OS X and FMP 5.5 if I used the same Unlim Serial #?

If anyone is able to test this, please post!! I'm a mac head, but UNIX stability I Love!