Stop FileMaker starting up automatically

[Jalz]

Hi Guys,

 

I've got a local machine, with FMServer 11 installed on it for testing. The thing is I use this machine as my development machine, so I have other programs on it that I use that are quite memory intensive.

 

I'd like to prevent FMServer from starting up automatically if at all possible (like you can on a windows machine) - but have it available to startup on demand. Anyone know how I can achieve this on a Mac based setup.

 

Many thanks

 

Jalz

[Steven H. Blackwell]

From the Terminal send the command sudo launchctl stop com.filemaker.fms

 

That will stop the FMS service.  To start it again use:

 

sudo launchctl start com.filemaker.fms

 

I'd recommend that you not mix development and hosting on the same machine.

 

Steven

[Wim Decorte]

in addition to Steven's comment; in the FMS admin console, uncheck the option to automatically start the database engine.  Steven's approach will free up the most memory though/

[Jalz]

Thank you guys