Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Holmes
Another thing I discovered to be on the mac is PostgreSQL which is a very powerful SQL oriented database. I discovered the related binaries to be available from the terminal but the server isn't running by default. I intend to investigate this further in the near future. Only thing here is yo

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-26 Thread Harry Hogue
Esther, Thanks for this very informative and useful post. I will take a look at it. Harry On Sep 26, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Harry, > > A number of VO users reported being quite happy with Bento and rated > this app very highly prior to updating to Mountain Lion, but > apparent

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-26 Thread Esther
Hi Harry, A number of VO users reported being quite happy with Bento and rated this app very highly prior to updating to Mountain Lion, but apparently after updating they are getting "Bento busy, Bento ready" messages. I've only read detailed discussions about Bento on the mac-access list, so you

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-25 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi Tim and all, I saw Bento, but it only got a 2.5 star rating, which seemed to be common for database applications, actually. Thanks for the information, and I will let you know what I find out. Harry On Sep 25, 2012, at 9:59 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > hi, > > You could take a look at Bento

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
hi, You could take a look at Bento as well. It's made by the FileMaker folks. I'm fairly sure it's mostly accessible. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-09-25, at 9:00 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I know the iDatabase iOS app is very accessible, at least it was last year > wh

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-25 Thread Alex Hall
I know the iDatabase iOS app is very accessible, at least it was last year when I tried it out. I would therefore expect the mac app to be just as good, and it's only $10. Best of all, it syncs over wifi (though not iCloud) with your devices, so anything you do on your iOS device should appear o

Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-25 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi Everyone, Does anyone know of an accessible database application I could use on the MacBook Pro running OSX Mountain Lion. I would like to keep things like misc. confirmation number, details of appoints (doctors, dental, etc), and just lists of people's names, numbers, addresses, etc. that