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On October 17th, Applelinks' Charles Moore gave a great review of Bento 2. What I'd like to do here is provide a more detailed exploration of FileMaker and Bento, and explain why both are excellent database programs which serve two completely different customers. The fact is, Bento is an amazingly simple, easy to use database that requires no knowledge on how to create a database. FileMaker is an amazingly powerful database that is very simple (when compared to other databases), but requires creating every field, every relation, and every structure of a database. Admittedly, this is much more complicated and more work than many people need. Thus, there is Bento (and to borrow a phrase from the early days of Apple), a database "for the rest of us."
Cool Mac Gear
• iPhone
• iPod nano
• iPod Touch
• iPod Classic
• iPod Repairs
• FM Transmitters
• MacBook
• Garageband
• iPod nano
• iPod Touch
• iPod Classic
• iPod Repairs
• FM Transmitters
• MacBook
• Garageband
DriveSlim should prove especially popular with MacBook Air Users and those who go with the 128 GB Solid State Drive option on other model MacBooks Play the Game: Daily Mac Gaming Highlights507
1. Delay production of a hot game for years, thereby creating a demand. 2. Create a supply to fulfill that demand. 3. Sell lots of copies. 4. Report this as news. 5. Rinse. 6. Repeat.
New Road Warrior MailBag Posted On MacOpinion554
• Charles, My iBook's Logic Board Failed!
• Regarding the genius of laptops
• AppleCare non bootable CD on iBook
• The Genius of the Laptop
• Desktop Recidivist
• WallStreet
• Slide Previewer OS 9
• Mobile Phone Question for the Road Warrior
• Compact Flash to IDE adapter
• Regarding the genius of laptops
• AppleCare non bootable CD on iBook
• The Genius of the Laptop
• Desktop Recidivist
• WallStreet
• Slide Previewer OS 9
• Mobile Phone Question for the Road Warrior
• Compact Flash to IDE adapter
OS X Odyssey 467 - Powder: A Way Cool Snow Application230
But you need a powerful Mac to run it
Moore’s MailBag - Monday, December 15, 2003207
• iBook or Powerboook...that is the question!
• Safari Issue
• UNIX books
• A thought
• Heinlein the social libertarian (Canadian version)
• Safari Issue
• UNIX books
• A thought
• Heinlein the social libertarian (Canadian version)
Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Monday, December 15, 2003189
• Canada Slaps "Levy" On iPods - 10GB $15, 15GB - 40GB $25
• Virginia Files Felony Charges Against Spammer - (Hooray!)
• Panther's Disk Utility Won't Create Mac OS 9 Boot Volumes
• Disk Warrior 3.0 On A Mac OS 10.3 Volume Tutorial
• Dump Lindows Name Or We'll Take All Your Money - Microsoft
• Mugabe Rails Against Colonialist Internet
• Penn State President loves Microsoft, Napster, the RIAA and Al Gore
• Mac Night Owl: The Panther Report: Keep it Consistent Please!
• Announcing MacZealots.com
• Columnist Says File Swapping Is Plain Wrong
• Mac Night Owl: A Paragraph Worth of Monday Rants
• Virginia Files Felony Charges Against Spammer - (Hooray!)
• Panther's Disk Utility Won't Create Mac OS 9 Boot Volumes
• Disk Warrior 3.0 On A Mac OS 10.3 Volume Tutorial
• Dump Lindows Name Or We'll Take All Your Money - Microsoft
• Mugabe Rails Against Colonialist Internet
• Penn State President loves Microsoft, Napster, the RIAA and Al Gore
• Mac Night Owl: The Panther Report: Keep it Consistent Please!
• Announcing MacZealots.com
• Columnist Says File Swapping Is Plain Wrong
• Mac Night Owl: A Paragraph Worth of Monday Rants
“Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition” Released by O’Reilly200
Just in time for Christmas, O'Reilly has released the latest edition of David Pogue's excellent Mac OS X: The Missing Manual series -- "Panther Edition"
Shareware Beat - Monday, December 15, 2003222
• LightWayText 4.1.2/E Released [OS X 10.3 up]
• X Overload v2.0 released [OS X]
• Photologist 1.4 Photo Management, Manipulation, Presentation, Layouts [OS X]
• iSwipe 1.6b1 Multi-Protocol Search And Download Tool [OS X]
• Manuscript 1.2.2 Specialized Word-processor For Authors
• Password Retriever 4.5.8 448-bit Encrypted Password Storage Utility [Mac OS 8.6 up/OS X]
• FTPeel Simply Powerful FTP [OS 10.2 up]
• iPitch 1.2 Guitar Tuner [Mac OS 8.6 up/OS X]
• gimp-print 4.3.25 High quality printer drivers for Canon, Epson, Lexmark, and PCL printers [OS 10.2 up]
• Move Items X 1.3.2 Move Files & Folders Using Hierarchical CM [OS 10.2 up]
• FoldersSynchronizer 3.4.6 Syncs & Backs Up Files, Folders, Disks [OS 10.2 up]
• X Overload v2.0 released [OS X]
• Photologist 1.4 Photo Management, Manipulation, Presentation, Layouts [OS X]
• iSwipe 1.6b1 Multi-Protocol Search And Download Tool [OS X]
• Manuscript 1.2.2 Specialized Word-processor For Authors
• Password Retriever 4.5.8 448-bit Encrypted Password Storage Utility [Mac OS 8.6 up/OS X]
• FTPeel Simply Powerful FTP [OS 10.2 up]
• iPitch 1.2 Guitar Tuner [Mac OS 8.6 up/OS X]
• gimp-print 4.3.25 High quality printer drivers for Canon, Epson, Lexmark, and PCL printers [OS 10.2 up]
• Move Items X 1.3.2 Move Files & Folders Using Hierarchical CM [OS 10.2 up]
• FoldersSynchronizer 3.4.6 Syncs & Backs Up Files, Folders, Disks [OS 10.2 up]
Notable New Product News - Monday, December 15, 2003283
• MCE Technologies Ships QuickStream DV: Camera-Mountable Direct to Hard Disk DV Recorder
• MultiAd Creator Professional 6.5.6 Advertising Layout Software
• Death Valley 2.7.1 Death Valley National Park Topo Maps & Waypoints
• Totwise 1.3 Preschool And Day Care Management Software
• NTI Dragon Burn X 3.1.02 CD & DVD Burning Software
• Trinfinity Software Announces Seagull Video Player 2.5 for Macintosh.
• Cross Culture Updates Mergemill to 3.0.1
• Intaglio 1.7 Drawing & Illustration App
• MultiAd Creator Professional 6.5.6 Advertising Layout Software
• Death Valley 2.7.1 Death Valley National Park Topo Maps & Waypoints
• Totwise 1.3 Preschool And Day Care Management Software
• NTI Dragon Burn X 3.1.02 CD & DVD Burning Software
• Trinfinity Software Announces Seagull Video Player 2.5 for Macintosh.
• Cross Culture Updates Mergemill to 3.0.1
• Intaglio 1.7 Drawing & Illustration App
Dig Dug Saved My Baby (or, A Very Special Applelinks Thanksgiving)1001
If my handling of the situation was impressive, then why was I able to perform that way? What in my past provided me the skills I need to stay calm under pressure? To remove myself from a hot situation and look at it logically. To think clearly and make the right choices? I'm a web designer, for crying-out-loud. I was an English major. I played no sports beyond junior high basketball and I only spent one year in Air Force ROTC at college. Where could I have possibly acquired the skills necessary to do what I did that cold and snowy Saturday morning?
The Sims: Superstar expansion pack440
I understand the appeal of the game. It's "reality" gaming, after all, and "reality" TV is apparently still a draw for the masses. With The Sims: Superstar, the game is finally starting to approach what normal people want to see and do every day...control the rich and famous, and make them suffer.
Play the Game: Daily Mac Gaming Highlights513
Halo ships. This is not a drill, people, this is an actual reviewer joke emergency!
New Apple Hot Deals From MacConnection And ClubMac211
Auto/Air Power Adapter, Logitech Cordless Notebook Mouse, Nikon D100 digital SLR, Technology Gem GL-822A/B 17" LCD monitor with $40 mail-in rebate, much more....
Speck announces sale of their line of ultra-thin SeeThru hard-shell cases for the new family of Apple iPods. Presented in a wide array of colorful options, these compact, protective cases are available at Apple Stores, http://www.apple.com or http://www.speckproducts.com
Odysseus Email Client version 1.0 beta 7 was released Thursday. This build continues to improve on existing features, while adding a couple of critical ones
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is best by categorized as a Digital Processor. That is, from bringing images to your computer, cataloging them for later retrieval (and, if you want, backing them up to insure protection against accidental loss), enhancing and fine tuning your images, all the way to printing and/or digital distribution—one can do it all from Lightroom. However, one of the strongest reasons to use Lightroom is the opportunity for playing with images with no concern about how many versions and variations of the image you create without screwing up your original image. Despite a complex learning curve, there is much to like in Lightroom 2.
Cruz is a new social browser project for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and up. While it looks very much like Safari, and is based on Apple's Webkit browser engine, Cruz has several interesting and unique features that set it apart from not only Safari but other browsers as well
Popular personal Mac database gets a solid update with new links to Apple Mail, enhanced compatibility with with Excel, Numbers, and AppleWorks files; and adds more spreadsheet style functions 
Apple today unveiled an all new MacBook family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features including all-metal enclosures and pro-performance notebook graphics by $700 to make them far more affordable. The new MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro both have a precision unibody enclosure crafted from a single block of aluminum, resulting in thinner, more durable and incredibly beautiful designs