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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."
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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 The Festive Mac 2003 - Decorating Your Mac For Christmas 6284
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Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Tuesday, December 23, 2003184
• The Mac @ 20 - What's Next?
• New iMac Developer Note Posted
• The Mac @ 20 - Apple's CEO Soap Opera
• OpenBeOS Aims To Revive The Alternative OS
• Increased PowerBook Fan Activity In OS 10.2.3 Intentional
• The Battery Boys Profiled
• Global Notebook Sales Exceed 10 Million Mark In 3Q 2003: IDC (But Apple Lags)
• Mac Night Owl: Rumors and Reality: Something Big from Apple Next Month?
• 17" PowerBook Praised
• New iMac Developer Note Posted
• The Mac @ 20 - Apple's CEO Soap Opera
• OpenBeOS Aims To Revive The Alternative OS
• Increased PowerBook Fan Activity In OS 10.2.3 Intentional
• The Battery Boys Profiled
• Global Notebook Sales Exceed 10 Million Mark In 3Q 2003: IDC (But Apple Lags)
• Mac Night Owl: Rumors and Reality: Something Big from Apple Next Month?
• 17" PowerBook Praised
Notable New Product News - Tuesday, December 23, 2003188
• Nisus Writer Express 1.1.1 Word Processor / Outliner
• Santa Cruz Digital Styles' Cool Utility Bags For Powerbook and iBook
• Lunar Software releases EarthBrowser 2.0
• FolderControl Panther-ized
• Sophos Continues Momentum in Higher Education Industry
• Revolution Seminar at Macworld SF
• Ranchero Software releases NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.7
• Aspyr Media Inc. Announces Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray For PC and Macintosh Is Now Shipping
• Santa Cruz Digital Styles' Cool Utility Bags For Powerbook and iBook
• Lunar Software releases EarthBrowser 2.0
• FolderControl Panther-ized
• Sophos Continues Momentum in Higher Education Industry
• Revolution Seminar at Macworld SF
• Ranchero Software releases NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.7
• Aspyr Media Inc. Announces Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray For PC and Macintosh Is Now Shipping
Shareware Beat - Tuesday, December 23, 2003251
• Mac Pilot 1.1 System Utility [OS X]
• Silent Night 1.1 Fixes 12-inch PowerBook G4 Fan Noise [OS X 10.3.2 up]
• Snow Globe X 1.0.2 Cheerful Snowglobe For The Holidays [OS 10.2 up]
• Dnotes 1.1 Simple RTF Note Pad [OS X 10.3 up]
• FlightTrack 0.0.10 GPS Track Viewing & Downloading Software [OS 10.2 up]
• iRooster 1.01b2 Alarm Clock [OS 10.2 up]
• Open Subfolder X 1.0.5 CMM To Open A Folder Inside A Folder [OS X 10.1 up]
• books2burn .06 Text To AIFF Translater For Making Books On CD [OS X 10.3 up]
• Net Monitor 3.5.5 Graphs Network Activity [OS 10.2.5 up]
• End Hanging Disconnect 1.0 [OS 10.2 up]
• Aquallegro 2.5 Music Theory Teaching Software [OS X 10.1 up]
• SubRosaSoft Macnifier 1.1.5 Magnifies Part Of Screen For Close-up View [OS 9 up/ OS X]
• Silent Night 1.1 Fixes 12-inch PowerBook G4 Fan Noise [OS X 10.3.2 up]
• Snow Globe X 1.0.2 Cheerful Snowglobe For The Holidays [OS 10.2 up]
• Dnotes 1.1 Simple RTF Note Pad [OS X 10.3 up]
• FlightTrack 0.0.10 GPS Track Viewing & Downloading Software [OS 10.2 up]
• iRooster 1.01b2 Alarm Clock [OS 10.2 up]
• Open Subfolder X 1.0.5 CMM To Open A Folder Inside A Folder [OS X 10.1 up]
• books2burn .06 Text To AIFF Translater For Making Books On CD [OS X 10.3 up]
• Net Monitor 3.5.5 Graphs Network Activity [OS 10.2.5 up]
• End Hanging Disconnect 1.0 [OS 10.2 up]
• Aquallegro 2.5 Music Theory Teaching Software [OS X 10.1 up]
• SubRosaSoft Macnifier 1.1.5 Magnifies Part Of Screen For Close-up View [OS 9 up/ OS X]
Play the Game: Daily Mac Gaming Highlights519
Just in case you get Grinched this year, grab a beta of the newest Lord of the Rings game, and win a copy of Raven Shield.
New Apple Hot Deals Posted299
Last minute Christmas shopping specials from ClubMac, B&H, MacMall, Inside Mac Games, and Other World Computing
New The Road Warrior MailBag Posted On MacOpinion289
• Estoy cazado! iBook G4!
• Pismo mystery
• Where To Get A Pismo?
• ...Pismo Panther....
• Cardbus for lower PC Card Slot on Wallstreet
• AppleCare vs smart buying
• G4 iBook
• iBook logic board failures
• 700 Mhz (dead) iBook
• It's happened. Wallstreet A/C board.
• Wallstreet repair I DID IT! A/C Sound Board Tips
• iBook Logic Board Issues
• Wallstreet PB Hotrodding
• Pismo mystery
• Where To Get A Pismo?
• ...Pismo Panther....
• Cardbus for lower PC Card Slot on Wallstreet
• AppleCare vs smart buying
• G4 iBook
• iBook logic board failures
• 700 Mhz (dead) iBook
• It's happened. Wallstreet A/C board.
• Wallstreet repair I DID IT! A/C Sound Board Tips
• iBook Logic Board Issues
• Wallstreet PB Hotrodding
The Festive Mac 2003 - Decorating Your Mac For Christmas 5327
Let it snow!; let it snow!; let it snow! -- Six snow applications for the Mac
Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Monday, December 22, 2003197
• Moving from a PC to a Mac Help Document Posted
• Mac OS X v10.3 'Panther' Up-To-Date Program Extended
• Inside The Vatican With Mina: Gregorian Chants And Fullscreen Virtual Reality Panoramas
• Court Rules Music Subpoenas Illegal
• Music Sharing Fingered In CD Sales Slump
• Mac Night Owl: Your Mac Christmas Shopping List
• ATI Reports Record Revenues in the First Quarter
• An Unencrypted Look at FileVault
• Linux adoption to soar in '04?
• Mac Night Owl: A Paragraph Worth of Monday Rants
• Cyon Research Publishes Analysis Of The AEC CAD Market As It Applies To Macintosh Users
• 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Call for Participation: Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver
• eWeek: Apple's QuickTime Expands 3GPP2 Mobile Support
• Dutch Supreme Court rules Kazaa legal
• eWeek: Experts Warn Yet Another Windows Vulnerability
• eWeek: BlackBerry Handheld Gives Way to BlackBerry Service
• eWeek: Getting Linux 2.6 Into The Enterprise
• Mac OS X v10.3 'Panther' Up-To-Date Program Extended
• Inside The Vatican With Mina: Gregorian Chants And Fullscreen Virtual Reality Panoramas
• Court Rules Music Subpoenas Illegal
• Music Sharing Fingered In CD Sales Slump
• Mac Night Owl: Your Mac Christmas Shopping List
• ATI Reports Record Revenues in the First Quarter
• An Unencrypted Look at FileVault
• Linux adoption to soar in '04?
• Mac Night Owl: A Paragraph Worth of Monday Rants
• Cyon Research Publishes Analysis Of The AEC CAD Market As It Applies To Macintosh Users
• 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Call for Participation: Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver
• eWeek: Apple's QuickTime Expands 3GPP2 Mobile Support
• Dutch Supreme Court rules Kazaa legal
• eWeek: Experts Warn Yet Another Windows Vulnerability
• eWeek: BlackBerry Handheld Gives Way to BlackBerry Service
• eWeek: Getting Linux 2.6 Into The Enterprise
Shareware Beat - Monday, December 22, 2003248
• Bible Reader Free 0.96 Released
• Memory Monitor 1.2.3 Displays A Graph Of Memory Usage In The Dock
• iText X 3.1.2 Text Editor/Word Processor [OS X]
• Transmit 2.6.2 FTP Client [OS X 10.1 up]
• FaxEmailHelper 1.2 Enhances Fax Forwarding By Email In Panther [OS X 10.3 up]
• ThermographX 1.2.1 Temperature Monitoring Utility [OS 10.2.4 up]
• MacWalker 1.0 Screensaver, 3D PowerBooks Walk In The Space [OS 10.2 up]
• SimpleKeys 2.0.1 Sets Hotkeys To Trigger Macros And Type Text [OS X 10.1 up]
• Safe Place 1.3 Secure Password And Serial Number Storage App [OS X 10.1 up]
• Launch Items X 1.6.1 Opens Customized Files/Folders From Cm/Menu Bar [Mac OS 8.6 up/ OS 10.2 up]
• DiveTableX 2.0 Open Water Scuba Dive Planning Software [OS X 10.1 up]
• Downfall 2.2.1 Released
• Memory Monitor 1.2.3 Displays A Graph Of Memory Usage In The Dock
• iText X 3.1.2 Text Editor/Word Processor [OS X]
• Transmit 2.6.2 FTP Client [OS X 10.1 up]
• FaxEmailHelper 1.2 Enhances Fax Forwarding By Email In Panther [OS X 10.3 up]
• ThermographX 1.2.1 Temperature Monitoring Utility [OS 10.2.4 up]
• MacWalker 1.0 Screensaver, 3D PowerBooks Walk In The Space [OS 10.2 up]
• SimpleKeys 2.0.1 Sets Hotkeys To Trigger Macros And Type Text [OS X 10.1 up]
• Safe Place 1.3 Secure Password And Serial Number Storage App [OS X 10.1 up]
• Launch Items X 1.6.1 Opens Customized Files/Folders From Cm/Menu Bar [Mac OS 8.6 up/ OS 10.2 up]
• DiveTableX 2.0 Open Water Scuba Dive Planning Software [OS X 10.1 up]
• Downfall 2.2.1 Released
Notable New Product News - Monday, December 22, 2003346
• MacMice Flexible iSight Holder For Powerbooks And iBooks Announced
• Mellel 1.7 Beta Is Here
• Valentina Technology Release 1.10 Introduces Xcode And Panther Support On Mac
• Radical Breeze Holiday Special - 3 apps for $10
• Apple Security Update 2003-12-19 for OS X 10.2.8 and OS X 10.3.2
• Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 Panther Server Software
• Final Cut Pro 4.1.1 Update Released
• DeepSix for Mac OS X updated to 1.2
• Seapine Software Upgrades TestTrack Pro 6.1 and Surround SCM 2.1 Software Development Lifecycle Tools
• Mellel 1.7 Beta Is Here
• Valentina Technology Release 1.10 Introduces Xcode And Panther Support On Mac
• Radical Breeze Holiday Special - 3 apps for $10
• Apple Security Update 2003-12-19 for OS X 10.2.8 and OS X 10.3.2
• Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 Panther Server Software
• Final Cut Pro 4.1.1 Update Released
• DeepSix for Mac OS X updated to 1.2
• Seapine Software Upgrades TestTrack Pro 6.1 and Surround SCM 2.1 Software Development Lifecycle Tools
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