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FileMaker Pro 8.5v2 Adds Leopard Support

FileMaker Pro 8.5v2 Adds Leopard Support

by , 12:55 PM EST, December 19th, 2007

FileMaker quietly rolled out a new update for FileMaker Pro 8.5 on Tuesday that adds Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility to the popular database application. The FileMaker Pro 8.5v2 update is available for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.5.

The update corrected a problem where FileMaker Pro would crash when creating or opening a document if the system language and region didn't match, and also fixed an issue that could cause a crash when exporting data for Microsoft Excel.

The update is free for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Avdanced 8.5 users, and is available for download at the FileMaker Web site.

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Close Name:gopher Posts: 291 Joined: 28 Mar 2002
Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:04 pm Subject: Initially they claimed it wouldn't work

Initially they claimed it wouldn't work, and that no update that is Leopard compatible would come out.
I found that it did work even without the update, but I didn't use any web features except export to HTML, and that worked just fine without this update. What's really odd about it, is the version is what I have currently. That's bound to cause confusion to figure out which version is the Leopard compatible version, and which one is not.


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Close Name:Guest
Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:24 am Subject: FileMaker already has my $300 for the ugrade

Can I get a refund on my v 9... that I thought I was forced to buy if I used Leopard? I don't think so. 8.5 was fine and not very old. V 9 was out for a short time. But I paid $300 for what I didn't want to buy in the first place.

What a lousy deal!


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