Introduction: Welcome to Bento
The Database for the Rest of Us
Bento is a product from FileMaker, which is owned by Apple. Designed to bring FileMaker’s database expertise to users of Mac OS X Leopard and later, it integrates data from iPhoto, iCal, Mail, and Address Book with databases that you can create from your own data as well as data imported from other sources.
Bento is lightweight in its structure but heavyweight in its capabilities. Because it builds on so many years’ (actually decades’) worth of experience with users and their needs both at FileMaker and at Apple, it is responsive to the frequently expressed needs and frustrations of people who need more organization than a word processing document or spreadsheet can provide but ...
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