RUCKSACK Texnology

My review of FileMaker 13 is finally live at Macworld.com . Macworld/FileMaker 13 Review This is a big release, as you will see from the review. Should you upgrade? There are two possible answers, the easy one, and the hard one. The easy answer is, yes — yes, you should upgrade. The hard answer is, of course, more nuanced. As a technologist I more or less have to live near the bleeding edge. But for most of you, it may be reasonable for you to ask, Is what we've got now broke? And if it ain't, then don't "fix" it by upgrading. I understand that. Just one reassurance for those already using FileMaker 12: FileMaker 13 uses the same ".fmp12" file format at its predecessor. So if you need to add a seat to your current network, and if you're already using FileMaker 12, then by all means, buy a copy of 13 and throw it into the mix. And if you are still using FileMaker 11 (or earlier) and you've been thinking about upgrading, jumping to 13...