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alwillislast Tuesday at 10:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Access is so good. I can't believe there's no universal equivalent for Linux and Mac.

On the Mac, it's FileMaker,[1] which was released in 1985. Claris is a subsidiary of Apple.

[1]: https://www.claris.com/blog/2026/claris-filemaker-2026-is-no...


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AshleyGrantyesterday at 12:47 AM

The father of a girl I dated in college (circa 2000s) built an entire student tracking system using FileMaker to use at the High School he was the Principal of.

We didn't date for long, but I'd be curious to know how long that system ran.

flopsamjetsamlast Tuesday at 10:47 PM

So glad to see Filemaker is still alive! I had thought it had gone in one of Apple's software culls years ago.

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