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- Platform: Mac OS X
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Meet Bento 2, the new version of the wildly popular personaldatabase from FileMaker that's as easy to use as your Mac. TS971Z/A
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By A. I. Mackenzie
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First thing to be aware of is that this is Leopard only.
After the usual install/upgrade malarky, the program is ready to go.
The first thing you notice is that the program has integrated with your Address Book and your iCal. If you've got a lot of info in these programs probably best to back them up first, as any changes you make in Bento will reflect in your actual data. You can also import your e-mail from Apple Mail, but this is one way only. I found the Address book feature quite useful as I've never got round to adding my data into Address book as its too fiddly and US centric.
The front end is very reminiscent of old school Mac, and as I've used Filemaker before (and liked it) it's all very familiar.
However despite it being very easy to add data to Bento, there are some obvious limitations. One of the obvious things to do with your address data is to print out address labels with it, but Bento doesn't support this! Very odd, so it's of some use if you manage large collections or a membership list, but I don't think that Filemaker have really thought this through.
At the moment I would recommend the 30 day free trial if you're interested, and see how you get on but with the limited printing options it's hardly essential at the moment.
After the usual install/upgrade malarky, the program is ready to go.
The first thing you notice is that the program has integrated with your Address Book and your iCal. If you've got a lot of info in these programs probably best to back them up first, as any changes you make in Bento will reflect in your actual data. You can also import your e-mail from Apple Mail, but this is one way only. I found the Address book feature quite useful as I've never got round to adding my data into Address book as its too fiddly and US centric.
The front end is very reminiscent of old school Mac, and as I've used Filemaker before (and liked it) it's all very familiar.
However despite it being very easy to add data to Bento, there are some obvious limitations. One of the obvious things to do with your address data is to print out address labels with it, but Bento doesn't support this! Very odd, so it's of some use if you manage large collections or a membership list, but I don't think that Filemaker have really thought this through.
At the moment I would recommend the 30 day free trial if you're interested, and see how you get on but with the limited printing options it's hardly essential at the moment.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Nettlewine
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I've been looking for a product like this for years, that can intuitively read my bits and scraps of Excel files and Entourage address books and gather them together into a single database. This functionality alone is worth getting your hands on Bento 2 for.
The tools for creating projects and setting dates and agendas are interesting and powerful, particularly for occasions when yo have disparate in-house and out-of-house personnel. However, it's hard to make a GUI truly usable; a more graphics-based interface would have suited my way of doing things.
Inevitably, working such a new piece of software into your workflow is going to take some getting used to, but the Bento guys have thought of pretty much every problem you're going to encounter, so I'd suggest sticking with it.
The tools for creating projects and setting dates and agendas are interesting and powerful, particularly for occasions when yo have disparate in-house and out-of-house personnel. However, it's hard to make a GUI truly usable; a more graphics-based interface would have suited my way of doing things.
Inevitably, working such a new piece of software into your workflow is going to take some getting used to, but the Bento guys have thought of pretty much every problem you're going to encounter, so I'd suggest sticking with it.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Rolo
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Bento is a consumer database from FileMaker. Since FileMaker Pro is the long-established leading Mac database product (in fact the company was previously part of Apple itself) you would expect an exemplary Mac application - and that is what you've got. The interface will be very familiar to anyone used to working with iTunes and iPhoto, and it integrates with live data from iCal and Address Book, and with the iPhone.
This is not for those who want industrial-level database management, but for the home user wanting to organise their projects and events it is perfect - and very reasonably priced.
This is not for those who want industrial-level database management, but for the home user wanting to organise their projects and events it is perfect - and very reasonably priced.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ready to make things easier...
As an ex-programmer I'm keen to try out products like this and seeing it get great reviews elsewhere I could hardly resist. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. Rds Harley
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong Page, you need Bento 3 or Fray Bentos.
It's taken me so long to find a purpose for Bento 2, they've released Bento 3. So this review is pretty pointless.
I tried looking for reasons on the Bentos Website. Read more
I tried looking for reasons on the Bentos Website. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2009 by Useless Article
1.0 out of 5 stars
A cheat
I bought this product of an Apple subsidiary under two years ago and found it less good than cheaper alternatives (such as MyNotes). Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by R. Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bento Databases for the iPhone
As a collector of vast amounts of info on spreadsheets, I was delighted to find a program that would bundle up all these files into a neat searchable package. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2009 by D. BLAIKIE
3.0 out of 5 stars
Filemaker Bento 2
Good product especially for the price but there are some things it lacks which is ennoying eg being able to change fonts, centering text in a box etc. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by Pips
2.0 out of 5 stars
Some things are better left alone...
Er, another database.
"One database to rule them all." Well, we know what Sauron's 'One Ring' did for Middle Earth... Read more
"One database to rule them all." Well, we know what Sauron's 'One Ring' did for Middle Earth... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2009 by K. Jamison
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good but some limitations
Whilst BENTO is very good I have some comments meant as constructive criticism for the software developers (please take note):
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Published on 7 Aug 2009 by positive criticism
2.0 out of 5 stars
Brings little to your Mac life
Databases are for work, and generally dull in my book. I was nevertheless vaguely intrigued at the idea of those random data storage paraphernalia I do have coming together in one... Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by M. C. Cresswell
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK as far as it goes
Produced by Filemaker, probably the premium Relational Database Management System available on a Mac, Bento appears to promise much as a fraction of the price of Filemaker. Read more
Published on 17 May 2009 by Paul S. Ell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy as falling off a log
Most full-blown database applications can be rather involved and complicated for most home tasks. This is where Bento comes in, it is absurdly easy to use with a wizard... Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by Mr. G. Carroll
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