This new release allowed the user to have the same basic functions cross-platform along with the ever-improving user interface. In 1992 Claris released FileMaker for Mac and Windows. With FileMaker’s increasing popularity, there became a demand for a multi-platform database. After purchasing Nutshell, Claris changed the application’s name to FileMaker in 1985 and it ran solely on Macintosh platform.

This application was created by Nashoba Systems and was then purchased by Claris, an Apple subsidiary who purchased the rights to distribute Nutshell. It was developed originally from a DOS application in the early 1980’s and went by the name Nutshell. What is FileMaker? And what does it have to do with Apple?įileMaker has been around for over 30 years under the guise of multiple other names. When the average person thinks of Apple products they typically think of their beloved iPhone they can’t live without, or maybe their shiny new Apple Watch that tells them to stand up when they’ve been sitting too long, but more than likely they are not thinking about FileMaker.

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