Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer Support and Knowledge Base
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Requirements for features in Windows
- Requirements for features in OS X
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Installing under a volume license
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- New user interface for creating scripts and calculations
- New Launch Center window for opening files
- Improved layout design tools and controls
- New themes and improved style handling
- Improved performance and usability
- Script steps, script triggers, and functions
- Changed and removed features
- FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
18 | Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
Installing FileMaker Pro
You must use the installation program to install FileMaker Pro—you can’t
install FileMaker
Pro by dragging files to your hard disk.
To install FileMaker Pro on your hard disk:
1. Do one of the following:
1 If you received your software electronically, after downloading the
file, double-click the disk image icon (.dmg file).
1 If you are installing FileMaker Pro using a DVD, insert the DVD
into your DVD drive, then open the DVD window.
2. Locate and double-click the FileMaker Pro installation icon.
3. Install FileMaker Pro by following the onscreen instructions.
For details about installation, see “Installation notes” on page 17.
4. When the installation is complete, the Product Registration dialog box
appears.
Choosing to run 32- or 64-bit FileMaker Pro
FileMaker Pro is installed as a single application bundle containing both
32- and 64-bit versions. By default, FileMaker
Pro runs in 64-bit mode.
You must run FileMaker
Pro in 32-bit mode if you plan to use
FileMaker
Pro with 32-bit versions of any of the following software:
1 an email client to send messages from FileMaker Pro
1 FileMaker Pro plug-ins
1 ODBC client drivers for external SQL sources
1 audio/video codecs to play content in interactive containers
Otherwise, you can run FileMaker Pro in the default 64-bit mode.
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