Installation and New Features Guide

14 Installation and New Features Guide
Where files are stored on your hard disk
The FileMaker Pro installer copies files to several folders on your
hard disk, depending on the installation options you choose and your
operating system. When installation is complete, you can view the
Installer Log File in the FileMaker
Pro 7 folder. The log file lists the
location of each installed file. You can view it with TextEdit or a
word processing program.
Installing ODBC client drivers in Mac OS X
FileMaker Pro ODBC support allows you to interact with data from
other applications, such as Oracle databases, on your computer or
over a network. To install ODBC client drivers, use the ODBC
Import Drivers Installer, located in the folder ODBC Import Drivers
where you installed FileMaker Pro. For more information on using
ODBC, see FileMaker
Pro Help.
Adjusting the FileMaker Pro cache
Because Mac OS X dynamically allocates memory to applications as
needed, there is no way to set a specific amount of memory to
allocate to the FileMaker
Pro application. However, you can adjust
the FileMaker
Pro cache size.
You may want to increase the cache size if you plan to do any of the
following:
1 work on a large database file
1 work on several database files at once
1 host database files
1 use a database file that contains many graphics
1 insert a large graphic into a database file
Consider decreasing the cache size if you plan to run several
applications at the same time and you have a limited amount of
memory
(RAM) installed.
To change the cache size that FileMaker Pro uses:
1. In FileMaker Pro, choose the FileMaker Pro menu > Preferences
and click the Memory tab.
2. Type a number in the Attempt to set file cache size to box.
3. Click OK.
The next time you start FileMaker Pro, the new cache size is used.