Installation and New Features Guide

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Hardware and software requirements
Important At the time this book was written, FileMaker, Inc. tested
FileMaker Pro 9 with the Windows and Mac OS operating systems listed
below. FileMaker
Pro may or may not work with newer operating system
releases. For information on newer operating systems, see www.filemaker.com.
To install and use FileMaker Pro, you need the following minimum
equipment and
software:
Windows requirements
1 Windows Vista Home, Business, or Ultimate: Pentium III 800
MHz or faster with 512 MB RAM
1 Windows XP SP2: Pentium III 500 MHz or faster with 256 MB RAM
1 SVGA (800x600) or higher resolution video adapter and display
Mac OS requirements
1 Macintosh computer with PowerPC G3 processor or faster,
or Intel-based Macintosh computer
1 256 MB RAM
1 Mac OS X version 10.4.8
1 QuickTime 6.4 to 7 software (available at www.apple.com if it was not
included with your Mac
OS version)
Note Mac OS plug-ins created for PowerPCs need to be re-compiled as
universal binaries in order to run natively when FileMaker
Pro is run on
Intel-based Mac computers. Universal binaries allow applications to run
natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintoshes. If you have
plug-ins from previous FileMaker
Pro versions that you would like to use
with FileMaker
Pro 9 on an Intel-based Macintosh, you can set
FileMaker Pro to run under Rosetta. Select FileMaker in the Finder,
choose File menu > Get Info, and select the Open using Rosetta option.
Networking requirements
If you plan to share FileMaker Pro files with other computers on a
network, you need to know which type of network you’re using.
FileMaker
Pro 9 supports the TCP/IP network protocol.