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Bento 3 by FileMaker

Organize contacts, track projects, plan events and more—all in one place and more efficiently with Bento 3. The newest version of the popular personal database from FileMaker®, it's as easy to use as your Mac.

Upgrade to Bento 3 and save $20 via mail-in rebate if you already have Bento 1 or 2.

  • iPhoto integration
  • Built-in security options
  • Multi-user sharing
  • Ready-to-use templates

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Overview

Limited time offer to upgrade to Bento 3: If you already own Bento 1 or 2 and you want to move up to Bento 3, you may qualify for $20 savings via mail-in rebate. See the rebate form for details.

With the pre-designed, ready-to-use templates in Bento 3 you can do even more than you imagined: Organize contacts, clubs and mailing lists; track projects, tasks, and deadlines; plan special events; link photos to projects and events; and more. You can even sync with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch to take your information on the go.

Link to iPhoto

Store more info about photos and link them to contacts, projects, events and other information stored in Bento.

Grid view

In addition to Table view, Form view and Split view, you can now see your images and forms in Grid view for a more visual approach to your information.

Security options

Protect your sensitive data using encrypted fields and password protection. Great for web site logins and banking details.

Multi-user sharing

Share your Bento libraries with up to 5 other Bento users on your wired or wireless local area network. Ideal for sharing all kinds of information with family and coworkers.

Related data field or file list with thumbnails

Display thumbnail images of related data instead of just text. For example, link a list of guests to an event—and see a picture of each person invited in the related data field.

Simple list field type

Add a freeform table to your forms. Great for creating a quick to do list or for tracking gifts received at parties and weddings.

Group emailing

Send one email to multiple recipients through Apple Mail with a few clicks.

Ten new templates

Thanks to the addition of ten ready-to-use templates, there are now a total of 35 templates to choose from.

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Bento 3 links directly to Address Book and iCal, integrates with iPhoto and works with Excel and Numbers; not to mention it syncs with Bento for iPhone.

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Organizing contacts, tracking projects, planning events and more—all in one place and with maximum efficiency.

System requirements

  • Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later
  • 867 MHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel processor
  • 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
  • CD drive for installation

What's in the box?

  • Bento 3 CD
  • Installation booklet
  • Electronic documentation
  • License key
  • Access code for technical support

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2.5

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  • Bento 3 by FileMaker

    3.0

    Version 3 and still buggy

    Written by CB from NEW YORK

    Sep 30, 2009

    Two days and it's already crashed and corrupted my data several times. It happens whenever I'm editing the data of individual records within a smart collection. If I change any of the data to something outside of the initial search criteria (which often needs to be done), the program either freezes or crashes and restarts with the data corrupted. A call to tech support had me on hold for 35 minutes before I gave up. Guess I just can't use smart collections yet--the feature is just not ready for prime time.

    As I said in an earlier review, until and unless they can fix major bugs like this, I don't think they should be charging owners of previous versions to upgrade. Apart from these kinds of problems, it's very useful, so I'm giving it three stars.     …More

    89 of 96 people found this useful

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  • Bento 3 by FileMaker

    4.0

    Still Needs better Printing ability

    Written by VL from Zeeland

    Oct 1, 2009

    Downloaded it yesterday . . New Features look good . . . Very Glad they wised up
    and are only charging an "update" fee for current owners - unlike version 1 to 2!

    I would give it 5 Stars - if they had improved the printing of records - don't see
    a change in that area - it would be nice to print a record and get the whole thing
    instead of only the information seen on the screen. Example - record fields that
    have a scroll bar because of the size of the field - print the whole record!

    Other than that for me - I think it is a GREAT Update!!! - Keep listening to your users!     …More

    46 of 54 people found this useful

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  • Bento 3 by FileMaker

    5.0

    Great New Version

    Written by AA from Half Moon Bay

    Oct 1, 2009

    I love the new password protection/encrypted field, a necessary features since I keep all of my web sites, logins, passwords and account# in Bento. The iPhoto stuff is cool and makes Bento fun. I use it for Travel, wine events, my kids stuff, and most importantly my to-dos that I sync to my phone with Bento iPhone.

    Thanks Bento for continuing to make my life more organized.     …More

    34 of 42 people found this useful

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  • Bento 3 by FileMaker

    1.0

    Don't expect to create custom lists

    Written by SS from Chicago

    Nov 19, 2009

    I bought this pre-installed on my new mac book and it was a complete waste of money.

    For example, in one form I'd like to create a list of urls with associated usernames and password hints. No such luck. If I create multiple url fileds, a url list is automatically genterated (it won't even let me rename it), but I can't add my own fields to associate with the url.

    So with any Bento genterated list (i.e. messages) you can't add any custom fields. Only with the simple list, which only takes text. For me, this software is useless.

    One final word of advise, Apple doesn't allow any returns on software once it's been opened or installed, so if you are going to buy it, I'd buy it somewhere else.     …More

    5 of 5 people found this useful

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  • Bento 3 by FileMaker

    4.0

    Bento 3 does it for us

    Written by TG from High Point

    Nov 3, 2009

    Pleased with Bento 3 so far. Have not used other versions as changed to Mac in March 09. Needed something for wine inventory and this does the trick. Easy import from our PC databases for various projects. Have not had any of the problems others have mentioned but do agree that would be nice to have everything print completely - not just screen view. So far - we are very happy with the purchase. …More

    8 of 8 people found this useful

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  • Bento 3 by FileMaker

    1.0

    Still no customization of printing layouts

    Written by BG from Kleinmachnow

    Oct 15, 2009

    Can't even print labels for projects folders with it (would need to flip some text 180 degrees)
    What is this program exactly good for? I'm puzzled. …More

    19 of 27 people found this useful

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