Best is, that the option for storing some directories on iCloud is no longer 'on' by default - takes always some time to check that out.Ĭonfiguring iCloud is a mess, several pwd are asked without any fast message on the screen (You are typing in the iCloud pwd but the system already asks for the pwd of the machine), etc. Then the system seems to be updated and ready to configure. There is a progress-bar that does not really move, all of the sudden, the screen turns black (installation takes some time, I do not look all the time onto that machine.). Installing/updating catalina is no longer that self-explaining, Apple has 'lost the usability'. The release notes for 19 show some issues fixed - but apparently still existing on fms18, I could not find any warnings for fms19 (might be only a few people running fms19, might be that the 'official' forums are that unhandy so nobody will post., whatever) Therefore, I decided to 'go catalina' and to 'go fms19'. a new version of fm/fms every 4 month, I got a site license here that is only available as a 'renting license' (fba) I have no glue what the near future brings. invoices are out, those servers are not on heavy load - and there are 2 long weekends ahead where customers wont work much So, I decided to move the main servers to a new os and to a fms version that supports fm18 and fm19 - there is a time-gap for this right now. Means: We are short in time.ĭue to corona, our daily schedules are somewhat filled with online-meetings, sometimes all day long

We are really lucky to have wonderful customers and wonderful projects - quite some of them. so, if we want to begin using fm19, we need to have those machines updated.fortunately the financial sw is now available for catalina The servers are just and only fm servers - with one exception: One of the Mini's is used ~ 4 times a year by our bookie, the financial software we are using is always somewhat 'late' when it comes to supporting the latest os. the servers (all MacMini's) here are on macOS 10.12/fms17.this has been changed now as well: fm19 will only share data with fm18 and newer, no more fm17.

filemaker wants the latest 2 macOS and the latest 2 versions of fm to interoperate.the older one gets, the faster time passes by.For years (decades!), we have been slow on updating - don't go to a new version too early.

Filemaker server 19 help