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Super Hi Res Monitor

I spent a rather dumb amount of time recently trying to get my MacBook Pro to display more than 1920x1440 on my external 27" monitor. ...

The Drive to Ke’e Beach

John makes the rest of us jealous with his trip to Kaua’i.

Insert From URL

Working with the folks at Space Needle, we are developing an iPad FileMaker Go application for their managers to use to document the status of ...

Referenced Containers and Dropbox

There are still some benefits to using referenced containers in FileMaker

Converting E-Com to FMv12

Converting large and complex databases to FMv12 from FMv11 went very smoothly!

Google Maps App Release

Google Maps' new app for the iPhone quickly shot to the top of the downloads in the iTunes app store.

My Initial Experience with Windows 8

With Windows 8, Microsoft has made a rather dramatic departure from the user interface of prior versions.

Lost iPad

Sometimes sisters trump iCloud when trying to find a lost iPad.

Video Training

We had a good FileMaker Pro User’s group meeting in Seattle this week with the topic centered around video training presented by Wendy King. Here ...

FedEx and FileMaker

As FileMaker developers, we are always interested in learning new tools and tricks to take a database to the next level. Recently we worked with ...

FileMaker Data Modification Tracking

We’ve been working on a FileMaker project recently where there is a requirement for tracking changes made to the data, so that at any given ...

AppleScript / FileMaker Integration

FileMaker is a fully cross platform application, working equally well in a Windows or Macintosh environment. However I’ve recently been enjoying the challenge of working ...

FileMaker 12 Cool New Features

One of the coolest new features of FileMaker 12 is the interactive Container fields. With FileMaker 12, you can play video, listen to audio, or ...

Portage Bay Blog Launch

Welcome to the inaugural Portage Bay blog post. We hope to post somewhat regularly on a broad range of topics. Many posts will have a ...