DB software for mac

Question

hi all , i'm looking for a DB software that can run on mac server and serve multiple clients , all users can update the DB. the DB will hold thousands of contacts with loads of different fields (same as mac contacts , personal, freelancers, clients, others), i want to be able to categorize contacts(entries) under Clients, Personal, Staff, etc. Be able to print lists - in any order. Eg. Print all Clients, sorted by company name. Print all Personal sorted by Last Name. (be able to sort and to print data by company name, first name, last name, other...). Be able to transfer data to an excel spreadsheet easily. Export/import to an excel spreadsheet. Sort and view by different fields and Search for any field.

please recommend a good software that can do all that , on a mac network ( server is mac and clients are all macs)

thanks in advance , amitos80

Answer 1

MySQL? It can do all of what you've said.

Answer 2

Filemaker is a widely used database application for Mac.

Answer 3

What about Firebird ?

Don’t be fooled by the installer size! Firebird is a fully featured and powerful RDBMS. It can handle databases from just a few KB to many Gigabytes with good performance and almost free of maintenance!