Tonight I attempted to purchase the upgrade from Bento 2 to Bento 3. It didn’t go perfectly.
FileMaker is offering Bento 1 and Bento 2 users a discounted upgrade to Bento 3 for $29. I personally think Bento 2 users should have gotten more of a discount, considering the lightweight transitions. But, this is FileMaker, and they are a subsidiary of Apple. Still, the collaborative functionality in Bento is something we’d like to expand on using at MechaWorks.
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Anyways, back to the upgrade. I entered in my Bento 2 serial number into the FileMaker online store… and to my dismay, it was rejected. I re-entered it three times over, rejected each time.
Then, I thought, could Safari be the problem? At first I said to myself “no, FileMaker would never let that happen…” but, FileMaker was closed already and I didn’t have other options. I fired up Firefox, and re-entered the serial number. It worked instantly.
So, if you have issues upgrading to Bento 3, give Firefox a go. I’m still puzzled how this happened, but at least I’m happily setting up Bento 3.