<s>
Bento	B-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
database	O
application	B-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
made	O
by	O
the	O
former	O
FileMaker	O
Inc.	O
,	O
since	O
renamed	O
to	O
Claris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bento	B-Application
differed	O
significantly	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
flagship	O
product	O
,	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
relied	O
heavily	O
on	O
templates	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Bento	B-Application
's	O
data	O
sources	O
included	O
Apple	O
's	O
Address	B-Operating_System
Book	I-Operating_System
and	O
Calendar	B-Operating_System
(	O
previously	O
called	O
iCal	B-Operating_System
)	O
applications	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
could	O
modify	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FileMaker	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
discontinue	O
Bento	B-Application
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bento	B-Application
was	O
only	O
compatible	O
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.5	I-Application
or	O
later	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
reliance	O
on	O
features	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
actions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
switching	O
templates	O
,	O
used	O
Core	B-Operating_System
Animation	I-Operating_System
to	O
animate	O
the	O
transition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
integration	O
with	O
Time	B-Operating_System
Machine	I-Operating_System
for	O
backing	O
up	O
and	O
required	O
iCal	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Calendar	B-Operating_System
)	O
for	O
live	O
data	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Bento	B-Application
template	O
was	O
a	O
pre-made	O
library	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
forms	O
necessary	O
to	O
catalog	O
items	O
within	O
a	O
certain	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Bento	B-Application
2	O
on	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Bento	B-Application
users	O
could	O
import	O
,	O
export	O
and	O
share	O
their	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
FileMaker	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
own	O
template-sharing	O
site	O
where	O
users	O
could	O
download	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
templates	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
share	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
FileMaker	B-Application
released	O
Bento	B-Application
2.0	O
with	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
integration	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
Mail	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
customers	O
expressed	O
their	O
disappointment	O
at	O
the	O
official	O
Bento	B-Application
user	O
forums	O
,	O
where	O
FileMaker	B-Application
responded	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
same	O
pricing	O
model	O
"	O
as	O
other	O
companies	O
 '	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Apple	O
's	O
iWork	B-Application
and	O
iLife	B-Application
suites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
on	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
FileMaker	B-Application
provided	O
an	O
official	O
statement	O
indicating	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
discontinue	O
revisions	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
for	O
the	O
version	O
1	O
product.Given	O
interest	O
in	O
a	O
revision	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
neither	O
a	O
quick	O
,	O
nor	O
an	O
easy	O
decision	O
to	O
come	O
to.Bento	O
1	O
received	O
extensive	O
beta	O
testing	O
,	O
but	O
like	O
every	O
software	O
product	O
,	O
issues	O
were	O
discovered	O
after	O
shipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
followed	O
up	O
with	O
Bento	B-Application
1.0.2	O
to	O
address	O
critical	O
issues	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
discovered.In	O
addressing	O
product	O
issues	O
discovered	O
after	O
1.0.2	O
for	O
the	O
2.0	O
release	O
,	O
we	O
reworked	O
the	O
product	O
in	O
significant	O
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
,	O
architectural	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doing	O
so	O
would	O
have	O
strongly	O
delayed	O
the	O
2.0.3	O
version	O
of	O
Bento	B-Application
,	O
which	O
we	O
will	O
be	O
releasing	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
for	O
Bento	B-Application
2.0.1/2.0.2	O
this	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
continued	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Bento	B-Application
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
price	O
for	O
Bento	B-Application
4	O
was	O
$49	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
license	O
,	O
or	O
$99	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
Family	O
Pack	O
"	O
of	O
five	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FileMaker	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
completely	O
discontinue	O
the	O
Bento	B-Application
product	O
line	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
technical	O
support	O
for	O
Bento	B-Application
products	O
finally	O
ending	O
on	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
