Replace an old FileMaker system without losing a record.
If your business still runs on a FileMaker file built years ago by someone who’s no longer around, you don’t have to start from scratch, and you don’t have to live in fear of it either. We move you off it carefully, onto something with another decade of life in it.
Signs an old FileMaker system is on borrowed time.
The person who built it left, and nobody else really understands how it works.
It only runs on one aging Mac in the corner that nobody’s allowed to turn off.
You’re stuck on an old version and the upgrade path looks terrifying.
Getting your own data out into a spreadsheet is weirdly hard.
It crashes, slows down, or throws errors that everyone just works around.
You want to work from your phone or the web, and it simply can’t.
How we move you across safely.
Your old system keeps running the whole way through. Nothing switches over until you have seen the new one working and you are happy with it.
Go through what you have
We write down everything the current system holds and does, including the parts nobody remembers building.
Pick the right new home
Whatever suits your team best, chosen around how your business actually works rather than our own preference.
Build it and move across in stages
We build the new system and move everything over automatically rather than by hand, so nothing gets missed or mistyped.
Check every record
We count and compare both sides until the numbers match exactly. Nothing gets waved through as close enough.
Switch over calmly
On a day that suits you, with the old system kept ready in the background until everyone is confident.
Train your team
Everything written down and everyone shown how it works, so the new system is second nature from the first day. We stay on hand well past the switch-over.
Questions owners usually ask.
Will we lose any data?
The original developer is gone and we don’t have the password. Can you still help?
Where would you move us to?
How long does it take, and what does it cost?
Not sure if we should migrate at all?
Tell us about your FileMaker system.
Send a short note about what you’re running and what’s worrying you. We’ll come back with a clear read on the safest way forward.