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Apple Subsidiary FileMaker Shares New Ad Starring Actors From The Office

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Apple Subsidiary FileMaker, which makes a popular database platform, today launched a new ad campaign that brings together former stars of hit television show "The Office."

Kate Flannery (Meredith), Leslie David Baker (Stanley), and Paul Lieberstein (Toby) team up in a three minute spot called "Farm Time." The ad features a news report on a popular beet farm where the trio use FileMaker to run their operation.


FileMaker has had a teaser site in place for the last few weeks leading up to the launch of the ad spot, and that site initially led to some speculation that it a revival of a proposed "The Office" spinoff called "The Farm."

There were also rumors floating around suggesting "Farm Time" could be a three-part commercial for Apple products, but as it turns out, it's simply a promotional spot for FileMaker.

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For those unfamiliar with FileMaker, it's a database platform that's designed to make it easy for businesses to build a range of customized apps that work across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, and the web. The most recent version of FileMaker is FileMaker 16, introduced in March of 2017.

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David Parke Avatar
David Parke
111 months ago
This was terrible, right?
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szw-mapple fan Avatar
szw-mapple fan
111 months ago
Would have been so much better if this was Dwight’s beet farm.
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opeter Avatar
opeter
111 months ago
Apple couldn't afford the licensing rights from Dwight.
Yeah, they are all out of money.
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Supermacguy
111 months ago
FileMaker is still the average person's go-to database app. I've been using it for small projects for almost 2 decades. At my work we use it for some very important business applications; that would be better served with a 'pro level' database. But then again, AppleScript support for the win sometimes.
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robinp
111 months ago
Apple should bundle it with macOS x
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lunarworks
111 months ago
I'd forgotten FileMaker was still around. Back in the '80s and '90s it was one of the Mac's killer apps. Some people bought a Mac just for it.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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