Technical Requirements

FileMaker Pro 16 and FileMaker Pro 16 Advanced can connect to the following hosts:

• FileMaker Server 16, 15, and 14
• FileMaker Pro 16, 15, and 14
• FileMaker Pro 16, 15, and 14 Advanced
• FileMaker Cloud 1.15.1 minimum

The latest updates must be applied to the above software before hosting FileMaker Pro 16 apps.

Note that OS X Yosemite 10.10 is no longer supported. Be sure to update your operating system before upgrading to FileMaker Pro 16.

Operating System*
Windows 10 Pro Edition Windows 10 Enterprise Edition	32-bit and 64-bit Anniversary update
Windows 8.1 Standard Edition Windows 8.1 Pro Edition	System updates 2919355 and 2999226
Windows 7 SP1 Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate Edition	System update 2999226
macOS High Sierra 10.13
macOS Sierra 10.12
OS X El Capitan 10.11

*Version stated is the minimum requirement. FileMaker Pro may also work with later operating systems certified by FileMaker, Inc. Operating systems not listed in the table above have not been tested and are not supported.

Windows
	CPU: 1 GHz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor RAM: 1 GB
	CPU: 1 GHz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor RAM: 2 GB or more
Mac
	RAM: 2 GB
	RAM: 4 GB or more

Windows Remote Desktop Services and Citrix XenApp 7.5 supported on:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Windows Server 2012 R2

Remote Desktop Services clients supported on:

• Windows: Remote Desktop Services Client
• OS X: Microsoft Remote Desktop 8.0

Citrix ICA client minimum requirements*:

• Windows: Receiver for Windows 4.1.2
• OS X: Receiver for Mac 11.8.2

*At this time, only the above clients are supported by FileMaker, Inc. Other clients may work as expected but they have not been tested for use with FileMaker Pro and are not currently supported.

Technology	Requirement
Networking	Peer-to-peer sharing is limited to 5 simultaneous client connections in addition to the host; each client requires a licensed copy of the software. Use FileMaker Server 16 for increased security options and sharing capability.
Microsoft .NET	For Windows, FileMaker Pro and runtime solutions require Microsoft .NET framework version 4.6 or later.
ODBC and JDBC Client Drivers	Learn more about installing drivers to enable ODBC and JDBC clients to access FileMaker Pro data.
Supported email applications	FileMaker Pro can Send Mail via an email client application. To do so, you must have a supported email application installed and configured properly on your computer. See a list of supported email applications.