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Alternatives to Microsoft Access on the Mac File Maker Pro. FileMaker is probably the best known database application for the Mac. It has a feature set comparable to Microsoft Access, but with a strong focus on forms (layouts) as the primary way of accessing databases. With the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, you can connect to a remote PC and your work resources from almost anywhere. Experience the power of Windows with RemoteFX in a Remote Desktop client designed to help you get your work done wherever you are. Getting Started Configure your PC for remote access first.
UPDATED JUNE 2017: Prices updated and a 6th app added Yes you read that correctly! Up until recently, there was no way to open a Microsoft Access database directly on a Mac.
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However, there are, at the time of writing, five apps, all available from the Mac App Store, which allow you to open and view data in Access database tables. Below is a summary of the apps. MDB Tool. Opens MDB and ACCDB files (2007 only, not 2010/2013). Only provides access to tables.
Not really, no. Microsoft, for whatever reason, has never seen fit to port Access to Mac OS (X). So you're stuck with either installing Windows as a dual boot option a la Boot Camp, or using something like Parallels or VMWare Fusion which runs Windows inside a VM. You could always try something like WineX, but I would not get my hopes up about it working, and be prepared to spend at least a few hours scouring message boards and what not to figure out how to set it up. One other possibility, is to use an ODBC (Open Database Connection) setup.
If you can have Access running on a Windows box, and then set up ODBC, you could, in theory at least, use some alternate interface to interact with and manipulate the Access database. There may very well be something of a niche market out there for this sort of thing that has been filled by someone if you just look.