Without it Access Forms & Reports would be nonexistent as would other core elements of the program. IMHO, the likelihood of any sort of acceptable imitation for the Mac is remote at best. Other data management apps for the Mac can be used to interface with Access tables. 5 Ways to Access Access on a Mac. Up until recently, there was no way to open a Microsoft Access database directly on a Mac. 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.
Now it's easy to connect to your Microsoft Access database using your Mac! With the Actual ODBC Driver for Access, you can use Excel and FileMaker Pro to quickly and easily retrieve data from your Access database. Available for only $39.95 per Mac.
Use Excel and FileMaker Pro to Connect to Your Database You can use FileMaker Pro to create great looking reports from your Access data. And with Microsoft Excel's built-in support for ODBC database queries, you can quickly create pivot tables and charts and graphs from data in your database.