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Q: Can I run AppleWorks 6.2.9 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

Does anyone know whether one can run AppleWorks 6.2.9 on the upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

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Posted on Aug 15, 2009 2:17 AM

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Q: Can I run AppleWorks 6.2.9 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

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  • by KOENIG Yvan,

    KOENIG Yvan Aug 15, 2009 2:21 AM in response to VKL
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    Aug 15, 2009 2:21 AM in response to VKL
    As Rosetta may be installed, there is no reason to kill AppleWorks.

    Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France.) samedi 15 août 2009 11:21:09
  • by Peggy,

    Peggy Peggy Aug 15, 2009 9:51 AM in response to VKL
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    Aug 15, 2009 9:51 AM in response to VKL
    The assumption is, yes, as long as you install Rosetta, but no one will know for sure until we get Snow Leopard & try.

  • by VKL,

    VKL VKL Aug 16, 2009 1:07 AM in response to Peggy
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    Aug 16, 2009 1:07 AM in response to Peggy
    Thanks Peggy,

    But, do you care explain in simple terms what Rosetta is for the uninitiated?

    VKL
  • by Isshi,

    Isshi Isshi Aug 16, 2009 5:30 AM in response to VKL
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    Aug 16, 2009 5:30 AM in response to VKL
    My jaw is dropping reading through this forum. I've been told repeatedly that when I switch to OSX 10.5.X or 10.6, that I will no longer be able to use AppleWorks. This forum is a revelation (and a massive relief).

    Several articles I've just read explain that Rosetta is Apple software contained in OSX that allows earlier version applications to operate in the Intel-based Macs. Thanks be for that.

    Question: How does one identify if they have Rosetta in their system? Does it appear in the Applications list? Can it be installed if it's not provided with the factory OS?

    Best regards, and thanks.
  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Aug 16, 2009 10:18 AM in response to Isshi
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    Aug 16, 2009 10:18 AM in response to Isshi
    Rosetta isn't a separate application: it's built into OSX and is effectively invisible. When you run a PPC program it automatically provides a method for this to run on Intel; you don't have to do anything about it. The only setting you ever come across is that in the 'get info' for 'Universal' programs (which contain the code for both PPC and Intel) can be forced to run in Rosetta even though they can run on Intel directly: this is normally only necessary for Universal plugins which are being used with a PPC program (as you can't run an Intel plugin within a PPC program).

    Appleworks is a PPC program and thus requires Rosetta to run, but in practical use one is quite unaware of this.

    The absence or (possibly optional) presence of Rosetta has not yet been announced; there have been reports about this elsewhere but since they may violate Non-Disclosure Agreements one is not supposed to quote them on this forum.
  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Aug 29, 2009 8:10 PM in response to VKL
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    Aug 29, 2009 8:10 PM in response to VKL
    As I received my Snow Leopard yesterday from Apple directly, I can say that AppleWorks 6.2.9 works fine in Rosetta. Rosetta is a custom install option when you install Snow Leopard. So be sure not to miss it when you do the installation. Note, You can't use Snow Leopard on PowerPC Macs. You will need an Intel Mac, as I explain in my FAQ*:

    http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html

    - * Links to my pages may give me compensation.
  • by Mark D Hardy,

    Mark D Hardy Mark D Hardy Sep 1, 2009 6:23 PM in response to VKL
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    Sep 1, 2009 6:23 PM in response to VKL
    I am running AppleWorks 6.2.9 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I can tell you that it does work, but there is at least some functionality that is now broken that was working perfectly in Mac OS X 10.5. In particular, if I create a "Drawing" or "Painting" document, I can't use "Scale By Percent" which is accessed via "Arrange" in the menu bar. For a "Drawing", document, I can work around this by selecting the object that I want to resize and dragging one of its handles. For a "Painting", document, though, it's not so obvious.

    This was the very first thing that I ran into when I tried to use AppleWorks 6.2.9 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard, so it will be interesting to see what else happens.

    Yes, I know that I shouldn't be using really old software like AppleWorks 6.2.9.

    Yes, I know that I shouldn't be using really new software like Snow Leopard.
  • by Mark D Hardy,

    Mark D Hardy Mark D Hardy Sep 1, 2009 7:24 PM in response to VKL
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    Sep 1, 2009 7:24 PM in response to VKL
    In AppleWorks preferences, if you choose to show "Font Menu In Actual Fonts", the display will be painfully slow in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Again, it worked very nicely in Mac OS X 10.5. It's also working great on my 1.5 GHz G4 running Mac OS X 10.4. This feature is essentially unusable with Snow Leopard.
  • by KOENIG Yvan,

    KOENIG Yvan Sep 2, 2009 1:53 AM in response to Mark D Hardy
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    Sep 2, 2009 1:53 AM in response to Mark D Hardy
    I have no time to check but my guess is that under Snow, at first run, AW is forced to rebuild the cache used to display the menu in actual fonts.
    If I am right, at next use it would be faster.

    Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 2 septembre 2009 10:53:08
  • by fruhulda,

    fruhulda fruhulda Sep 2, 2009 4:04 AM in response to Mark D Hardy
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    Sep 2, 2009 4:04 AM in response to Mark D Hardy
    The font list does scroll slower and jerkier but it looks good though!
  • by halliesmama,

    halliesmama halliesmama Sep 2, 2009 4:43 PM in response to fruhulda
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    Sep 2, 2009 4:43 PM in response to fruhulda
    My Appleworks won't open with Snow Leopard!
  • by Peggy,

    Peggy Peggy Sep 2, 2009 5:12 PM in response to halliesmama
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    Sep 2, 2009 5:12 PM in response to halliesmama
    Whenever you do an update, it's a good idea to do two maintenance tasks, one for the system (Repair Permissions) and one for AppleWorks (delete preferences). (Thanks to Barry for this way to format this very common answer.)

    To Repair permissions, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on First Aid, then on Repair Permissions.

    To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences. Find and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.

  • by fruhulda,

    fruhulda fruhulda Sep 2, 2009 10:12 PM in response to halliesmama
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    Sep 2, 2009 10:12 PM in response to halliesmama
    halliesmama - Have you installed Rosetta with SnowLeopard? That is need for AW to work.
  • by John Cowan,

    John Cowan John Cowan Sep 3, 2009 6:55 AM in response to Peggy
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    Sep 3, 2009 6:55 AM in response to Peggy
    I am running Appleworks in Snow Leopard. It works fine, except...

    If I have more than one database open at a time and go to print, it will not allow me to select "current record" or "visible records" in the dialogue box and if I hit the print button anyway, the printer spits out a blank sheet.

    I can get it to work again by restarting Appleworks and only opening one DB file. But it does not continue to work once I have opened a second one, even if I close it again.

    I have already done permissions repair and have deleted the preferences files.

    Ideas?
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