PeterVincent
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Q: Appleworks

OK, so I did a software update and Iphoto is once again available to me.  What about my Appleworks saved files?  Some of them are precious to me.  No updated software made them available, do I have to get the latest appleworks or has apple abandoned them in favor of microsofts ported products?  Anyone know?

appleworks, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jan 2, 2014 10:12 PM

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  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 2, 2014 10:17 PM in response to PeterVincent
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    Jan 2, 2014 10:17 PM in response to PeterVincent

    Applworks was never supported after August 2007 and was replaced by iWorks. I have found the a later Applworks docs will open in Pages.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Tom in London,

    Tom in London Tom in London Jan 3, 2014 1:07 AM in response to petermac87
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    Jan 3, 2014 1:07 AM in response to petermac87

    AppleWorks WP files can be opened in Pages although you may encounter formatting issues.

     

    AppleWorks spreadsheets may open in Numbers but the formatting may be wrong and the mathematical functions may need to be checked.

     

    AppleWorks presentation files may open in Keynote, though I've never tried.

     

    AppleWorks database files cannot be opened in anything other than AppleWorks.

     

    AppleWorks WP files that were converted to AW from ClarisWorks cannot be opened in Pages.

     

    AppleWorks drawing files cannot be opened in anything other than AppleWorks.

     

    If you really need AppleWorks, I would suggest creating a separate partition on your hard drive and installing Snow Leopard on it. Snow Leopard was the last version of the MacOS that will run AppleWorks.

     

    And for the future:

     

    Do not become dependent on any application manufactured by Apple. Apple has a track record of discontinuing applications and/or of making them incompatible with updates to the operating system.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 3, 2014 1:17 AM in response to Tom in London
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    Jan 3, 2014 1:17 AM in response to Tom in London

    Tom in London wrote:

     

    And for the future:

     

    Do not become dependent on any application manufactured by Apple. Apple has a track record of discontinuing applications and/or of making them incompatible with updates to the operating system.

    And don't rely on Microsoft. Nor Adobe, Nor Avid, etc. etc. etc. (And especially Western Digital)

     

    Thaks for the reminder on progression, Tom.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Tom in London,Helpful

    Tom in London Tom in London Jan 3, 2014 1:52 AM in response to petermac87
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    Jan 3, 2014 1:52 AM in response to petermac87

    Well, Word 2008 still runs fine in Mavericks and I can open any old MSOffice file in Office 2011 - I can even open some very old AppleWorks files, converted from Claris Works, in MSWord. (That has saved my bacon a few times).

     

    I can still run Photoshop CS5.1 in Mavericks, and Acrobat Professional v. 8. So no Adobe problems there.

     

    I don't know what Avid is, and as for Western Digital, I stay well away from it due to the well-known incompatibilities between the MacOS and WD.

     

    Backwards compatibility is v. important for me, since all the time I need to refer back to documents and files created 10 years ago, and more. So it's important that I only use software that continues to work over the very long term.

  • by petermac87,Helpful

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 3, 2014 2:36 AM in response to Tom in London
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    Jan 3, 2014 2:36 AM in response to Tom in London

    Tom in London wrote:

     

    I don't know what Avid is, and as for Western Digital, I stay well away from it due to the well-known incompatibilities between the MacOS and WD.

     

     

    well-known incompatibilities between the MacOS and WD.

     

    That is OSX10.9 and 'some' WD Devices and software installs.

     

    Anyhow, to the OP, Yes Appleworks was a great program, but we were warned mid-2007 (six and a half years ago) that it would no loger be supported. iWorks was introduced. I'm not a big fan of iWorks but it has been a big seller for Apple and has been around for quite a while now. As I said, Pages will open your docs.

     

    Good Luck.

     

    Pete

  • by PeterVincent,

    PeterVincent PeterVincent Jan 3, 2014 6:59 AM in response to Tom in London
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    Jan 3, 2014 6:59 AM in response to Tom in London

    Thanks so much for the help gents, I appreciate it. I guess if I want to be certain to save all my old documents I create it's going to be back to the old "Smith Corona"!