Pryceless65

Q: Customer solution and Apple works

10.10.5 I have been using Apple computers since 1998. I have been without Apple works since the arrival of OS X  and I still Cannot find a suitable replacement for the drawing component of what was Apple works, I Would be more than happy to pay for a program that does just what Apple Works did ! Nothing does the same things, We did site drawing on Apple works that were acceptable to council. We created adverts for papers and flyers. We were able to duplicate the layout of our shop to see how store layouts could work for us. We could copy and paste from one design to another. Why has Appleworks not been upgraded or sold to a new developer or at the very least have it somehow work within iWork. I just want this program back. I do fully appreciate Apples other great tools any equipment e.g.   iMac's, MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, iPods, Apple watch, Apple TV and every thing else Apple but to me I would be so excited to see an Apple event announcement that a re-released Appleworks or Claris Works or really fixed up iWork was to be sold or mad available through the Apple store. Appleworks is as important as any of Apple's Apps, I would be happy sacrifice nearly any App to have this valuable Tool back on my computers line up of tools. I need it back.

Apple users, if you read this please post and you support my carry on, please back me up with a show of support and your thought's, it's been a long time and no one has replaced Appleworks with a equaled or bettered that Application. We should fight to have it back. Regards Pryce

iMovie 10, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), Macbook

Posted on Sep 4, 2015 12:13 AM

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,Helpful

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Sep 6, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Pryceless65
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    Sep 6, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Pryceless65

    Apple think that they did replace Appleworks, with iWork - of course they are wrong. The best replacement for the Draw module is EazyDraw which is different in enough ways to present a learning curve, but is powerful and ultimately capable of anything the Draw module was capable of.

     

    I have written a 7-page article on 'Abandoning Appleworks' which gives you more information on this and the other facilities:

     

    http://wilmut.uk/aw

  • by Pryceless65,

    Pryceless65 Pryceless65 Sep 6, 2015 6:29 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Sep 6, 2015 6:29 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Thanks for taking time to look at my post. I will look at Easy Draw, I may have already but I will certainly revisit it. I really miss the Appleworks program...

  • by Pryceless65,

    Pryceless65 Pryceless65 Sep 6, 2015 7:25 PM in response to Pryceless65
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    Sep 6, 2015 7:25 PM in response to Pryceless65

    I have downloaded the trial and I am feeling optimistic, thank you !

  • by Harold Coates,

    Harold Coates Harold Coates Sep 10, 2015 11:36 AM in response to Pryceless65
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    Sep 10, 2015 11:36 AM in response to Pryceless65

    I also have been a long time Apple user since 1982.  Two years before the Mac was released.  I have literally thousands of AW documents I keep finding daily created in my business and personal use.  To leave the product I would have to copy each documents one by one and paste them to MS Word.  I have done a few like that but there are far too many to try to convert without giving my life to the project.  I say MS Word because it is universal in use and Pages is not.  I still use 10.6.8 for that reason.  Actually I don't like either one but in time my iMac and MBPro with give it up.  I need to keep AppleWorks and iMovie 6HD simply because I can't spend the time recreating my work and learn another program.  I also have many movie projects in iMovie 6 and can fly with that product.  It no longer works with 10.7 and above.

     

    I have many WP documents as well as SS and DB.  On the DB I have a long list of names and addresses for Christmas Cards that I print 245 envelopes each year that will end with the loss of Appleworks.  I shudder at the thought.  The WP program can't be beat for simplicity and features.  Sure it doesn't do all that Word or Pages do but most of those features are not used anyway.  A wiser choice would have been to upgrade the AW WP features by adding the items that Pages does.  The AW spreadsheet is so simple and yet very comprehensive in it's use.

     

    Product abandonment has been very harmful to all of us long time users.

     

    I agree with you comments wholeheartedly,

    Harold Coates

  • by jdman,Solvedanswer

    jdman jdman Sep 28, 2015 3:51 PM in response to Pryceless65
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    Sep 28, 2015 3:51 PM in response to Pryceless65

    Like Harold, I have used Apple since OS6. I have created thousands of worksheets in AppleWorks Draw and Paint and have even written a couple of books in the Word Processor. I do not believe that Apple really discussed with anyone when they dumped AppleWorks for the iWork suite which was a slap in the face. When one looks at iWorks Pages, the bloat of Microsoft Word is obvious and just as useless.

     

    My solution while I was still working (since retired), was to format an external hard drive with OS10.6 and AppleWorks. I placed all my AW files, about 50GB on the drive and when I needed something that was already created, I would start from that hard drive.

     

    I have been searching for an alternative for iWork Pages since it first came out mostly seeking the tremendous flexibility that the AppleWorks Draw and Paint tools provided. The closest application I have found is iDraw. People familiar with Draw and Paint will feel comfortable with iDraw although some things like creating animated GIFs (a snap in Draw and Paint) are a challenge. A nice, straightforward word processor can be found in Bean.

     

    iDraw: http://www.indeeo.com/idraw/

     

    Bean: http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html


    Jim Mandigo

  • by MlchaelLAX,Helpful

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX Oct 1, 2015 5:54 PM in response to Pryceless65
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    Oct 1, 2015 5:54 PM in response to Pryceless65

    Another option is to run Appleworks in Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels:

     

    http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/installing-snow-leopard-and-rosetta-into-par allels-7-in-lion.1365439/

     

    Appleworks in SLS.png

     

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  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Oct 1, 2015 6:24 AM in response to MlchaelLAX
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    Oct 1, 2015 6:24 AM in response to MlchaelLAX

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