Accessing draw & paint AppleWorks docs on a MacBook

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Accessing draw & paint AppleWorks docs on a MacBook

I recently bought a MacBook running 10.4.11, upgrading from a lime clamshell iBook running OS 9.2.2. On the latter, I used AppleWorks 6 for all of my graphic design and graphics editing needs. I have hundreds of files of clip art that I accessed with AppleWorks 6 (though that is not what format they are in), and many, many files I created using AppleWorks 6.

I cannot install AppleWorks 6 on the MacBook (when I click on the installer, it says it cannot run on this OS). So, my options are... what? Do I buy AppleWorks 6.2 and it will work on this MacBook and work as AppleWorks 6 did? Is there are program that came with my MacBook that will allow me to access all this clipart in various formats, as well as open and edit the artwork I created on AppleWorks 6?

Very frustrating...

lime clamshell iBook, Mac OS 9.2.x, Now also have the latest MacBook

Posted on Jan 14, 2008 11:18 AM

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Peggy

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Jan 14, 2008 12:08 PM in response to jcravens

Do you still have the lime iBook or did you sell it/give it away? If you still have it, you can copy the whole AppleWorks 6 folder from Applications to the Applications folder on your MacBook. There are several ways to do it. I don't know if the lime iBook has ethernet, but if it does, using file sharing would probably be easiest. Of course, if it has a CD burner or you have access to one, burn the folder to a CD & you will have a back up. You should use either AppleWorks 6.2.4 or 6.2.8 in OS X.

To keep within the Apple software license, you will need to delete the copy from the iBook after copying it to the MacBook.

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Barry

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Jan 14, 2008 12:20 PM in response to jcravens

Hi JC,

You will need AppleWorks 6.2.4 or AppleWorks 6.2.9 to run well on the MacBook and Tiger.

You should be able to obtain AW 6.2.4 from Mac Hardcore.

Although the AW 6 version on your iBook may not run on your MacBook, it can be updated to 6.2.9 before (or after) transferring it to the newer machine.

You can download the updater from this page. Note that the updater comes in several language versions, including two English versions. The one at the top of the list is the International English version. The US/North American English version is the link in the upper right corner of the page identified only by file size (15.8 MB).

To transfer AppleWorks to the MacBook requires only moving the entire AppleWorks 6 folder and its contents into the Applications folder on the MacBook via ethernet, a CD, or a flash drive. Do NOT transfer associated files (eg. preferences files). AppleWorks will create new, clean versions of these as it needs them.

Note that the AppleWorks User Licence authorises installation on only one computer at a time. To remain within the terms of the licence, you should delete the AW 6 folder from the old machine after making the transfer.

Regards,
Barry

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jcravens Author

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Jan 21, 2008 8:29 AM in response to jcravens

I thought that, since I couldn't install AppleWorks 6 using the official installer which I had backed up on my external drive from the original iBook install disks, that I couldn't use AppleWorks 6 at all on the MacBook.

My iBook is, sadly, mostly dead -- the hard drive won't mount. But, lucky me, the computer store was able to put everything onto a DVD, so I didn't lose anything (except a hard drive). So, I moved over the AppleWorks 6 application folder to the Macbook, and even THAT worked -- I thought it wasn't compliant with OSX. I upgraded to the last version of AppleWorks, and now, at last, can access all of my many, many graphics files again! Hurrah!

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jan 21, 2008 10:09 AM in response to jcravens

Hello

Are you sure that the old iBook is really dead?

Maybe it's only the HD.

A new IDE 2"1/2 40 Gbytes internal HD which costs about $100 may revive it.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 21 janvier 2008 18:23:06)

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