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Print Shop, Updates??

Any New News on Print Shop, my wife has used it for years ! I just bought a new IMAC and it no longer works, I’m not very popular, don’t want to go backward on version?

iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Feb 20, 2020 5:27 PM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2020 8:06 AM

There are two competing developers of The Print Shop. One is Broderbund (the original), the other being MacKiev. Do you know who your copy of Print Shop was developed by? Neither support Catalina at this time even though they had almost two years to get up to speed. The problem is that Catalina only supports 64 bit apps now. 32 bit is dead. Neither company has said anything about if or when a Catalina version will be released.


You wouldn't be able to revert your new Mac to an earlier version of macOS even if you wanted to. Macs will not run on versions of macOS earlier than the one they shipped with or later.


There are a number of discussion threads here about Print Shop and this issue. Many are suggesting an app called Swift Publisher as a replacement. It is available in the Mac App Store for $20 and has excellent reviews.


For now your are at the mercy of the developers who have had ample time to prepare for Catalina but chose not to. Users should be putting pressure on them big time.

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Feb 21, 2020 8:06 AM in response to Rantab

There are two competing developers of The Print Shop. One is Broderbund (the original), the other being MacKiev. Do you know who your copy of Print Shop was developed by? Neither support Catalina at this time even though they had almost two years to get up to speed. The problem is that Catalina only supports 64 bit apps now. 32 bit is dead. Neither company has said anything about if or when a Catalina version will be released.


You wouldn't be able to revert your new Mac to an earlier version of macOS even if you wanted to. Macs will not run on versions of macOS earlier than the one they shipped with or later.


There are a number of discussion threads here about Print Shop and this issue. Many are suggesting an app called Swift Publisher as a replacement. It is available in the Mac App Store for $20 and has excellent reviews.


For now your are at the mercy of the developers who have had ample time to prepare for Catalina but chose not to. Users should be putting pressure on them big time.

Print Shop, Updates??

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