reinstall Leopard with original disc

I have a 2010 MacBook Pro which was recently running High Sierra. I wish to downgrade the OS to Leopard which it came with. I have the original install disc. I want to have the original software on this computer so that I can install iWork (have those original disks too) so that I can open and save some old AppleWorks documents from some back-up CDs from an even older computer that no longer boots.I erased the hard drive and then began a series of frustrating efforts! I have tried many methods but once the MacUtilities screen comes up, and I click on reinstall, the only option is High Sierra. There is no topic to install from the original disk even though it is in the CD/DVD drive. I also tried choosing the install CD as the start-up disc but that resulted in a question mark on the screen.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Feb 28, 2025 4:15 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2025 5:25 AM

You don't need to do this. LibreOffice will open Appleworks documents, though it cannot save them in that format (you could save them as pdf's after editing in LO if you need to).


https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/


I use v6.0.11 which isn't listed here, but 6.0.7 is which should work ok?


https://www.fosshub.com/LibreOffice-old.html

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