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Hello, I am on an old iMac running 10.13.6 and I cannot upgrade the OS any further. I am trying to install any word processing software that will work with it. I did download a couple, but neither worked. Can anyone help me? I prefer free because I use this computer rarely.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13
rowleykats (author)
Non-standard word processing software such as Bean
may do well for basic uses, with modest capabilities.
https://bean-osx.com/Bean.html
//bean-osx.com/screenshots.html
//bean-osx.com/fileformats.html
.free WP for macOS/X •came/went.
rowleykats (author)
Non-standard word processing software such as Bean
may do well for basic uses, with modest capabilities.
https://bean-osx.com/Bean.html
//bean-osx.com/screenshots.html
//bean-osx.com/fileformats.html
.free WP for macOS/X •came/went.
MrHoffman wrote:
Worth a look around the install certainly, but iWork Pages is not part of macOS itself, and may or may not be installed here.
Ok, I was a little fast on the draw there. I am so used to Pages, Numbers & Keynote being on all the Macs that I handle that I forgot they had to be installed/accepted via the App Store. They became free on all new Macs back in Oct. 2013 (Mavericks era).
If @rowleykats does not already have Pages on the "old iMac running 10.13.6" he/she should see if it can be downloaded from the App Store.
FWIW, I happen to have an unopened iWork 09. I suppose I ought to put it up for sale on eBay. 😉
LibreOffice 7.4.x.x was supported with macOS 10.13.
https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/7.4.7.2/mac/
MartinR wrote:
If @rowleykats does not already have Pages on the "old iMac running 10.13.6" he/she should see if it can be downloaded from the App Store.
That won't be possible unless, perhaps, @rowleykats has previously downloaded an old version of Pages from the App Store, and is able to re-download that version from the Purchased tab.
Apple has raised the system requirements on the current version of Pages yet again. It now requires "macOS 15.6 [Sequoia]" or later. I'm guessing they raised the requirement from Sonoma at the same time as they added some in-app purchases for features available only to Apple Creator Studio subscribers.
There is already word processing software on your Mac. It's the app called Pages. It is on all Macs and is quite capable.
MartinR wrote:
There is already word processing software on your Mac. It's the app called Pages. It is on all Macs and is quite capable.
Worth a look around the install certainly, but iWork Pages is not part of macOS itself, and may or may not be installed here.
It’s less than easy to get and install an old iWork version from Apple, as well.
Word processing software old Mac
