Upgraded to Lion, now I can't open Appleworks, Office or Quicken, Upgraded to Lion, now I can't open Appleworks, Office or Quicken

Following on Scott's answer: I deleted Appleworks from my system and now Pages automatically opens the files. You can also set this up easily by selecting an Appleworks file and press ⌘ + i to get info. In the pulldown menu halfway down the window that says "Open With" choose Pages and then click on the "Change all" button.

I like when Apple gives you a strong nudge. The PPC apps are generally slower and often buggy (Appleworks). There doesn't seem to be any program that can open Appleworks databases. I am migrating all my stuff to Bento.

There doesn't seem to be any program that can open Appleworks databases. I am migrating all my stuff to Bento.

Did you try using FileMaker Pro, I found this article:

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6144/~/converting-an-applework s-database-to-filemaker-pro

Indeed, I have just tried to open an AW text document on the Mac with no AW present and Pages version appears. I am not too troubled by the database problem but will probably use Bento from now on.

Does the Quicken issue extend to the (Intuit) tax programs (formerly known as Mac-in-Tax?).

ericfromSD wrote:

How old are your Quicken and office applications?

As far as Quicken is concerned, it doesn't matter. Intuit has pretty much abandoned the Mac and there is NO version of Quicken that will run with Lion. Intuit recommends the crappy Quicken Essentials as an alternative.

Office is, of course, a different story. 2008 and newer will work with Lion.

susanfromwalnut creek wrote:

Does the Quicken issue extend to the (Intuit) tax programs (formerly known as Mac-in-Tax?).

I don't know for certain but I do know that Intuit hasn't done anything for Macs for the past several years.

My Quicken is old, prob 2005, but that's not really the issue-iBank sounds like it would be fine for the day to day stuff. I'm more concerned with the do-it-yourself tax program that is updated each year (including for Mac) and whether it will 1-run on Lion, and 2-be able to pull in the prior year's data as it always has done. Probably need to contact Intuit directly.

I think you are referring to Turbo Tax, this is upgraded annually so my best guess is it will work in Lion. However I would STRONGLY recommend looking on Intuit's web site to confirm that.

susanfromwalnut creek wrote:

My Quicken is old, prob 2005, but that's not really the issue-iBank sounds like it would be fine for the day to day stuff. I'm more concerned with the do-it-yourself tax program that is updated each year (including for Mac) and whether it will 1-run on Lion, and 2-be able to pull in the prior year's data as it always has done. Probably need to contact Intuit directly.

I think that is wise and I think it would also be wise to contact iBank and ask if they can export to Turbo Tax.

For those who haven't heard, Quicken finally has released the Lion compatible upgrade for Quicken 2007:

http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/quicken-2007-osx-lion.jsp

Their timing stinks. I spent three months with the garbage Quicken Essentials and then moved over to the equally garbage iBank. I will have to manually recreate some five months of data to keep a link with history.

I just downloaded it. It's really neat. Open - crash - open - crash - open - crash, etc., etc., etc.

This software is absolute GARBAGE. I am completely unable to open any old Quicken-2007 files and, worse, I can't even create a new blank file. The only thing that the app does consistently is crash and it does it VERY consistently. Adding insult to injury, there is no place to obtain technical support OR to request a refund.

ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!

FYI - Plain vanilla Mac, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 8G 1067 MHz DDR 3 RAM

I searched through the Quicken/Intuit web site to try to find out what's going on and this is what I found!

I used Quicken 2006 PPC to upgrade my Quicken 2002 Deluxe data file and now it works perfectly in Quicken 2007 for Lion for me: I use it almost daily.