Hi everyone.
Have just upgraded to Lion but nobody said that Appleworks which I have used for years will not work with Lion. All my word processing, spreadsheets etc. are all in Appleworks. Does anyone know how I can get them transferred to Pages or something similar?
Any help would be very well received.
Thanks.
Christine
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
Restore the bootable backup/clone or Time Machine backup of your previous installation and use Apple's iWork or other apps to convert to Lion usable formats.
Thanks for the very quick reply but I'm going to sound like a real prat. Although I backed up using time machine before I did the installation of Lion, I have no idea how to do a restore and conversion. My appleworks data previously created is still on my hard drive. Do I need to restore?
Sorry to be such an idiot!
Christine
See Pondinii's Tips on using TM.
If it is still on your hard drive, no.
I was totally baffled by the suggestion to restore your data when it sounded like you still had it.
Allan
Pages will open AppleWork 6 text documents.
Numbers will open AW6 spreadsheets.
I believe Keynote can open AW6 presentations.
If you have AW6 databases, there's nothing in iWork that can open them.
Oh dear, I am totally lost. I have purchased the Lion Mac Book to replace a 2003 iMac. The thing is, I really don't know what I'm doing any more. I've been onto AppStore to purchase Apple Works as the seemingly well-informed sales assistant suggested I should do. Ummm, there's no Apple Works ..... as you people already knew 🙂 so I have to buy Pages AND Numbers? Does it all work the same way? I understand that each Mac has its predecessor in the HD already, ie. all former word processors etc are stored on here already (??) So does that not mean I can somehow access Apple Works from deep within the hard drive? (forgive my ignorance, I really don't know how this stuff works 😟) And reading your forum, once I work out how to transfer Claris Works and Apple Works docs to the new Macbook, it's beginning to look like this machine may not be able to open them? Help!!!
Do I just go ahead and purhcase Pages and Numbers? What about all my old documents that I need to transfer onto here?
Cheers
I understand that each Mac has its predecessor in the HD already, ie. all former word processors etc are stored on here already (??)
Not so. There are no earlier versions of any software on an HD on a new machine.
Unless you specifically purchased iWorks (a suite which includes Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) when you purchased your new machine, the only text-handiling app included will be TextEdit.
You can purchase Pages and Numbers as individual downloads at the Mac App Store for about $20 each; or the iWork CD from the Apple Store for about $80.
...once I work out how to transfer Claris Works and Apple Works docs to the new Macbook....
Pages and Numbers can only open documents from AppleWorks 6.x. Documents in earlier AppleWorks version formats or in ClarisWorks formats can not be opened by Pages or Numbers.
If your old machine is still usable, it would be wise to convert all the older files to AppleWorks 6 formats before copying them to the new machine.
Thanks so much! Excellent and clear directions for an illiterate computer user 🙂
Appleworks and Lion
