Upgrading QuarkXpress 6 to 8 in Lion

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Upgrading QuarkXpress 6 to 8 in Lion

Recently we've decided to upgrade our good ol' eMac to a brand new iMac. As excited as I am to do this, I'm perplexed about my QuarkXpress situation. Currently I'm running Quark 6.5 on my G4 (PowerPC) and I'm aware the OS Lion will not run this. Along with my computer upgrade I'm willing upgrade my Quark version, so my question is: would it be possible to install Quark 6 on my new Intel/Lion iMac, then do a upgrade to Quark 8? My understanding is than you can go from Quark 6 to 8 (not 9), I just wonder if my new computer would let me install it, then let my upgrade it to version it will recognize. I'm hoping to avoid paying for a full version of Quark 8 or 9, with purchasing the new computer, it's abit tough to swallow at the moment. Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks, Dave

Posted on Apr 18, 2012 2:29 PM

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Answer 1

Kurt Lang

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Apr 18, 2012 2:35 PM in response to David Dobesh

Quark 8 isn't fully supported by Lion. It still has a few PPC only modules. Depending on what you commonly do though, you may never notice them. Otherwise, users are having pretty good luck with QXP 8.

You don't need to install Quark 6 to install 8. All you need is your mile long QXP 6 serial number. When installing the Quark 8 upgrade, its serial number will tell the installer that it's an upgrade. Since it won't be able to find a previous version on the hard drive to validate ownership, it will instead give you the opportunity to enter your older serial number as proof.

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Apr 19, 2012 3:05 AM in response to David Dobesh

Hi David,

of course you can upgrade from QuarkXPress 6 to 9 and you should, if you plan to use it on Lion.

As Kurt correctly points out, you don't need to have it installed on the new machine to be able to upgrade.

Regards

Matthias

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Apr 22, 2012 3:05 AM in response to David Dobesh

Hi David,

Please be warned when upgrading through the various Quark versions. I would advise you not to update until you have purchased your new Mac running Lion. Quark won't let you upgrade in one move. You may have to upgrade in steps. When I availed of an offer to upgrade from Qk7 to Qk9 via Qk8 I had to download Qk8 and then fill out a "Redemption Form" in order to get Qk9. Unfortunately for me I delayed sending off this form to get the validation code as I wanted to install Qk9 on a new Mac. Quark refuse to complete this part of the deal as they claim it was time limited. Don't get stuck on Qk8 as it has some issues and Quark won't support it. They want me to pay an extra £299 to finish the upgrade to Qk9. I would thus have to pay twice! Buyer beware!

Also check that the printer you use has a driver as many are not supported under Lion – even at this late stage. Xerox for instance do not fully support Lion and you might need to transfer documents to Mac Os 10.6 or lower in order to print them! Finally keep Qk6.5 and your old Mac just to be sure – upgrading with the Quark / Apple combination can be a very messy and costly business.

All the best,

Buck

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