Appleworks gone -- where to get 6.2.8?

I'm looking for help for an older friend running an
iMac still on OS 9. She lost her AppleWorks too.
Someone else set her up with 6.0.2 and recommended
that she get the latest version. When I visited
http://www.apple.com/appleworks/update/, I found
that AW 6.2.8 is the recommendation for OS 8-9. I
clicked on that button to download it, but received
6.2.9 instead. The Update Web page specifically
says that 6.2.9 is for OSX 10.1 and above.

You can getet the Updater from here:

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120213>

But it's probably the same as the one you've already downloaded.

The Updater will update both versions 6.2.8 and 6.2.9. When you update a copy of AppleWorks 6 it is changed so that it includes both versions 6.2.8 and 6.2.9.

Note that the Finder state you have AppleWorks 6.2.8 when you're using Mac OS 9/Classic. But if you're using Mac OS X then the Finder will tell you that the very same program is version 6.2.9.

Also, you don't have to worry about choosing which version to use. The Finder will pick the right version for you. When you're using Mac OS 9/Classic it will always start version 6.2.8 auatomatically when you double-click the AppleWorks 6 icon. Similarly, when you're using Mac OS X, the Finder will always start version 6.2.9 when you double-click the AppleWorks 6 icon.

I know this is unusual so please reply if you'd like to clarify what I've written.

Cheers.

Dale

Dale, I wonder if you can help me. Please see my posting about updating AW6.2, (as of 4/8/06) and my further posting about having lost AW6.2 when I thought I was updating to 6.2.9. Now all I have is 6. I have a folder full of things that are labeled 6.2.9, but they seem not too do anything. What have I done wrong?
Thanks in advance for looking at all this for me. Sally (saft)

iBook Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Sally,

Please don't split threads like this. Dale will have read your post in the topic you started, and if he has something to add, will have added it there (as I did).

Regards,
Barry

Dale and others

I've tried running the update on my friend's iMac,
which currently has AW 6.1.2. As I go, I note that
the updater says that it is going to install the
latest updates for both OS 8-9 and OSX. So far, so
good. Then, when we hit the Update button, the error
message says, "The updater was unable to find an
installation of the US AppleWork 6 program to update
in the specified Update Location. Please select a
different Update Location that contains an
installation of the US AppleWorks 6 or install
AppleWorks 6 from your orig"

I've reinstalled AW and my friend has a working copy
of AW 6.1.2. Where are we going wrong now?

The Updater you've downloaded is for the "English" version of AppleWorks 6 (ie North American English). You're an Australian like me so you need to download the International English version. You can get it from Apple's UK web site:

<http://www.apple.com/uk/appleworks/update/>

NB Apple obviously think Americans speak "English" and the rest of us including the UK speak some sort of variation called "International English"! A strange interpretation of history that catches out lots of International English users downloading AppleWorks.

I'm glad myself and others were able to help out.

Thanks for letting us know that the problem was resolved.

Cheers.

Dale

I have a similar problem. My AW is gone, I download the updater but when I tried to install it I get the following message: "The default location required for this install could not be found. This install will be cancelled"

I have a iMac and uses OSX 10.4.6

Welcome to Apple Discussions

Is AppleWorks completely missing from your hard drive or are you trying to update the AppleWorks you have & the updater gives that message? I'm going to guess that it is missing, meaning it has been deleted. Unfortunately, you haven't said what model of iMac you have to give you specific directions to reinstall AppleWorks. There have been many different models of iMacs & four distinctly different processors - G3, G4, G5 & Intel Core Duo. I'll give you a couple of links that might help, but you need to give more information if they don't.

Knowledge Base article 300316 on installing AppleWorks 6 & Knowledge Base article 61802 on restoring the software than came with your Mac.

Never mind. I kept looking for a solution in the Discussions forum and I found it. It was all alog in the CD's that came with my computer but I had to "Customize" the "Bundled software" installation to be able to see and restore it. Thanks to Peggy since it was in one of her responses that I found the answer.

Now, if I had known you had a G5 iMac, that would have been easy to answer. You might consider editing your profile information that appears at the bottom of your posts to say G5 iMac. It makes it easier for anyone in any forum to give a more specific answer.