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Could Someone Please Tell Me...

...If my current software will work on my intended upgrade to a refurb Mac Pro? I'm using: Final Cut Pro 6, Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver CS4 utilizing them with a Mac Book Pro Unibody, 10.5.8.

Realizing I've been out of the technology loop for some time, I do still make productions people want to see. I would just like to make them see it sooner with a faster engine. My 64 years above ground has been kind and I would like it to continue a little while longer (at least to be able to pay for a decent creamation and burial at sea).

Will these programs transfer? And how many hoops must I jump through in order to transfer the programs and make that happen?

Many thanks for all replies.

John

Posted on Nov 7, 2012 5:40 PM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Posted on Nov 7, 2012 5:52 PM

at 10.6 you lose:

ability to execute on PowerPC

at 10.7 you lose:

Ability to run Rosetta-based PowerPC programs, the top 6 of which are:

AppleWorks

Quicken 2007

Word 2004 and the rest of Office 2004

Eudora 6

FileMaker Pro 6

CS2

at 10.8 you lose:

ability to execute on Macs issued during 2007 and earlier that do not have EFI-64 firmware.

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The current Mac Pro models at this writing are almost the same as those issued in 2010, except for minor changes, and can execute an older version of Mac OS X, if you have a "Full Retail" DVD on hand.

But the 5770 and 5870 graphics cards require 10.6.5 or later.

Your software list looks positively modern. I see nothing there that would drop out.

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Nov 23, 2012 12:42 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks very much for sticking with this thread. I thought the above might be the case, so I'm now combing my directory for old stuff. I'm finding Word 5 and 6, and Excel 4. I open each file and save Word as MS Word Doc [an explicit X isn't offered - um, that didn't come out right - ] and Excel as Excel X. Some icons change; most don't.

I'm also finding Filemaker Pro 3 & 4, which I can't open now because my G4 933 doesn't support Classic apps. Is it to much to hope that Filemaker for Mountain Lion will open these files?

Nov 28, 2012 9:49 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Okay, I ran some experiments on a newer machine and it appears I'll be OK. All Excel files back to 4.0 are recognized by Office 2011 and open in compatibility mode. If I edit, I'm forced to upgrade the file type, which is fine. Same for Word 6. Word 5 is ticklish - the test machines opened them with an Adobe product that I don't have, but from what I can tell if I manuall direct the Mac to open these files with Word, they open in compatibility mode and all will be well.

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