BigTarantula99

Q: Any way to open AppleWorks .cwk files?

I was going through some old files on a flash drive and I noticed there were a few old .cwk files.  Of course, there isn't AppleWorks anymore, instead there's iWork.  Unfortunately, I can't open these old files with iWork.  Is there still some hope for converting and opening .cwk files?  Any help is appreciated greatly.

Posted on Jan 3, 2013 12:15 PM

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  • by D33zy4,

    D33zy4 D33zy4 Mar 4, 2013 10:00 AM in response to BigTarantula99
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    Mar 4, 2013 10:00 AM in response to BigTarantula99

    Thanks BigTarantula99, that was just the ticket I needed. Very Simple!!!

  • by BigTarantula99,

    BigTarantula99 BigTarantula99 Mar 4, 2013 1:44 PM in response to D33zy4
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    Mar 4, 2013 1:44 PM in response to D33zy4

    You're welcome!

  • by red baltasar,

    red baltasar red baltasar Apr 28, 2013 5:02 AM in response to BigTarantula99
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    Apr 28, 2013 5:02 AM in response to BigTarantula99

    thank you very much!. you`ve solved also my problem.

     

    never give up!

     

    respect

     

    volker

  • by BigTarantula99,

    BigTarantula99 BigTarantula99 Apr 28, 2013 12:48 PM in response to red baltasar
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    Apr 28, 2013 12:48 PM in response to red baltasar

    You're welcome.  Glad I helped :-)

  • by Paul García,

    Paul García Paul García Jun 3, 2013 11:11 AM in response to BigTarantula99
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    Jun 3, 2013 11:11 AM in response to BigTarantula99

    I hope someone will be able to tell me or identify for me how I can get my two database .cwk converted.  A long and frustrating talk with Apple (the guy must have worked for a rival firm) did not help.  This happened when I upgraded two weeks ago to 10.8.3 from 10.5.8.  The local guy didn't tell me that I would get shafted with these two databases (family addresses and names), so any suggestions on how to convert?  I have tried pages and numbers and even open office, all to no avail.  I would appreciate any comments, on this board or directly to me.  (Nope, the local IT guys/gals were also unable to help, but more friendly than Mr. Apple was.)  Thanks for thinking about this.  (Maybe I need to download Apple 6 (if you know where/how to download it) onto a MacBook Pro with 10.4.11)--I went to a place, cnet or softonics, and got an error message about can't "signing" (whatever that is), with a "-260" after that.  So, the frustration continues.  Thanks for any support, please. pg

     

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Jun 3, 2013 11:12 AM in response to Paul García
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    Jun 3, 2013 11:12 AM in response to Paul García

    Install 10.5.8 again on an external drive with Appleworks and boot from there. Then extract data from database there. Once you do that migrate data to another application that works on Mountatin Lion or keep in 10.5.8.

     

     

    Allan

  • by christopher rigby1,

    christopher rigby1 christopher rigby1 Jun 4, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Paul García
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    Jun 4, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Paul García

    Do you still have the computer with 10.5 on? If so, then here is what to do :

     

    1. Open your database files on the old Mac, and export the data as either Comma-delimited or Tab-delimited text.

    2. Save these export files to an external drive or memory stick.

    3. On your new Mac, either :

    • launch Numbers or Excel and open the files, assigning each field to a spreadsheet column
    • buy FileMaker Bento and import the data, having first created a new database with the same fields as your old database(s)

     

    If you don't still have your old computer, or access to one that still runs AppleWorks, then follow Allan's advice.

  • by Peter Rance,

    Peter Rance Peter Rance Aug 30, 2013 8:02 AM in response to BigTarantula99
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    Aug 30, 2013 8:02 AM in response to BigTarantula99

    If all else fails, Textwrangler will open Appleworks files.

     

    It aint pretty, as it will show all the control characters, but you will at least be able to salvage the valuble text it contains.

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Aug 31, 2013 2:45 AM in response to christopher rigby1
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    Aug 31, 2013 2:45 AM in response to christopher rigby1

    christopher rigby1 wrote:

     

    • buy FileMaker Bento...

    Filemaker will withdraw Bento from sale on 30 September. They seem to consider that the hugely more expensive Filemaker Pro is an acceptable alternative.

  • by christopher rigby1,

    christopher rigby1 christopher rigby1 Sep 1, 2013 8:31 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Sep 1, 2013 8:31 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Roger Wilmut1 wrote:

     

    christopher rigby1 wrote:

     

    • buy FileMaker Bento...

    Filemaker will withdraw Bento from sale on 30 September. They seem to consider that the hugely more expensive Filemaker Pro is an acceptable alternative.

     

    I suppose not enough Mac users were buying Bento? The Mac version of FM Pro 12 - with Bento discount - is an eye-watering £131.

     

    Yet FM Go for iPad - possibly the main market for Bento? - is FREE.

  • by fruhulda,

    fruhulda fruhulda Sep 1, 2013 12:15 PM in response to christopher rigby1
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    Sep 1, 2013 12:15 PM in response to christopher rigby1

    If only Bento had been as good as the database in AppleWorks! sigh!!!

  • by Tony the Tech,

    Tony the Tech Tony the Tech Sep 14, 2013 12:20 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Sep 14, 2013 12:20 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Sep 15, 2013 4:26 AM in response to Tony the Tech
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    Sep 15, 2013 4:26 AM in response to Tony the Tech

    Thanks for the link - I've included a note about it in my 'Abandoning AppleWorks' article: I can't test it as it requires Lion or above (I'm on Snow Leopard) and anyway there is no free trial, but it looks promising though user reviews have thrown up a few limitations. It might well be a better bet at $24.99 for users with moderate reuirements than Filemaker Pro (which is really the only option for advanced users).

  • by Full Decent,

    Full Decent Full Decent Sep 30, 2013 3:13 PM in response to BigTarantula99
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    Sep 30, 2013 3:13 PM in response to BigTarantula99

    I am able to open CWK writer files using LibreOffice which is modern and free software availble for Mac, Windows and Linux.

     

    http://www.libreoffice.org/

  • by FtechUPgrades,

    FtechUPgrades FtechUPgrades Dec 20, 2013 7:11 AM in response to BigTarantula99
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    Dec 20, 2013 7:11 AM in response to BigTarantula99

    It would be nice to know why a perfectly fine program will not run anymore(Appleworks 6) now that we all have Mavericks.  What a bunch of BULL . . .

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