James McClelland

Q: How to use appleworks 6 inMaverick

Newly installed Maverick on mini refuses to operate Appleworks6.  I am dead without 6 as everything I have is on 6 with no way to get all my records.

Mac mini (Mid 2010), Maverick won't do Appleworks6

Posted on Feb 17, 2014 12:08 PM

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Q: How to use appleworks 6 inMaverick

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  • by Kappy,Helpful

    Kappy Kappy Feb 17, 2014 12:12 PM in response to James McClelland
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    Feb 17, 2014 12:12 PM in response to James McClelland

    AW does not work with Lion or later because it is a PPC application. It can work with Snow Leopard if you install the Rosetta emulator as part of the installation options.

     

    If you have AW documents, then you will need to find a way to convert them either with AW on another computer or using Pages to import word processing documents and Numbers to import spreadsheet documents. There is nothing that converts database documents.

  • by Roger Wilmut1,Helpful

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Feb 17, 2014 2:05 PM in response to Kappy
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    Feb 17, 2014 2:05 PM in response to Kappy

    If you have upgraded to Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks and have AppleWorks documents you cannot open, then you should be able to install Snow Leopard on an external hard disk and start from that (provided that the Mac did not come with anything higher than Snow Leopard originally installed); and success has been reported in running Snow Leopard Server under emulation in Parallels - the method is described here: AFAIK Snow Leopard Server is still available in the Apple Store (by telephone) at a reduced price and is preferable to using ordinary Snow Leopard which is quite tricky. I haven't tried this myself: use at your own discretion. You can then run AppleWorks as an emergency measure.

     

    This article looks in detail at migrating from Appleworks:

     

    http://rfwilmut.net/aw

  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX Feb 19, 2014 4:28 AM in response to James McClelland
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    Feb 19, 2014 4:28 AM in response to James McClelland

    Lifeboat coming to rescue the OP in the form of Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels to continue to operate Appleworks 6 in Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks:

     

    Appleworks in SLS.png

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  • by Kiai,

    Kiai Kiai Mar 4, 2014 7:00 AM in response to James McClelland
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    Mar 4, 2014 7:00 AM in response to James McClelland

    I had a lot of drawings in AppleWorks, and when I upgraded past Leopard, none of them would open.  I also had a few other programs that would not work in Mountain Lion.  So I bought a G4 laptop on eBay for around $80 including shipping, running Leopard, and it does what I need.  Sort of unhandy, but I can use all my old programs.

     

    Kiai

  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX Mar 5, 2014 5:28 PM in response to Kiai
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    Mar 5, 2014 5:28 PM in response to Kiai

    Kiai wrote:

     

    ...I bought a G4 laptop on eBay for around $80 including shipping, running Leopard, and it does what I need.  Sort of unhandy, but I can use all my old programs.

     

    Kiai

    Until the day that the G4 dies...