Q: I have an Apple osx 10.6.8. I am prompted to install Yosemite but advised I will lose Appleworks. Would I have t ... I have an Apple osx 10.6.8. I am prompted to install Yosemite but advised I will lose Appleworks. Would I have to buy an updated Appleworks? more
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Jan 21, 2015 11:15 AM in response to maaestrosby Csound1,There is no updated version of AppleWorks. My advice to you is not to upgrade to Yosemite.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:16 AM in response to maaestrosby Niel,★HelpfulYou'd need to switch to a product such as LibreOffice or iWork; the current iWork applications won't open AppleWorks documents. No version of AppleWorks will run directly in Lion or above.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:20 AM in response to Nielby maaestros,Does this mean that all my Appleworks documents are obsolete (technically speaking) and it will be necessary to get a new computer?
I'm old and slow so this is frustrating.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:22 AM in response to maaestrosby Csound1,★HelpfulNiel neglected to mention that only txt and spreadsheets can be opened, you may have some success with graphics files but forget about database files.
Check that you will be able to open the files you need to open before taking the plunge, it's bleak after you do.
And remember, there is no need to upgrade, you can stay just as you are, with everything working just as it is now.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:25 AM in response to maaestrosby Csound1,maaestros wrote:
Does this mean that all my Appleworks documents are obsolete (technically speaking) and it will be necessary to get a new computer?
I'm old and slow so this is frustrating.
The file formats Appleworks uses are no longer supported, if you upgrade you access to them will be limited, or closed. You can convert them now and upgrade later or don't upgrade.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:26 AM in response to Csound1by maaestros,Thank you. Guess I'll have them converted in case I upgrade.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:31 AM in response to maaestrosby Csound1,Save Word Processing docs as .doc or .rtf files. spreadsheets as .xls or .csv, I'm no AW expert so look amongst the export choices for all other files.
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Jan 21, 2015 12:44 PM in response to maaestrosby Baby Boomer (USofA),Regarding converting AW files, you may wish to consider posting in the AppleWorks forums. It's where the AW experts hang out at.
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Jan 21, 2015 12:51 PM in response to maaestrosby MichelPM,The easiest and simplest thing for you to do IS NOT UPGRADE!
You do NOT have to upgrade your OS, at all, if your current computer setup is working fine for you.
Just because Apple sent you a notification to upgrade your computer's OS doesn't mean you are obligated to do it!
i recommend you leave your Mac's system where it is.
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Jan 22, 2015 12:05 AM in response to MichelPMby Roger Wilmut1,You may find my article on 'Abandoning Appleworks' helpful:
Even if you decide not to upgrade your System now, it's as well to have a plan in hand because sooner or later you will need to buy a new computer, and you won't be able to run Appleworks directly on that (since you won't be able to run Snow Leopard on it).
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Jan 23, 2015 12:53 PM in response to maaestrosby rashley12,All is not lost!
I have recently upgraded from 10.6.8 to Yosemite and was an avid user of AppleWorks/ClarisWorks data base and word processing files.
This is what I did:
1. backup entire Hard drive on separate drive. (very important !!!!!!!!!)
2. (partitioned computer hard drive so OSX 10.6.8 can still be booted) (you can find instructions on support site)
3. Created a bootable 10.6.8 on one partition and a bootable Yosemite on the other partition. This way you can always go back and boot 10.6.8 for using AppleWorks and any other Power PC application that won't run in Yosemite/Mavericks. (There are a lot on my machine) (Choose the boot partition by pressing Alt/Option right after the chime on restart.)
How to UPDATE files for use in iWorks:
To use AppleWorks data base files in Pages/Numbers you must open the file in AppleWorks, SAVE AS a text file, then open it in Excel or Word, then Save as .xls or .doc file, then open it in Numbers or Pages. (Pages can open some of the text files directly without using word as a middle man.)
Your data base will become just a plain spreadsheet and all the formatting for word processing files will be lost but the content is there.
Good luck, ☺
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Jan 23, 2015 2:14 PM in response to rashley12by Roger Wilmut1,Indeed partitioning the drive, one of the suggestions in the article I linked to above, is a useful method; however as and when it becomes necessary to buy a new computer that method will not work as it won't be possible to run Snow Leopard on it
The current versions of Pages and Numbers will not open Appleworks files directly; the previous versions (in iWork '09) will do so - it's been reported that they will run on Yosemite but of course one has to find a copy of the box set on an independent retailer as it's not available from Apple.
Michael PM's advice is apposite - don't upgrade to Yosemite just because you have an annoying pop-up telling you to do so. It may well be better to stick with Snow Leopard, though in the future it will be necessary to find another way.
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Jan 23, 2015 5:34 PM in response to rashley12by texanian,Numbers would not open our old Appleworks database. I got a message that it was not a spreadsheet (Duh!).
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Jan 23, 2015 6:55 PM in response to texanianby Peggy,Database data can be copied & pasted into an AppleWorks spreadsheet, saved & opened in Numbers or saved as ASCII/plain text & opened in most any spreadsheet, database or word processing program.
