prcadogan wrote:Thank you, Bob. I believe that ClarisWorks 5.0 got renamed AppleWorks 5.0. But AW then went on to v6.
Do you mean that I could install ClarisWorks 5.0 straight on to a new iMac running OSX 10.5? [Probably not?]
Or would I need to get a copy of AppleWorks 6.0, which presumably you have (?), and then install it on the iMac? Where could I get the AW 6 from ?
Or would iWork convert my old CW 5.0 files ?
More help much appreciated. It's all a bit unknown to me.
Pete
Hi Pete,
ClarisWorks/AppleWorks 5 is an OS 9 and earlier )"Classic") only application. Leopard (OS X v10.5) does not support the Classic environment, necessary to run these apps under OS X, nor do any of the intel based Macs boot into OS 9.
Short Answer: CW/AW 5 will not run on any current Mac.
AppleWorks 6.2.x runs natively in OS X. It is a PPS application, so it uses Rosetta to run on an intel processor. Apple no longer sells or supports AppleWorks.
You can occasionally find versions of AppleWorks 6 on eBay or similar sites. Your new iMac will require a disk containing an OS X version of the installer application, so check with the seller if the installer on the disk runs in OS X or in Classic/OS 9.
You can find AppleWorks 6.2.4 at
Hardcore Mac.
6.2.4 and 6.2.9 are the best versions of AW to use in OS X. AW 6.2.7, the version between these, introduced a number of new bugs, and should be avoided.
Any AW 6 version can be updated to 6.2.9 using the updater available from Apple.
iWork will open AW 6 word processor, spreadsheet or presentation files, but may not translate all of the features correctly. The iWork applications will not open AW/CW 5 files (or files from earlier versions).
Regards,
Barry