A lot of the files are AW 5. Pages only converts appleworks 6. In addition, many of the files are AW drawing documents and Pages can't open those either, even if they are AW6 files. On Aug 18, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote:
> I don't understand, Harry. Why do you need to do it with an old system? My > Pages on Lion converts old .cw files just fine. > > What am I not understanding about why you want to go to all that trouble? > > j. > > > > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:25 PM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> >> Subject: [MacGroup] external startup drive question >> Date: August 18, 2012 3:42:21 PM EDT >> To: Topics Macintosh computers related to Apple and >> <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers >> <[email protected]> >> >> >> This spring I installed Lion on my 5 year old MacBook Pro. Lion does not run >> appleworks. I find I have a lot of appleworks files that need to be >> converted to pages or pdfs. I have an unused firewire 80gb lacie drive which >> I want to partition and use one partition as an external startup drive with >> Mac OS 10.6. I can then, at my leisure, startup from the external drive, and >> convert my files. >> >> Four questions: >> >> 1) when I go to format and partition the drive I am presented with 4 Mac >> choices >> a) Mac OS Extended (Journaled) >> b) Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) >> c) Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) >> d) Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted) >> >> Which choice do I want? >> >> 2) what do all the choice mean? >> >> 3) How big should the partition be? >> >> 4) Could I also use a usb 2.0 drive to do this? > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > FileMaker 9/10/11/12 Certified Developer > > Fletcher Data Consulting > [email protected] > http://www.fletcherdata.com > 502-509-7137 > > Personal Blog o'Stuff: http://jfletch.posterous.com > > Kentuckiana's FileMaker Developers Group > Next meeting: Tuesday, August 28th, 12:00 pm to 3:30-ish > Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
