Hi localadmin, We covered this fairly thoroughly back in June. On 09/06/11 one post Re: Preparation for Lion from myself mentioned this: Prepare For Lion OS X 10.7
1. Make sure your Mac can run Lion: Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor to run Lion. Find out if your current Mac has one of these processors by clicking the Apple icon at the top left of your screen, then choosing About This Mac. 2. Make sure you have the latest version of Snow Leopard. Get up to date with the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard to purchase OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. If you have Snow Leopard, click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install the latest version. 3. Check your Applications A) Use System Profiler to check all your Applications. Go to "About This Mac" under the Apple Menu, and click the "More Info" button. This will launch System Profiler. Scroll down the list of contents at the left of the window until you get to the "Software" section and click on "Applications". Give the list a few moments to populate, then look for your application in the list. Widen the window if necessary until you see the "Kind" column. You can sort this column by clicking on the column header to make searching easier. Any items labelled "Classic" or "PowerPC" will not work with Lion. ONLY Universal & Intel will run in Lion OS X 10.7 B) Check all your Applications you might be running and see if they have updates. C) Clean Up your computer. Uninstall old software you no longer use or require (if you don’t have the uninstaller for the application, download & use AppZapper (which is not free) <http://www.appzapper.com/> or AppCleaner (free) <http://appcleaner.en.softonic.com/mac> I prefer using AppZapper to delete any applications. D) Delete any old files you no longer need. E) If you use any add-on software such as plug-ins for mail or programs that rely on input managers such as 1Password & Google Desktop, make sure you have upgraded to Lion-compatible versions before you upgrade. 4. Download OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. When OS X Lion is released in July, open the Mac App Store from your Dock to buy and download it. Then follow the onscreen instructions to install Lion. DON’T FORGET: 1. Backup your system BEFORE installing 2. Repair Permissions before installing 3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences 4. Unmount & Disconnect any External USB & Firewire Drives / Time Machine 5. Run Software Update after installing 7. Repair Permissions 8. Connect your Backup Drive 9. Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and Turn Time Machine ON Let Time Machine complete a backup. ** Apple warning for installing Updates: Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. As I have said numerous times on WAMUG List “Do Not Upgrade if anything is amiss with your system”. As is the case with all upgrades/updates, if there’s anything at all amiss with your system before the upgrade/update, the upgrade/update is likely to expose them. —— Then Peter mentioned this about Appleworks: On 25/06/11 one post Re: Preparation for LION, from Peter Hinchliffe mentioned this: AppleWorks WP files - will open in Pages (iWork) AppleWorks Spreadsheet files - will open in Numbers (iWork) AppleWorks Database files - export as text files and open with Bento (www.filemaker.com) AppleWorks Drawing files - Open with Intaglio (http://www.purgatorydesign.com/Intaglio/) or Eazydraw (http://www.eazydraw.com/ - NOT the App Store version) AppleWorks Presentation files - will open in Keynote (iWork) Cheers, Ronni On 22/07/2011, at 1:07 PM, localadmin wrote: > Yes Office 2004 so we are out of that not really that sad as I use iWorks > mostly > > BUT would love to be able to use Appleworks > > any ideas?? > > Thanks > > Gerald > On 22/07/2011, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> On 22/07/2011, at 12:52 PM, localadmin wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi everybody out there >>> >>> Have just updated to Lion >>> >>> BUT >>> >>> Microsoft Office and Appleworks do not now work >>> >>> Don't care really about Office >>> BUT >>> Do love the old Appleworks >>> >>> Anybody know how to up date these?? >>> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> Gerald & Valerie LLOYD >>> [email protected] >> >> Appleworks will not work in Lion OS X 10.7 >> ONLY Universal & Intel will run in Lion OS X 10.7 >> >> What version of Microsoft Office do you have. >> If its Microsoft Office 2004 it is NOT compatible with Lion. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
