You can verify if a program is going to work by getting Info on it and looking at the Kind field. If it says "Universal" or "Intel" you should be good to go with that on Lion. You can also look in Apple System profiler's Software tab. Sort by the "Kind" then scroll down for PowerPC. Bluspacecow, that's great advice for the PPC stuff. You may as well be trying to run iPhone apps or Windows "exe" files. No chance at all. I would be careful about assuming that all Intel or Universal apps will work fine in Lion.
Intel code is an important first criterion but with a new operating system there can be many other ways for a program to be incompatible. Google's Chrome browser doesn't quite draw right. Be sure your printer and scanner software is working and isn't reliant upon a PPC installer in case you have to reinstall under Lion.
Most printer brands will have a web page listing compatibility with Lion— check them out. Yes, I rushed to install the new operating system and my microsoft office tools don't work… yikes. I wish I had read this earlier…. However, if you only need to occasionally open a Word or Excel document look into Pages and Numbers available separately from the Mac App Store.
Here is a link to download a trial version of that. I have been having a lot of problems with my Mac freezing when trying to open iTunes or Mail and when trying to log out or shut down. When trying to open an app, the icon if on dock will bounce for a log time and eventually stop without opening.
When trying to log out, the desktop and dock will go away but nothing else will happen. Sometimes it will go to the tan screen but just hang. This started while still running Snow Leopard. I had hoped upgrading to Lion would fix things but they seem to have gotten worse. I have tried running the disk utility and fixing the permissions several times usually a lot of problems are found and fixed but still no improvement. I always end up having to shut off the computer by holding the power button.
Any suggestions? All ideas would be most appreciated. Will that work at the Amazon app store? And if so, how do I apply it? Hannah, the Mac app store and the Amazon app store are separate. Your Mac app store gift card cannot be applied to Amazon's store.
Sorry about that, but you'll have plenty of choices with the Mac app store. Haha, thanks… but I just want the updated Office, argh… and I still had a 3rd product key to use from my version…. Do you foresee anything happening ever where will be applicable to Lion? Because now I can't even open my old word files to even edit.. No chance on becoming usable on Lion. However, for free, you can control-click on a Word document and "Open with…" TextEdit.
As long as the documents are not too fancy Pages will open them just fine. Bonus tip: if all you want to do is view a Word doc click it once to select it, then press the space bar to pop it open.
Space bar again to close. Hm… does Pages edit a document like word would? I only ask because I'm a teacher and I make all my own hand outs.
Oh my yes. Pages will be great for you and your handouts. You'll love it. Pictures and more, a thousand times better and easier than in Word. I worked on the iWork 09 Missing Manual book see link at left here and that would be a terrific reference. Look for Pages info on Apple's web site. They have little video tutorials that will show you what it can do. Highly recommended. Now I can't wait to try it, haha… it looks cool though! It IS cool. You're going to love it.
I had been thinking of upgrading to snow leopard but I might as well wait. And will it be a simple install can anyone tell me. When is the approximate release date of lion OS …..
I agree with Peter. I would rather upgrade to snow leopard where glitches are already fixed than buy lion which will have a lot of glitches and just wait awhile until they are all solved before upgrading again.
I am trying to convince my boss to update my work imac. Snow Leopard still has many problems. Other than that I guess its ok, I still prefer Looking forward to Why wait for Lion? Snow Leopard is Leopard optimised for Intel, why risk new technology when Snow Leopard is proven technology that works!!???
Personally, I own 17 Macs. Any G4s I have run Leopard, regardless of processor speed. My i7 early MBP runs I am right there with you MC. I was thinking about upgrading to snow leopard, but decided to just wait.
Chris Are you really upset that Apple keeps improving and upgrading their stuff? Being left behind is up to you dude. Buy a pair of Converse Chuck Taylors, they will always be good.
Wow Chris… Tiger Get yourself to Apple and get a much needed upgrade. Im so frustrated that mac keeps upgrading software.. The updates usually are not that expensive. If you keep up with the updates and pay for the upgrades its generally cheaper than waiting and skipping a version and paying full price for the full version.
I did pre-order snow-leopard when it came.. Lots of programs wasnt compatible from the old leopard.. That sucked… But i think you miss some great futures staying behind.!
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