There have been numerous posts about the need for Mac users to upgrade their OS before Logos will consider adding some OS specific features. When I read this morning that Apple was offering some users free copies of Snow Leopard, I thought I would pass the info along (hint, hint). NOTE: This seems to be for those who were Mobile Me users.
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/18/apple-driving-icloud-conversions-with-free-copies-of-snow-leopard-for-mobileme-users/
Interestingly enough, the free links on that page seem to point to that same page. I have an unused Mobile Me account, just for the email address. Never received any notice of a free upgrade from Apple. However, I have already spent the $49 for a family pack upgrade. Beyond that, I have no motivation to upgrade to Lion, and have multiple reasons to not install 10.7
I was able to get it to work. I keep my computers up to date with the latest OS, but my dad needs a copy. I am hoping to set up his mac so that I can remotely administer his computer. Tech support over the phone isn't any fun.
You're my mac mentor and you don't use the latest OS X? That's like finding out the Wizard is just a guy behind a curtain.
[:D]
Didn't know I was crucial to your Machood. Must I reconsider my reluctance to upgrade? [^o)]
As a long-term Mac user, I have accumulated numerous applications that are not Universal which is required by Lion. Loan Advance me a few thousand US$ so I can upgrade them, and then I will upgrade to Lion [:D].
As a long-term Mac user, I have accumulated numerous applications that are not Universal which is required by Lion.
I feel for you. I only have one program that needs upgrading, and that's so old it runs on OS 9 on an age old computer, so it doesn't care what version of OS X I run on my newest one. I do, however, have many hundred, perhaps thousands, of old AppleWorks and MacWrite Pro (!) files, and those programs can't even be upgraded, so the only solution is to convert every single file into something usable. Most I can make into pdf's or, occasionally, rtf's, which is just slow and boring, but sooner or later I'll reach the point where most of what remains can't be dealt with anywhere near that easily. And then when I'm through with that I still have to figure out what to do with my 20 year old HyperCard stack which I haven't opened in, well, probably nearly 20 years, but wouldn't want to lose altogether. But I have learnt a lesson for the future: never let files get so old they can't be easily converted!
But I have learnt a lesson for the future: never let files get so old they can't be easily converted!
That's why a good children's and youth ministry is so important. [:)]
what to do with my 20 year old HyperCard stack
I still miss my HyperCard [:'(]
I still miss my HyperCard
Have you found a good way to preserve the content?
I still miss my HyperCard Have you found a good way to preserve the content?
That was a very long time ago. Switched from HyperCard soon after Apple ceased development. I went from there to Helix and then to 4th Dimension, but I do not remember how I converted everything—may have needed to retype it all [:(].
BTW: Snow Leopard does improve L4 Mac's performance [8-|].
Upgrading to Snow Leopard was a no-brainer for me. But Lion is a different story. There's nothing that Lion offers that I see as essential. I will upgrade when I get a new machine.
I've stuck with Snow Leopard also, I had several programs I had purchased that my wife likes, granted they are games, but we both like a little mindless recreation sometimes. I don't need iOS features in my desktops that's what I have an iPad and iPhone for.
I updated to Lion soon after its release, but a few weeks later I reinstalled Snow – which I think could be Apples variant of the indestructible Windows XP.
Sure, Lion has some nice features, but in addition to REMOVING many beloved features from Snow, it made my mac slower.
I have Snow Leopard on my iMac and Lion on my newer MacBook Air. Snow Leopard is miles better. Like others I prefer the desktop environment of Snow Leopard to the IOS environment of Lion. Just as I prefer a mouse to a trackpad.
Software developers would be better to stick to the adage: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But if it is, then please fix it pronto. Logos please note.
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