[G4] Appleworks ... So Frustrated

[Brian Silverio]

I was unable up update Appleworks on my desktop so I installed and updated on
another system (iBook) and then just dragged the app over to my desktop.  That
was some time ago (pre panther) so I don't know if it still works.

Good luck



Quoting Anne Keller-Smith <earthpigz at earthlink.net>:

> Status here ... spent two hours with Applecare this morning
> and did the removal of Preferences thing plus the uninstall/
> reinstall. Still crashing. Attempted 2nd update to 6.2.9 but
> the updater cannot find the app. I'm looking right at it, though.
> There's no button to choose location. Tech says I'm looking
> at an archive install, and I really don't want to do that. Seems
> like a sledgehammer to fix a bent nail.
> 
> Also repaired permissions - I thought MacJanitor did this?
> 
> Will spend another hour d/l a new copy of the updater, in
> case corruption is the case, and then I'll have to decide
> whether to dump Appleworks completely and buy an old
> Classic copy of Excel.
> 
> Not impressed at all. Thanks for letting me vent.
> 
> Any other ideas are welcome, and thanks heaps for the
> help so far. You guys are impressive, that much I'll say.
> 
> And ... that old Excel program works, and it seems I should
> have stayed with it.
> 
> Anne Keller Smith
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