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You would also be able to run Snow Leopard in a VM on a new Mac.
Migration Assistant should work fine between the two Macs. I don't think there's any risk of harming the old one.
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run Snow Leopard in a VM on a new Mac.
What does this mean exactly?
The thing I liked about my solution was how easy it was for him. I used a trial version of "Crossover" to install the windows version of Appleworks. This meant he just had an Appleworks icon in his launchpad and when clicked, it would just seemlessly boot up, with crossover running in the background.
Would this be the same for your suggestion?
This old dog is not going to be learning any new tricks - so it needs to be as close to how you'd normally use the Mac as possible.
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Right, got a bit of a legacy Mac issue I'd appreciate some guidance on.
My Father in Law (87 - but still working as a building stone consultant) has a conundrum. He has an 2008 IMac that is still running Snow Leopard. Why? Because he LOVES AppleWorks 6. Literally all of his technical drawings / graphs (1000's) have been drawn in this program and he's still creating more. He is too old to learn a new thing now, and my understanding is that a like for like replacement doesn't really exist anyway.
The problem is, websites are increasingly not able to run on Snow Leopard - but AppleWorks doesnt work on any newer OS. So he's getting in a pickle when emails ask him to provide meter readings, or pay bills - and the webpage doesn't load. This is happening more and more frequently.
He's also very worried (and not without due cause) that if I get fiddling I could break everything.
I think I've found a work around, where by we can run a more recent OS, and use a Windows emulator to run a windows version of Appleworks - I've got this working on my misses new Macbook (quite proud of myself).
But, he still doesnt want to plunge into updating his old Imac - for fear of it catching fire, so the solution is to buy him a nice circa 2012 iMac, that can run Catalina, and then migrate things over.
So - the actual question is - how easy is it to migrate from Snow Leopard to Catalina on two separate iMacs - and would the old iMac still be useable, in case anything goes amiss. Basically - I'm only allowed to do thigs that guarantee his old computer still works as it does now - in case I mess up the new one.
Any advice appreciated.