[Hidden-tech] OS X 10.9.4 software compatibility

[Stacy Kontrabecki]

Yes - I want to upgrade not downgrade. Cut & paste error. But it stands 
to reason - if I hazard an update and the software doesn't work, can I 
downgrade? Can I do that through Time Machine?

All software is old and websites don't say if they work on newer OS's. 
That's my predicament.

Of course I looked at Apple.com I can't find my answers. I assume since 
it is still in the 10.x.x series that they'll work, but I want to know 
ahead of time.

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On 7/3/14 3:26 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
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> At Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:17:02 -0400 Stacy Kontrabecki <swampdancer at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>     ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>     ** If you did, we all thank you.
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>> I have OS X 10.9.4 installed to my Mac. I'm trying to figure out if my
>> software will work if I update to OSX 10.6.8, but looking up each
>> application tells me the minimum OS requirements, but no means of
>> knowing if the applications are bug-free when operating on the new OS.
> Do you mean you have 10.6.8 installed and want to upgrade to 10.9.4?  You
> can't possibly mean you want to *downgrade* from 10.9.4 to 10.6.8...
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>> Googling is wasting my time as I am not arriving at answers. Is there a
>> single place to go to find these answers?
> I'd try apple.com.
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>> I'm using:
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>> MS Office Mac 2011
>> Quickbooks Mac 2010
>> Quicken Essentials Mac
>> Adobe CS5
>> Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
>> Thunderbird 24.6.0
>> mSecure 3.5.3
> You might need to to visit each vendor (Microsoft, Intuit, Adobe, Mozilla,
> etc.) to find out what versions of MacOSX their software works under.
>
> *Generally* speaking, unless the software is really old or the upgrade is a
> really major jump, there should not be problems, but it depends...  One rule
> of thumb is to look at release dates of the software and of the O/S version.
> If the software was released after the O/S version you are upgrading to, you
> should be OK.
>
>> Also have some others, but don't really need/use them like I do these.
>>
>> Thank-you.
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