[Hidden-tech] OS X 10.9.4 software compatibility

[Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing Expert]

There's huge variation in compatibility across the OS 10x series, 
unfortunately. There were at least three system releases that they 
should have numbered OS 11, 12, etc. Particularly big leaps from 10.4 
to 10.5, 10.5 to 10.6.

My desktop computer runs 10.5.8. It still runs Eudora (yay!) but has 
no competent browser (I have to use Firefox for Youtube or anything 
with advanced Flash, which doesn't like this version of Chrome--and 
Chrome for Facebook, which won't play at all nicely with this version 
of Firefox. The desktop computer will not run the current MS Office, 
and while I can open Office 2011 Word and Excel files, it will not 
open a recent Powerpoint using SmartArt (such as what I presented for 
your group at TEDx Shelburne Falls). And more and more websites AND 
groupware/webinar platforms (GoToMeeting--Nyet; Google 
Hangouts--depends on its mood) simply won't work on this 
configuration. Sigh!

My stepfather's computer is just a few months older than mine, but 
won't run anything past 10.4. It's almost like running system 9.

The laptop, only a year and a half old vs. about 5 years for the 
desktop, started at OS 10.6 and is now running 10.8.9. To my utter 
dismay, it never supported Eudora and won't run some other old stuff 
too.

I'd suggest asking software manufacturers for compatibility assurance 
before venturing forth. It's likely that you can't reverse it.

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>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?
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>All software is old and websites don't say if they work on newer OS's.
>That's my predicament.
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>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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>>>  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...
>>
>>>  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.
>>
>>>  I'm using:
>>>
>>>  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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