Apple Works on Sheep Shaver (Chubby Bunny)
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:44 pm
Hi guys, wondering if anybody can help me figure out how to use AppleWorks on SheepShaver.
A few years back, with the help of Chubby Bunny, I got SheepShaver running on my MacBook Pro (the mid-2012 model, last one with a CD drive, which I purchased new from the Apple Store in July 2016).
SheepShaver has been fine, it runs the programs I absolutely wanted it to use, but lately I've come to realize that I'd really like to use AppleWorks 6. I tried just copying the program over via an external drive, but it wouldn't recognize it, grumbled something about how it wasn't an OSX computer. (That's SheepShaver grumbling. The MacBook whines that it AppleWorks iss too old of an OSX program to be read).
So, as I still have the Apple Works installation disk, I tried copying that over, but it wouldn't work. Then, however, I noticed that copying the thing over didn't copy the "U.S. and Canadian Installation File," so I copied that item specifically, and it did open and begin to install, but it stops with an error message that says QuickTime isn't installed and I should install it from the AppleWorks disk first.
Yet despite the AppleWorks installer's smug self-assurance that there's a QuickTime installer on the AppleWorks disk, I don't see one.
It's also lying to me, there's a QuickTime 4.1.2 on the SheepShaver "Classic HD" disk. I downloaded Quicktime 5 and 6, but they won't install, says they can't be opened because the file that created them is nowhere to be found.
I've read you're supposed to scrub all traces of old versions of QuickTime before trying to install a new one, but I'm hesitant to do that because if they still won't install then I"m QT-less. I live in terror of having to re-install SheepShaver.
BTW, I don't really like reinstalling and upgrading things, and I'm happily running the MacBook on El Capitan. I recently bought a MacBook Air for another purpose, it was already loaded with Mojave, and I really don't need that kind of negativity in my life.
One other possibly salient fact: I have about 3 G3 computers, all with AppleWorks on them, which I haven't fired up in at least a year, but one or more of them should work in case I need to copy something from a System 9 environment. (THey're all 9.2.2.)
Thanks for reading, any help would be appreciated.
Oh, and yes, I know I have Claris on the MacBook, but AppleWorks was a significant improvement, I have need of the Word Processing and Drawing/Painting programs.
A few years back, with the help of Chubby Bunny, I got SheepShaver running on my MacBook Pro (the mid-2012 model, last one with a CD drive, which I purchased new from the Apple Store in July 2016).
SheepShaver has been fine, it runs the programs I absolutely wanted it to use, but lately I've come to realize that I'd really like to use AppleWorks 6. I tried just copying the program over via an external drive, but it wouldn't recognize it, grumbled something about how it wasn't an OSX computer. (That's SheepShaver grumbling. The MacBook whines that it AppleWorks iss too old of an OSX program to be read).
So, as I still have the Apple Works installation disk, I tried copying that over, but it wouldn't work. Then, however, I noticed that copying the thing over didn't copy the "U.S. and Canadian Installation File," so I copied that item specifically, and it did open and begin to install, but it stops with an error message that says QuickTime isn't installed and I should install it from the AppleWorks disk first.
Yet despite the AppleWorks installer's smug self-assurance that there's a QuickTime installer on the AppleWorks disk, I don't see one.
It's also lying to me, there's a QuickTime 4.1.2 on the SheepShaver "Classic HD" disk. I downloaded Quicktime 5 and 6, but they won't install, says they can't be opened because the file that created them is nowhere to be found.
I've read you're supposed to scrub all traces of old versions of QuickTime before trying to install a new one, but I'm hesitant to do that because if they still won't install then I"m QT-less. I live in terror of having to re-install SheepShaver.
BTW, I don't really like reinstalling and upgrading things, and I'm happily running the MacBook on El Capitan. I recently bought a MacBook Air for another purpose, it was already loaded with Mojave, and I really don't need that kind of negativity in my life.
One other possibly salient fact: I have about 3 G3 computers, all with AppleWorks on them, which I haven't fired up in at least a year, but one or more of them should work in case I need to copy something from a System 9 environment. (THey're all 9.2.2.)
Thanks for reading, any help would be appreciated.
Oh, and yes, I know I have Claris on the MacBook, but AppleWorks was a significant improvement, I have need of the Word Processing and Drawing/Painting programs.