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...Lamplighter, are you saying that Mavericks will only provide/recognize Pages
as a word processing app, Numbers instead of Excel, Keynote instead of Powerpoint? ...
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Do you remember when MS Word was an 8k file and transferred
from one computer to the next by a simple drag-n-drop ?
That's the way it's "supposed to be".
After a month, I'm still getting used to the new Apple software.
First, it's my understand that Mavericks still allows installation of "Parallel" ($79), so
true to the long standing tradition on Mac, you should be able to run most any MS software,
including Office, and I think another thread here on the Cellar
says Office for Mac still runs on Mavericks. But your mileage may vary.
Next, with Numbers... it does open an Excel (xls) file,
and it also opens an exported text file in UFT (txt).
So far I'm not able to open a standard delimited file (cvs).
And as I said before, Numbers is a dumbed-down version of Excel,
where even formatting workbook page and/or reports leaves
a lot to be desired.
As for Pages, you probably already know what it is like, but compared to Word it is an imbecile.
It does NOT open some of the standard text formats.
IMO, for Pages to NOT open a Rich Text Format (rtf) document is an deliberate crime.
Apple's "Mail" software is visually different, but buried in the menus are the same functionalities.
Likewise, the most recent (Mavericks-compatible) version of Firefox browser is visually different.
One functionality that I miss is copy/paste the actual web link directly from the default screen.
It is still possible, but now requires first displaying the "History" one way or another.
I guess that's a relatively minor issue.
Lastly, I have used Intuit's Quicken (a fairly sophisticated) financial software,
based on a "check book" model since it came out in the 80's (?).
The only Intuit product that runs on Mavericks is called "Quicken Essentials for the Mac" (QEM)
Now if you owned MicroSoft and you wanted to sabotage Apple,
you would hire programmers to write QEM, and give it away free.
But since MS does not own Intuit it's not free... it's all of $15.
So many formatting and functionalities are missing from QEM,
it looks, feels, and acts like a piece of children's software.
But all is fair in love, war, and marketing, Ituit also sells "Money"
which (I think) is the same product as QEM, but for the PC.
Of course if you want the (fully) functional versions of Quicken,
you have to pay for them, and run them on a PC, or on a Mac via "Parallel".
Thank you, Ortho, for giving me an excuse to spout off some of my anger.
This whole Apple software conversion has made me an angry person for the past month.
Maybe now I'll begin my mental health recovery... at least my wife hopes so...
