Appleworks 6.2.9 Updater

Updater will not open because "The default location required for this install could not be found. The install will be cancelled." The updater is in the same Applications folder as Appleworks 6. Both are standard English versions. Running Disk Utility doesn't correct the problem. Any ideas?

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The error message means it can't find a copy of AppleWorks for that updater to update. The most common reasons are:
1. The language of the updater doesn't match the language of the installed version of AppleWorks 6. This particularly applies to the two English versions. There are several websites with links to incorrect updaters. The UK Apple site in particular has been known to point to the north American updater for quite some time. The most reliable link is at this page where you can choose the appropriate updater for your AppleWorks 6 installation.
2. The application has been moved. The folder containing AppleWorks 6 must be named AppleWorks 6 AND be in the first level of the Applications folder. The second part of my user tip, AppleWorks has stopped working correctly, explains more.
Peggy

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Hi Lani,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
I don't know what the blue label under the AppleWorks icon means. Is this the Application icon or the icon for an AppleWorks document? The small arrow, if it is curved and located at the lower left corner of the icon, means the icon is an alias to the file.
If your AppleWorks application is indeed version 6.2, you'll need to update further. AppleWorks 6.2.4 is the earliest recommended version for current Mac OS X systems (Tiger & Leopard), and the newest (and also recommended) version is 6.2.9.
The following actions should help in solving your problem.
1. Locate the AppleWorks 6 application package. It should be at Applications > AppleWorks 6 > AppleWorks. Click on it once to select it, then press command-I to Get Info. In the Get Info window, check the Version number. If it is anything other than 6.2.4 or 6.2.9, download and apply the 6.2.9 update. (See the Caution below.) If the AppleWorks 6 folder (containing the application) is not in the Applications folder, move it to that folder. If the Appleworks application package is not in the AppleWorks 6 folder, move it to that folder.
2. After any software installation it is necessary to do a system maintenance task—Repair Permissions. Use Spotlight to locate Disk Utility and double click the file to launch the application. In Disk Utility, click First Aid, Select your hard drive, then click Repair Permissions.
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4. Click on one of the AppleWorks file icons with the arrow and blue label, then press command-I. In the Get Info window, check if this icon is a file (document) or an alias. If it is a document, you should be able to open it. Check that the Open with section of the Get Info window names AppleWorks 6 as the application to open the file. If not, use the pull down menu in this section to select AppleWorks 6, then click the Change all button to apply this instruction to all .cwk files. If the icon is an alias, you will need to redo the transfer of files from the G4 to the MBP, making sure that what you are transferring are actual files, not aliases.
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Regards,
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Where is the default location for the AppleWorks updater 6.2.9?

§When I try to install the 6.2.9 updater I get the message 'The default location could not be located'

An error message when running the updater is usually due to the wrong updater for your installed version of AppleWorks or not already having AppleWorks 6 installed. If you don't already have AppleWorks 6, you'll have to buy it.
If you live in the US or Canada, click one of the two "Download" buttons on the AppleWorks 6.2.9 updater page. If you live anywhere else in the English-speaking world (UK, Australia, etc.), pick International English. In either case, if one doesn't work, download & install the other.

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My software update wants to download and install 10.4.11, but I want to make sure my Appleworks 6.2.9 will still work before I install the update because I have no desire want so ever to move to iWorks etc. which are just far inferior to Appleworks for my uses.
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Greetings! I have just installed from CD AppleWorks 6.2.9 which went great. I downloaded the update from Apple.com and when I attempt to install the update, I get an error message (thought that kinda thing was Windows only???): The error indicates that the Updater can't find AppleWorks 6 program to update in the Macintosh HD disk. Why not? Hello. I see it there. I have used AppleWorks and it works fine residing right there in the Macintosh HD Applications folder. I know it's there so what's up with the Updater? Any ideas, help or comments?? Thanks & God Bless!

The message is rather vague. It means it can't find a version of AppleWorks 6 for that updater to update. The usual reason is, as mentioned, the language of the updater doesn't match the language of the application. AppleWorks comes in 15 different versions/languages.
But, I think the reason you got the message is that you already have AppleWorks 6.2.9. There is nothing newer. Again, the updater can't find anything to update.

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The message reads "The updater was unable to find an installation of the US AppleWorks 6 program to update in the specified Update Location. Please select a different Update Location that contains an installation of the US AppleWorks 6 or install AppleWorks 6 from your orig." I've had the program installed since I've had the computer. Once I click OK it goes back to the Updater window but doesn't give me any option to choose anywhere to save it. It just gives a folder icon that says next it "Items will be updated in the folder "AppleWorks 6" on the disk "Mac HD."
The only options I get are Update or Quit. Also, it never gets to a window that has a program icon that I can drag into the Applications folder. Any ideas. The program has been working fine except for random crashes upon launching. Thus why I'm updating.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions
The error message means it can't find a copy of AppleWorks for that updater to update. The most common reasons are:
1. The language of the updater doesn't match the language of the installed version of AppleWorks 6. This particularly applies to the two English versions.
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North American/US
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How is it possible to open AppleWorks files with MicroSoft 2008 for Mac ??
Maybe it is possible to open these files with Excel.
I have a lot of older files I need to open in any application now I running Tiger.
I need these files again, ones these files was a part of a project that is activating in praxis now.
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AppleWorks is available on the CDs which where delivered with you three old machines.
The best source would be the one delivered with the G4 machine.
Insert the CD in the CD tray of the G4 machine, open its icon.
I assumes that you will see a folder entitled "bundled applications"
Double click it
respond to the asked questions and navigate to a folder containing AppleWorks installer.
Run it to install a clean AppleWorks on the machine.
Copy this folder on a CD for future use (copy also the set of fonts installed with AppleWorks).
Copy the complete AppleWorks folder on the new machine in the folder entitled "Applications"
Copy the fonts in the folder entitled "Library:Fonts"
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Using Disk Utility, create a disk image whose size is 150 Mbytes
Name it AppleWorks 62old then copy the entire contents of the folder AppleWorks 6"
After that, update the installed AppleWorks in version 6.2.9 from
"http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/appleworks629formac.html"
If you are using the continental US version download from the button entitled 15.8MB at right top.
For other versions use the updaters described in plain English.
The old version in the disk image may be useful if you have some old files which AW 6.29 refuse to open. It's a bug which doesn't strike older versions.
There are other kind of install disks.
On some, there is a "standard" folder named "AppleWorks 6"
On other there is a hidden folder entitled "Image" but as you have the machine you will be able to install the program from the installer itself. I don't remember if there is an installer dedicated to bundled programs but I'm sure that with a bit of patience you will find it.
Good luck.
Don't forget the contents of the license:
one program = one machine. So, if you grab AppleWorks from the G4, you must remove it from this machine.
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No version of Appleworks can run under OS 10.7 or higher. The last OS that still supported AppleWorks was 10.6.8, and it used software emulation to run pre-Intel apps like Appleworks.
LibreOffice is a modern productivity suite that duplicates most of the functions of Appleworks and is free. You cannot say the same for iWork, the current product that Apple placed in AppleWorks' old slot. iWork has word processing (Pages) ; Spreadsheets (Numbers) and presentation (KeyNote). LibreOffice has those plus Draw and database functions.
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EDIT: Sorry, you typed "10.8.6" for an OS in the title and I failed to noticed you said 10.6.8 in other places. So you can run AW6 on that computer if you can find it. I still think your best action is to use LibreOffice that still runs under 10.6.8. Otherwise, you wil be looking to buy used software like this on Amazon:
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