HT201364 will my OSX Snow Leopard 10.68 Apps work with OSX Mavericks

Will my apps from 10.68 work in OSX Mavericks. I have recording software, Motu Digital Performer 6, I cannot afford $200 to upgrade software. Are Most Snow Leopard Apps Compatble with Mavericks

Do you have any Power PC Apps on your Mac?
They will NOT run on Mavericks (or Lion, or ML)
in System Information (I think it was called System Profiler in SL),
Select Software->Applications and sort by Kind (see: https://tidbits.com/article/12156)
(If no PowerPC Apps, then best to test yourself (or ask in the "Motu Digital Performer" forums (if it exists)
If you have a Time Machine backup, you can easily revert back to a proir OS:
OS X Mavericks: Revert to a previous OS X version)

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