I upgraded my Mac OSX by downloading Maverick. I am not able to open backed up files that have .cwk format. Is there a solution?

Question

Mac OS X, Version 10.9.5.  4GB 1067MHz DDR3  I recently upgraded to Maverick.  Now I am unable to open Genealogy files with .cwk format.  I spent an hour at an Apple Store Genius Bar with no solution. 

Answer 1

Hello,
knowing the type of the files that you want to convert is interesting :
- if there are text/spreadsheet/presentation files, iWork'09 may be able to convert them,
- if there are graphic vector files, there exists some commercial solutions : EazyDraw Retro ( http://www.eazydraw.com/appleWorks.htm ), Intaglio which can give good or less good results
Concerning LibreOffice, normally, the LibreOffice 4.3 tries to convert all AppleWorks/ClarisWorks documents ( excepted the presentation files ), the result can be good or not ( this depends on the complexity of the original documents, ...) :-~
Notes:
- you can find more informations about migrating AppleWorks files in http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/aw/page1.html
- if your documents do not contain ant confidential data, seeing some of them may interest me to see what happens with the LibreOffice's filter : check if some parts of the documents are not parsed, ...