Iwork or appleworks or office for Mac - which one?

I have just purchased a Mac mini - my first Mac ever! My first surprise was that it didn't come with bundled software, no word processor, no spread sheet, no outlook (or equivalent). it does have something called ilife but i haven't found out what that does. My needs are simple; all I want is to be able to access my emails through something like outlook, write letters and use a spread sheet. My husband also bought an apple so it would be good to be able to sync our emails as we use the same address. iwork doesn't have spread sheet functionality and neither provides an environment for accessing / sending emails nor a sync capability. Appleworks seems to have some issues with future support and doesn't provide the email / sync options. office for Mac seems to have some issues with functionality (cf microsoft office). Does anyone have any solutions that are not going to cost me more than the MAC itself?

When Apple created a distinctly consumer line of computers it began bundling AppleWorks and a few other programs (which varied from time to time). I’m surprised that Apple has chosen to replace AppleWorks with an incomplete iWork product and stop bundling.
iLife is the package that includes iTunes (for organizing your music), iPhoto (for organizing your digital photographs, iMovie (for editing your movies), and iDVD (for creating your own DVDs from your own music, movies, and photos). It is an incredible package but, of course, doesn’t include word processor, spreadsheet, or database. But you have missed Mail, a very powerful email program. Give it a look.
AppleWorks isn’t going to be supported any long, that’s true, but it currently works quite well and while it isn’t going to be supported in the future, if you found it in a bargain bin it would be well worth getting. Mariner Software makes Mariner Write and Calc and bundles the 2 for under $100. I’ve used both. Does Microsoft sell a student version of Office in the UK? If you have a student in the household you have a legitimate right to buy it. Office might not be available in an Intel native version yet (Universal Binary) but I’m aware of no problems - I’ve been using it with my mini for over a month. RagTime is an all-in-one product like AppleWorks and is offered free for non-commercial use. As such it is well worth the time to download and test out.

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IWork or Office for Mac which should i get for my mac pro for study and business. Partner has windows., iWork or Office for Mac which should i get for my mac pro for study and business. Partner has windows.

What operating System this things straight out of the box... Your talking to a tech tard

On your menu bar at the top of your screeen, click on the apple, then click about this mac. What does it say for version under Mac OS X?
I've been using the iWork Pages program more recently after upgrading to Lion 10.7, since my Office 2004 will no longer run under Lion (it does run under my Snow Leopard partition, if needed, though). I haven't found any limitations or issues, however I'm also a light user. You might scan the iWork discussions at https://discussions.apple.com/community/iwork to see what people have to say there.

Hard drive died, trying to replace Office for Mac no disks.

Hi, my trusted Mac Book Pro of five years required surgery last week by the Mac specialists.
The hard drive failed. No, I didn't have any back up, they were able to salvage most of the files
but could not save the programs. The one I need most of course is Office for Mac, which came preloaded and I don't have the disk
to reload. I have searched the Apple site and the Microsoft site, cannot find a place or even a contact to help.
Thank you for any help you may have to offer.

You have posted this in the Pages for Mac forum, not Office for Mac which is on Microsoft's website.
The responsibility for preinstalled software is that of whoever installed it/supplied your Mac.
If that was Apple then Apple should replace it.
You may be coming to the realisation that not keeping backups and adequate records of your purchases is going to cost you.
Peter

Office for mac registration keys

We have two macs in our house and we bought the students version of office for mac which has a 3 user licence. we have used up 2 of the licences for the two macs. my mac has just bin sent in for a new hard drive. will i still be able to use the licence key that i used originally cos we might use the other key for my brothers new laptop? any help would be great. thanks a lot
phil

The student / teacher version is the full version and works the same as the standard office package, it has NO limited functions and it is fully upgrade able.
As much as anyone might be able to buy it; you will be breaking the EULA (end user license agreement) by accepting the terms and conditions of use when you install it if you are not a student / teacher.
It comes with 3 license keys, these are only to be used by eligible students/ teachers on computers based within the same home.
Just because if appears easy to break to licensing terms (ie being able to buy it off the shelf in pc world) without having the correct status; it does not make it right. People need to think twice before obtaining software they are not eligible for... you might as well buy a illegal copy off ebay!

Apple works or iwork vs. microsoft office for mac

I am a first-time mac user and unfortunately, did not have apple works loaded onto my imac. I did have a beta version of office for mac with which I am familiar. My question, since I was unable to trial apple works or iwork, is whether I should go with office for mac or apple works/iwork? My basic needs are word processing/home use. Hope someone can help me out as I need to purchase something.

My question, since I was unable to trial
apple works or iwork, is whether I should go with
office for mac or apple works/iwork? My basic needs
are word processing/home use. Hope someone can help
me out as I need to purchase something.
AppleWorks and iWork are both less expensive than MS Office.
You should have trial versions of both iWork and MS Office on your iMac, according to this software list from the specifications page:
iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand),
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive,
iWork (30-day trial),
Quicken 2006 for Macintosh,
Big Bang Board Games,
Comic Life,
Omni Outliner, and
Apple Hardware Test
Although my personal preference is AppleWorks, I'd hesitate to recommend it in your case. Appleworks is not, and likely never will be native to the intel OS X environment, and runs through Rosetta on the new machines. Although it runs well, and is a viable choice for anyone currently using it, AppleWorks is at the end of its development cycle. Unless you need its spreadsheet and database capabilities, you're probably better off looking at Pages in iWork.
Pages is a competent wp and page layout application, and for some long term users of AppleWorks, has become their favourite for this purpose. Pages includes some basic spreadsheet functions in inserted tables.
Office is an 'entrepreneur' level suite of applications, and as such contains a larger feature set in each application than either iWork or AppleWorks. But given your stated needs, it's probably a bigger hammer than you need, and one with a longer and steeper learning curve than you'd want. If you NEED to share files with Windows/MS Office users, there are a couple of free alternatives—OpenOffice.org, which requires you to install X11, Apple's Xwindow implementation, and NeoOffice, which runs in Java, which you will already have installed.
Others may have different recommendations.
Regards,
Barry

My CD/DVD drive reads regular CDs/DVDs but installation DVDs such as iWork's and office for Mac it spits it out after trying to read it. Please help!!!

For some reason when I insert installation discs for programs like iWork's and office for Mac the drive does not read the disc. I tried movies and music and they worked perfectly. I was able to fix the problem with the iWork's disc by creating a disc image in another drive, I have yet to do this with the Office for Mac but I would like to know what could be the reason for this problem. Any help is appreciated.

@ RabidPineappler and Froggiefo20...
I forgot that I have an extended AppleCare Protection Plan, I contacted Apple today (in Sydney) and they took me through step by step. I tried inserting my OS X disc and it accepted it, I tried putting in a commercial DVD (Star Wars) and it started playing. I then tried putting in a commercial CD and it wouldn't work through iTunes. It made incredibly sick whirring noises and then eventually (approx 5 minutes later) appearred on my desktop, but iTunes7 would not recognise the disc.
Then he suggested I log in under another username which I did... Then my drive prompty died. It does not accept any disc now. He said that I need to have my iBook seen to by a technician. Since I have the extended warranty, my repair shouldn't cost me anything (the extended warranty was ovver $400, so it better not cost anything), so I can't give you an indication as to what you will be up for.
You do not need o take your iBook to the place where you bought it, but ensure you have your sales receipt.
Hope I helped.
Clairbear

Compare iWork/Office for Mac with Office Windows

I am an expert PC user switching to mac...
I am moving toward google apps, but their doc program is not nearly as robust as MS WORD (windows). So, I need a sophisticated word processor...
I have iWork 09 (bought it with the computer) and am considering buying MS Office for mac. I would prefer to use iWork (that is, an apple program), but don't want to go through the learning curve to find out it too is not powerful enough.
Is there a web that reviews/compares iWork/Office for Mac with Office Windows? Or does anyone have any personal experience on how they compare? This would help me make the decision by learning only the one I will ultimately use.
THanks
Bob

BobInIndy1 wrote:
I am an expert PC user switching to mac...
I, too, was a Windows vet until I switched in '03. My fiance has been on Mac since college--her Powerbook Duo (w/ OS 7.5) still works.
I am moving toward google apps, but their doc program is not nearly as robust as MS WORD (windows). So, I need a sophisticated word processor...
Ditto. Google Apps are probably another year or two behind what desktop apps offer.
I have iWork 09 (bought it with the computer) and am considering buying MS Office for mac. I would prefer to use iWork (that is, an apple program), but don't want to go through the learning curve to find out it too is not powerful enough.
I think that is what has made Office the standard for so long (and Wordperfect before it)--people don't like change...they like upgrades and enhancements, but not dramatic change. The learning curve for iWork
Is there a web that reviews/compares iWork/Office for Mac with Office Windows? Or does anyone have any personal experience on how they compare? This would help me make the decision by learning only the one I will ultimately use.
Speaking as someone who owns Office 2008, I can tell you that Word '08 is dramatically slower than Pages; it is nothing like Office '07 (or earlier) for Windows. Word '07 demands a fraction of the RAM that Word '08 for Mac does, which may or may not be releated to the legacy support for older formats that Office '08 includes.
Word does include a decent grammar checker, equation editor, and APA/MLA citation tool; however, Apple went a different route and made Pages instantly compatible with Mathtype and Endnote. My fiance is a math professor that teaches calculus, so she is no-doubt used to having to include mathematical equations and tricky text arrangements for exams, quizzes, and lesson plans; she used to use Word, but last year switched to Pages ('08) and loves it. When we downloaded the demo for iWork '09 and saw how well Mathtype integrated, she's a happy camper.
I haven't been all that impressed with Office '08, at least not as much as I was with Office '07 for Windows. I never thought I'd say it but I think money is better spent on iWork '09, and later getting Endnote or Mathtype (if needed), than purchasing Office '08. That's my take on it, and I've been using Word/Office since 6.0 on Windows 3.1.

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iworks or office for mac? which is better choice?

Depends what it is you want to do. For normal home/small-office tasks iWorks is more than adequate and substantially cheaper than Office, esp if you download it from the AppStore. There are excellent free alternatives as well, such as OpenOffice and NeoOffice.
http://www.openoffice.org/
http://www.neooffice.org/

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I am a university student and just bought the MBP 2.53 and i was curious of which i should get. iWork 08 or Office for Mac. Any opinoins?

I have several Macs in my household and because I have a 13 yr old daughter with a MacBook, I purchased iWork. I also own Mac Office which I upgraded to 2008 the week it came out.
I thought that I could stop using MS Office for my work-related stuff, but after using iWork for a while, I went back to MS Office 2008. The formatting conversion in iWork is not reliable. More importantly, If you work in the real world and have to share files with colleagues, Office rules, unfortunately. It's just not worth the incompatibility hassles to use iWork instead of Office.
Even my daughter has given up on iWork because of compatibility issues with her school which has only PC's available to students. This is going to change next year when she starts high school at a private Catholic school. This school uses Macs, but they still require MS Office.
For a single user looking to get a nice work package affordably, I think that iWork is a great value and much nicer to use than Office. But that's about it until iWork develops further into a real business package.
BTW, if you are a student or have a student in your household, I suggest that you check out the steep software discounts for students at www.academicsuperstore.com. You can purchase the student version of MS Mac Office 2008 for $159, and it includes licenses for 3 computers! The student version is the same as the full retail version except that MS does not allow upgrades on the student version to the next generation of Office, whenever that becomes available. Other than that, it's the same product that you can spend $350 for a single-user license.
Cheers.
Bud
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I just purchased a MacBookPro after having a MacBook. I have ILife, IWorks and Office for Mac. How do I get those programs on to my MacBook Pro? I will still use my MacBook at work so I need those programs to remain on it as well.

I just purchased a MacBookPro after having a MacBook. I have ILife, IWorks and Office for Mac. How do I get those programs on to my MacBook Pro? I will still use my MacBook at work so I need those programs to remain on it as well.

You need a Firewire cable to run between the two Macs. Using Utility>Migration Assistant running on your new MacBook Pro, transfer what you want (with all the preferences and such) from your MacBook to your MBP. Here's more info from Apple.
You might have an issue with the Serial number for Office, but hopefully you have that around.
Hope this helps.

How do i install office for mac 2008 to my new i mac which has no optical drive. I have the Office discs and product key

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You could purchase any commonly available external USB DVD/CD writer, such as the excellent LG brand units sold on Amazon, for about $30 US. I've used an LG writer for years to save wear and tear on my older Superdrive.

I have tried to install office for mac and an iWork trial and each time I go to install my "terminal" opens with the heading bash-80X24 and in the box reads Joel$-office installer.mpkg joel$ . nothing further happens

I have tried to install office for mac and an iWork trial and each time I go to install after downloading my "terminal" opens with the
heading
bash-80X24 and
in the box reads Joel$-office installer.mpkg joel$ .
nothing further happens

This is thread from Apple discussions.
Look for the suggestion from Shootist007 towards the end of the 2nd page.
It is just may be useful.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3709115?start=15&tstart=0

Which version of MS Office for a PC is MS Office for MAC 2011 equivalent to?

Which version of MS Office for a PC is MS Office for MAC 2011 equivalent to?

MS Office 2010 is the nearest equivalent to the current version for Mac. There are cosmetic differences due to some fundamental differences in Windows and Mac interfaces, but otherwise they are functionally very similar while still retaining Microsoft's common habit of maintaining slightly different feature sets between the two platforms.

I downloaded Office for Mac 2011, and almost immediately my Yahoo email stopped working, most images were disabled throughout my internet sites, and my bank site reported that I was using a "new computer," which is not true. How can I get my email to work

I have an iMac version 10.6.8/2.66 GHz Intel Processor and 4 GB memory, with Safari 5.1.10. I had used Office for Mac 2008 but had to upgrade for work. The download (from Amazon) went swiftly, but when I started Word, it did not function too well. Then about an hour later I noticed that my Yahoo email site stopped working, it lost all images and the text just jumbled up on the left side of the screen. No amount of emptying caches or resets/quits/restarts did anything. I called the Internet support, and they just said it was my iMac that had the problem. I have been reduced to using MacMail as my email, but this is tenuous, as my Yahoo account keeps holding things up and constantly asking me for my password (and sometimes it does not accept it). How can I get my computer back?

The path may be long and tedious, grasshopper.
Actually, the download of Office 2011 for Mac probably was not legal and may have contained bugs or other things meant to make it unstable, or invite a host of issues. The usual path would be Office 2011 for Mac on DVD so you could reinstall it and add the extras from the disc as needed; or fix the installation later on. The updates for security were downloads from Microsoft servers. You'd need a legitmate version with pass code.
Options for Mac and office-like application suites include Libre Office, NeoOffice, and these run free. The latter supports up to Mavericks. 10.9.1 now. They have a word, excel, and other parts a lot like the real office.
If you have a working clone of the system prior to installing the Office 2011 for Mac download and any subsequent and perhaps unseen extras, you could revert to it simply by restarting the computer from the clone, where it resides in externally enclosed self-powered hard disk drive, of a type known to support OS X clones... With ports to help work with most modern Macs. FireWire + USB. Then, clone it back w/ carbon copy cloner.
Short of that, perhaps someone will see your post and offer some indepth method of hunting down bugs via use of Console logs; and maybe booting into Terminal utility to use unix code. It can be rather involved. Maybe Linc Davis will offer some detailed reply that will invite you to read carefully and try it.
I've given up using computers long ago.
A pet raven has been taught to write this.
Good luck & happy computing!

What version of office for mac is mininally needed to be installed on 10.9? I just tried my own 2004, which as too old, am hoping 2008 or 2011 since I don't want to buy a new one...

Hi,
I work on a second hand macbook pro running on 10.9 and now want office for mac on it, additionally to the sofware I already have.
On my old macbook I had office 2004 and since I still have two product codes unused was hoping these can still be used, but I tried to install it and it's just not supported anymore.
Since I don't have a lot of budget right now I hope 2008 may be possible to be installed since I can get one for only a little money (want no illegal copies), but it's a shame to get it if it turns out not to work.......I read somewhere 2008 is not supported anymore but I don't know if that necessarily means it cannot be installed.....
or do I need 2011 at least?
Or would 10.9 actually only allow the latest 2013 version to be installed?
I'd like to know before buying anything......
Right now it actually has an office 2011 version installed by the previous user but unfortunately that one was not activated and I have no way to retrieve the product code.
as i said, i like it to be legal, that's why I prefer buying the original software and the older versions can be found cheaper......
I hope someone can give me some advice!
thanks,

Office 2011 is the current boxed version for the Mac. The two versions are Home and Business. The difference (besides price) is that the Business version includes Outlook. Both contain Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Actually, the Home version also has Outlook hidden on the disk. If you decided later you want to use Outlook, you can call Microsoft for an unlock code to install it from the Home version disk. The unlock cost is essentially the difference between the Home and Business versions.
You mentioned Office 2013, but that's the current Windows version. MS hasn't really stated one way or another if there will be a feature comparable boxed Mac version. If there is, it looks like we won't see it until sometime in 2014. To get the current functionality of Office 2013 in a Mac product, you'd have to purchase the subscription based Office 365.
It does depend on your needs. Often, Office must be used for true compatibility with people you work, or collaborate with. It also has many features the free alternatives don't offer, and can't import or replicate. Otherwise, as Gary noted, Open Office is a good free choice.

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