Software compatibility with Intel iMac

I know it's rather early in the game, as it were, but does anyone know if Appleworks comes bundled with the new Intel iMacs. I don't see it listed, but could this be an oversight? Or is Apple getting away from it? I have used it for quite some time and I have many documents in Appleworks, but have no idea what I'd do with them if I got a new Intel iMac--sure, convert them, but to what? I don't look forward to having to "tweak" each doc, as I have had to do in the past when converting from one program to another . . . . Anyone know?

Not yet. Peggy, one of the Appleworks mavens here, is at macworld and is going to try to find out for us.

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Adobe software - compatibility with intel Macs

I've just bought a new iMac and hoped to be able to run my elderly Adobe software (InDesign 2 & Photoshop 7). I have enabled Rosetta but when trying to install both programs (from the original discs) it made reference to Classic (which I thought was only used to run programs that were native to OS 9). Needless to say, Photoshop did install but crashes every time I launch while InDesign fails to install at all. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there any way around it? Or do I have to buy new Adobe software. PS: I have successfully installed and are using, Microsoft Office from 2003.

I am coming from the PC land, I puchased a IMAC QUAD 7 with lots 8 gigs of memory. I tried to install photoshop essentials I think 6 for the Mac it came with a new touchpad. It would not work it crashed immediatly. I installed Photoshop c4 extended, trial version for the Mac it works just fine its problem unlike extended for PC is not 64 bit It only sees 4 of the 8 gigs of memory. It works justfine. It can not open as many pictures at same time but I can only work n one at a time. I am also running Windows 7 64 bit with fusin ware 3. Windows works quiet well. You may be able to run your older photoshop( I believe they came with both Windows and Apple versions) Inside of your apple, fusion and say windows xp are less than photoshop. Just a thought.

Check Point VPN-1 Secure Client Software Compatibility w/ Intel iMac

Is this SW compatible with the new iMac? I'm trying to install a Secure Client SW but it stops in the middle of installation giving out only a general message - there were errors during the installation. Please help.
Thanks.

The CheckPoint VPN-1 Secure Client software is only compatible with Mac OS v 10.3 (Panther). I had the same issue and am waiting for CheckPoint to update the software.
Miguel

Typeit4me doesn't work with Intel iMac?

I've tried installing the most-recent version (2.3) twice now, and regardless the Typeit4me icon does not appear in the menubar - as it should - it does not show-up under the Input Menu section of the International System Preference, and no typed shortcuts prompt any typing.
Does anyone know of a fix, or a patch to allow it to work with the Intel iMac?
Thanks.

Well, Typeit4me doesn't - that I'm aware of or have ever seen anyway. Of course, the MouseWorks software for my trackball doesn't work (that is a System Preference), but at-least I can see that.
Any idea on when such items will be able to work? I'm a little surprised Rosetta doesn't help here too.

Adobe Acrobat InDesign Crashes with intel iMac

I have been having numerous InDesign crashes with no apparent pattern (sometimes it happens when I use key commands and other times it just shuts down). Any ideas/help? Thank you.

Hi!
Not sure which version of InDesign you are using; and some applications
had issues when they were not quite ready for use in both Intel and PPC
Macintosh computers. An older version may cause a problem in a new Mac.
There may be several things not quite right; but there are several things
that you failed to mention (best stated in forum linked below) and those
could be: model, processor, RAM installed, OS X version (10.5.x, etc.)
[Something as basic as using Disk Utility (see folder in apps) and choose
it to run "repair disk permissions" may help; but it may be more involved.]
The question you have may be better and more accurately addressed in
this Intel® iMac forum: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=189
Hopefully someone there more acquainted with these issues specific to
your hardware and the software you are attempting to use, has detailed ideas.
Best regards!

HP Deskjet 990cxi crippled with Intel iMac

Has any one been able to get the above printer to be fully operational with an Intel iMac?
I have lost the ability to print in draft and have not been able to get two sided printing to work although it should(under Layout) using the Gimp Driver.
I have two versions of the printer installed one with HP's Driver 2.7.1 and the other with Gimp's 5.0.0 beta
Have also sent an E-Mail to HP with no reply as yet.
My G4 Powerbook with HP's 2.7.1 driver prints just fine over my wireless network.

According to the above article that I linked, the latest HP driver for the Deskjet 990cxi would have been included with the Tiger 10.4.4 that came installed on your iMac Intel:
"All included printer drivers are installed by default with Mac OS X 10.4.4"
I have the HP Deskjet 6840 and it is on the same list using that same 3.3 driver. When I open Applications>Utilities>Printer Setup Utility and then select (highlight) my printer, wait a few seconds and the "Show Info" button above becomes bold so that I can click on it, the report shows Driver Version: 3.3
I did not install 3.3, it was just there in the OS when I unpacked and started up the iMac.
Also, this list from the HP website indicates that the latest 990cxi driver was built into the Tiger software. I did the same search as you at the HP website and see the same thing you found, that it states that the driver is 2.7.1, however, in looking at the date, it is a 2005 date, so that is old, pre-iMac Intel information that I'm sure HP will someday get around to updating. As an enormous company, selling just tons of quality printers, HP has to closely cooperate with Apple to see that Mac users have available, through Apple, the latest updated drivers and software at all times.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00317516

Re installing software on a Intel iMac vers. 4.1

I have an 20.1 inch white Intel iMac, vers. 4.1, which came with 10.4.4 install discs. I have updated it
through the 10.5 to Snow Leopard 10.6.8. BUT I have lost the OSX10.5 (Leopard) install disc
and wonder if the machine crashes, and I have to install the software from scratch, would it be
possible to install software directly from Snow Leopard, without having to use the original discs
AND the OSX 10.5 discs first. Or do I have to buy the OSX 10.5 retail disc again, which is difficult to
obtain these days, and is quite expensive if one finds one. Thanks for reply, Karel.

Thanks, Kappy, that's excellent, I do have the Retail Snow Leopard. A load off my mind. All the best, Karel.
Sorry, pressed wrong button, the 10 points (solved my question), should go to you.

What software comes with the iMac ??

was going thru the ordering online screen and I can't find what software comes already loaded. Can someone point me to a link or give me a list?
I have heard that Apple offers something besides appleworks for wordprocessing? Is that true. I've never used anything but Apple word processing. Is MSWord offered now?
thx - Craig

Hi.
This is the iMac (Flat Panel) forum for G4 iMacs but I'm assuming that you will be purchasing a brand new Intel iMac so will provide details for those instead.
The following list is taken from this page (link)
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode Developer Tools)
iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand),
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive*,
iWork (30-day trial)*,
Big Bang Board Games,
Comic Life,
Omni Outliner,
Apple Hardware Test
Front Row
Photo Booth
* despite Apple's TV Adverts both Microsoft Office and iWorks are both limited time trials. AppleWorks is still available for sale separately but is not optimized for Intel processors so has a limited life span. Therefore a proper word processor is no longer bundled with the iMac at all. Only the very basic TextEdit will allow you to type letters etc. You'll have to pay extra if you want more; so you could buy Word or Pages. Personally I'd recommend NeoOffice (link) which is a free download and unlike Microsoft Office is Intel native and compatible with Office2007.
Hope that helps.
mrtotes
Message was edited by: mrtotes. Beaten by Duane again for all the pertinent points.....

What would you do with Intel iMacs with WM97/Thus-T in Word ?

In a school in Marin County there are 20 Intel iMacs running 10.4.11 (512 MB RAM) all networked and running fine. Several students reported a Macro warning notice when launching a Word (Mac 2004 Student edition) document (.doc).    Have looked over the current available anti-viral programs running under 10.4.11 and submitted several files to three different websites which analyze the file against 20 or more virus detectors. Most sites and local apps found the WM97/Thus-T virus in all the offending files.   The only free application which cured the files, rather than quarantining them or deleting them, and ran with 10.4.11 was Sophos.   Sampled only one of the iMacs with a full Sophos scan of the User folder, and it found 47 "WM97/Thus-T" infected files, and cured all of them. Repeat scan of Home folder ----> no threats found.   Some of these infected Word files go back three years, and the machines are running fine.
The students are not supposed to bring files from home, nor are they supposed to take files home. There are a few PC towers and PC laptops on site, all with anti-viral software. The students do not currently e-mail this files nor receive e-mailed files. For fun, I tried e-mailing one of the infected files to myself, and aol and gmail both blocked the transmission.
QUESTION:   What would you now do ? It doesn't seem this WM97/Thus-T is a threat to Macs. Would you feel compelled or it's mandatory to run Sophos on all the Macs on site ?
What about liability ?   If one of these infected Word files found its way on a Windows PC would the school be liable ?   What is the worst case scenario of this virus on the Mac platform ?    On the Windows platform ?
MICROSOFT: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Vir us%3aW97M%2fThus.FP
WEB SCANS: http://r.virscan.org     http://www.virustotal.com
Thank you for your time and help.

No viruses that can attack OS X have so far been detected 'in the wild', i.e. in anything other than laboratory conditions.
It is possible, however, to pass on a Windows virus to another Windows user, for example through an email attachment. To prevent this all you need is the free anti-virus utility ClamXav, which you can download from:
For Tiger: http://www.clamxav.com/download.php#tiger
and for Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion from here: http://www.clamxav.com/

HP Color LaserJet Problems with intel iMac

Can anyone give me advice on the following:-
When I try to print from my wife's new intel iMac 20" to our HP Color LaserJet 2550L, it doesn't work and print center gives me the following error message ... "The process "hppostprocessing" terminated unexpectedly on signal 5" .
The printer is connected directly to the iMac via USB. It's not on a network.
I ran the HP Color LaserJet installer from the original CD that came with the printer and when that didn't work I downloaded another (latest) Color LaserJet installer (dated 2004) from the HP website. Still getting the same error message from PrintCenter.
When I look at the HP installer log, it appears that the installer tried several times without success to install plugins into the PPD folder (HD->Library->Printers->PPD).
After trying installation and checking out my PPD folder (above) there is nothing in it.
This printer has been (still) working fine with our older 20inch iMac.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

Same happened with my photosnart. Here is part of the email from HP
Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.
I understand from your email that you are not able to print to your
photosmart 1218 printer from your new imac.
I believe you are correct when you mention the glitch between the new
Intel processor in the iMac.
I have checked the Apple website and noted the pre-installed printer
drivers that ship with this operating system, do NOT include drivers for
the Photosmart 1218 printer. There are Gimp print drivers available for
the Photosmart P1000 printer. They may work, but provide only basic
printer functionality. (see the Apple document listed below).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303057#hpdrivers
I understand that our engineers are investigating the driver issue with
the Intel-based Macs, however, I cannot provide you with an expected
date of resolution. Your printer was manufactured in 2000, and the most
recent drivers are from Aug 2005. These drivers were created before the
Intel based macs were available.

SilverKeeper backup doesn't work correctly with Intel iMac and 10.4.8

I use SilverKeeper 1.1.4 to backup daily to a LaCie drive. But it will no longer do automatic backups (that is, wake computer from sleep at 6am before I start the day) since I migrated from PowerBook G4 to new Intel iMac 24". It only starts the backup when I come and wake computer, not by itself, which it had done before...The SilverKeeper people have been unable to help me.
New Intel iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Could very well be that SilverKeeper's scheduling function no longer works with 10.4.8. Let me suggest alternatives that do:
1. Deja Vu
2. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
3. Synchronize! Pro X
All are universal binaries. You can find them at www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.

SilverKeeper stopped working correctly with Intel iMac and 10.4.8

I use SilverKeeper 1.1.4 to backup daily to a LaCie drive. But it will no longer do automatic backups (that is, wake computer from sleep at 6am before I start the day) since I migrated from PowerBook G4 to new Intel iMac 24". It only starts the backup when I come and wake computer, not by itself, which it had done before...The SilverKeeper people have been unable to help me and I have jumped through all the hoops.. permissions, reload SilverKeeper, trash prefs, etc etc.. nothing works
Intel iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Could very well be that SilverKeeper's scheduling function no longer works with 10.4.8. Let me suggest alternatives that do:
1. Deja Vu
2. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
3. Synchronize! Pro X
All are universal binaries. You can find them at www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.

Dual networks, express and extreme problem with Intel iMac accessing both

I have two airport networks setup to two different ISP's. One is setup using two Airport Expresses with a printer hung off one. The other is setup with an Airport Extreme with two USB disks.
I have a G4 iBook 14" laptop and a MacPro 17" Intel laptop that see and can bee switched between both networks utilizing Internet Connect. They are running OS X 10.4.11.
The other system is an Intel iMac 20" (late 2006) running OS X 10.5.1. The only wireless network it sees is the Airport Extreme. This is frustrating because I want to be able to switch to the Express network to print and cannot get the iMac to recognize the network. Before upgrading to 10.5.1, I could, on occasion, see the other network, now I can not.
Has anyone experienced this and is there a way to fix it? I believe it is operating in 802.11n, but have no way to verify this.

I miss posted this in windows. I reposted this in the Airport Extreme.

Has anyone got HK iSub v1. to work with Intel iMac?

System preferences does not see the device at all. Have tried different ports with and without USB hubs both through a Series 1.0 and Series 2.0 with no luck. Any suggestions? Or is it time to retire the thing? Pity though it sounds great and still looks good!
Any advice appreciated.
-RG

I had the same problem and got it straightened out at the local Genius Bar! Did you transfer your folders from a previous Mac on your Intel iMac? The prefs transferred over too and may be corrupt.
1) Create a new user and give it admin privledges
2) Under "Library", drag and drop the Audio (which may not be necessary) and Preference folders onto desktop.
Log out and restart.
Log back in as yourself and let it fly! By dragging the Prefs folder onto desktop, at restart your iMac rebuilds the Prefs and overwrites previous corrupted Prefs.
Now I need to figure out why my Sony CyberShot isn't recognized on my USBs! Maddening!

Is iMac G5 (no iSight) harddrive interchangable with Intel iMac (white)?

I have a new (used) Intel iMac, and I'd like to put the harddrive from an iMac G5 (no iSight) into it. Do both these computers use the same type of harddrive? Can I just swap them? Thanks.

I have recently done the same thing with no problems. They are both SATA drives, so there would be no problem with the system recognising them, my only concern because of the "close to the edge" limitations regarding iMac power supplies was whether the larger drive would draw too much current and exceed the safe limit for the system. I checked with the manufacturer's web site and they both drew the same power so there was no problem. I went from a 250GB to a 400GB drive.

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