Upgrade of Appleworks to New IMac

Does any know if Apple offers any discount or incentive if you want to upgraqde Appleworks from an older IMac to the new Intel IMac?
Thanks,

Welcome to Apple Discussions, WMombert!
What do you mean by Upgrade? You older iMac is likely to be running the most current version of AW aready. That version will run fine on your new iMac. Apple didn't (and almost certainly won't) upgrade AW for intel macs. Just remember to erase AW off you older iMac if you install it on the new one. You are only licensed for one machine at a time.

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Consider running your Adobe and AppleWorks software in Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) installed in Parallels in Lion or Mt. Lion:
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

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If you purchased after June 6th and you live in the US, Use this site.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
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I've got an obsolete ol' eMac running Mac OSX 1.3.9, as I never upgraded to Tiger. Well now that Leopard's come along, I figure I might as well go for it. However, my eMac's only got 512MB of memory and I'd need to spend like $100 or more on 1GB of memory alone just to run Leopard. On top of that, I need another external hard drive, and my eMac's fan is loud (though I guess there's nothing wrong with it exactly, it's just being loud and weird).
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Obsolete! Older, yes. No longer sold, yes, but gosh dag nabbit, my old eMac is still my primary machine and does the job very well with everything I need it to do (video editing, iTunes, iPod, etc.). That said, I have been drooling over the new iMacs lately, but this eMac still has a lot of life left in it.
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An external is not a bad investment at all, even for an old machine, because it can go with you when you upgrade so there is no risk of "leaving it behind" if the eMac dies. If and when you get a new iMac, the drive can simple be moved to that machine and you keep using it. So regardless of which way you go, keep the eMac or move to an iMac, the external hard drive is still a great idea to protect your irreplaceable data (family digital photos, home videos, etc.).
As to the eMac, if you wanted to upgrade the operating system, I would look into getting a copy of Tiger. It is a nice upgrade to Panther (10.3.9) and with Leopard (10.5) out, will should start to see copies of Tiger for very affordable prices. While more would be better, under Tiger, you can probably do fine with the 512MB RAM you have now if you don't do any sort of heavy processing.
So like the others, a new iMac would be fantastic and you wouldn't regret it. But if you want to stick with the eMac for a bit more, get the external hard drive anyway as you will want it to backup even if you get the iMac. Now either continue to use the eMac as is (10.3.9 & 512MB) or find a cheap copy of Tiger and upgrade to that and stick with the same RAM and just turn off some of the memory hogging eye candy in Tiger like the Widgets. I bet if you looked around you might be able to find Tiger for $50-ish so your total upgrade cost is $50 (the external hard drive I don't count since it will go with you to the iMac).
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Hi
You should be able to do just that, yes, using firewire. Try just dragging & dropping from 1 computer to the other, if that fails:
Shut down both computers
Connect computers using 6-pin to 6-pin firewire cable.
Boot up Intel iMac normally.
Boot up G5 holding down T until firewire symbol appears on screen.
Navigate to HD/Applications on Intel.
Navigate to HD/Applications on G5.
Put windows side-by-side.
Drag & drop Appleworks folder into Intel's Applications folder.
Eject G5's disk icon & shutdown G5.
Shut down Intel.
Disconnect wire.
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At work, as a graphic designer, I use a 5 year old G5 on OS 10.5.8. I am about to upgrade to a brand new iMac and was wondering what the best way would be to go about transferring files/software from the G5 to the iMac.
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Remove the unwanted accounts from System Preferences > Accounts. Unlock the prefs by clicking the lock at the bottom and authenticating with your admin password. Select the account to delete and click the minus sign at the bottom of the window. You may be asked if you want to preserve the data or completely delete; choose the complete deletion. Do that for both surplus accounts.
BTW, you can only do this if you're logged in as admin user yourself.
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1. Read Roger Wilmut's excellent series of articles: Abandoning Appleworks
2. Considering running Appleworks in Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) installed into Parallels for use in Lion or Mt. Lion
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Hello. I have been using Appleworks continuosly since purchasing this eMac in 2002. When I upgrade to a new iMac, ie 10.5, how can I continue using this great program? I believe it can be purchased from a dealer other than Apple and will all the Appleworks data I have save still be useable? I would very much appreciate all info provided regarding this. Thanks very much.

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If you cannot find your original serial number, you will have to contact Apple with a proof of purchase, see these links:
Pro Application Replacement Serial Numbers: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1861
Troubleshooting Professional Application Serial Numbers: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2005
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Léonie

Is this a "safe" way to upgrade to lion and transfer apps/data to new imac?

I have an older imac running 10.6.8 and I am considering buying a new one.
I read a link with guidleines to upgrade to lion. My question is:
After upgrading to lion, I am going to buy a new imac and want to move to the new imac with the least inconvenience. I have a lot of music app/usb interfaces so the time to reconfigure everything would be very time consuming.
So is the "safe" way to do it?
Do a time machine backup of current configuration.
Follow the link I saw outlining upgrading from 10.6.8 to lion on my current imac.
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Do a time machine backup of the lion configuration.
Get the new imac and on first boot, elect to restore from the time machine backup wiping out what came installed on the new imac.
Another time machine backup on the new imac.
I should be done?
or is there a better /safer way?
I have been putting this off for almost year because of the number of apps I am running and devices I have connected. a short list.
file servers off firewire 800 and 400 ( I know I will need the thunderbolt to firewire adapters).
approx 12-18 usb devices all connected either directly or daisy chained through usb controllers connected to usb controllers.
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vmware
midi interfaces for piano/guitar.
m-audio fast track ultra
multiple DVD/blu-ray reader/writers
Hence my concern for a smooth transition
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There is really no need to update the older iMac running 10.6 to Lion, especially if you have multiple backups of your User Data. You can easliy move or migrate data from any one of your External HDs or Server to the new iMac.
As for your current iMac:
If you plan on selling the older iMac, Lion is not transferable and you will want to sell it with a clean install of 10.6 and let the new owner upgrade.
If you plan on keeping the older iMac around for others to use and it supports Mountain Lion, then in my humble opinion Mountain Lion is the better upgrade.
As for your other devices:
• Yes, Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter
• Yes, external USB 2.0 and 3.0 devices are backwards compatible
• Sorry, I don't use vmware
• Sorry, I don't use midi interfaces
• Sorry, I don't use m-audio
• Yes, my external DVD drives work with various Mac's running 10.6 thru 10.8
Sorry I can't better answer your Audio questions. If no one else comes along with the answers here, then you might try starting another ASC question focused on those transitions.

If I wanted to upgrade my new iMac in the future, how would I go about it?

I have no desire to void the 3 year Applecare plan I paid for.
I just bought the new iMac 2011, I would like to upgrade the RAM, the HDD and add an SSD in the future, without doubt. Does this mean that, in order to do so, and remain within warranty, I am going to have to bring my iMac to an Apple Store, buy the parts directly from them, and pay for labour?
Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks.

Greetings,
Memory you can upgrade yourself. It is covered in the manual for your computer: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/imac_mid2011_ug.pdf
--This is the only customer installable part.
The hard drive is another matter. iMacs are HIGHLY compact desktop computers. Gaining access to the hard drive requires removing the LCD and the glass that covers it. While one could do this in theory, and perhaps not damage any components in the process (which is what voids the warranty), I wouldn't risk it.
Apple Retail stores do not in general offer after market upgrades. You could contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider to see if they do: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1434
Personally, I'd buy a computer with an HD that meets my needs and use external drives as needed as they are very reasonably priced these days. Its not like you're gonna be carrying the iMac around . Or maybe you are? 27" portable?
Once the 3 years are up (if you keep the computer that long) you can start cracking it open if you like. Though frankly there may something even better out by then. Having the AppleCare ups the re-sale value so you could sell the old system online and buy something new.
Hope that helps!

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