Problems with latest build GEDitCOM II

[Sparkgapper]

When I first opened GEDitCOM this morning it came up with the notice "A newer version of GEDitCOM II (Version 1.8 build 1) posted 30 Sep 2012 is available for downloading." which I performed at the time and used replace rather than separate installation.  Now, every time I double click a file to open it, the same notice comes up.  What is going on?

Sparkgapper

[John Nairn]

My guess is you have two version of GEDitCOM II on your computer and when you start by double clicking a file, it is launching the old one rather than the new one. MacOS seems to have a knack for picking the wrong one in this situation.

1. To confirm, you can check the version being run by choosing "About GEDitCOM II" in the "GEDitCOM II" menu. The current one will say version 1.8. When I installed 1.8 on a non-development computer, it does not come up with that notice.

2. To prevent this happening when double click a file, you should delete all old versions of GEDitCOM II on your computer. If you want to save old versions for any reasons, control click on them and compress to a zip file and then delete the source file. The zipped version will not get launched by MacOS, but can be expanded if ever needed.

John

[William G. Bates]

Thanks John. The problem was a COPY that I had placed in an archive file and had forgotten about. Seems normal Now.

BTW: I will have to stick with Snow Leopard .7 because of issues of using Classic Apps (AppleWorks, ETC) that are required to access several thousand files (mostly drawings in .cwk format) that have nothing on the market that can open or convert them. I am even thinking about getting another computer for active use and relegate this one to background use but have to come up with finances for that and right now have much more pressing considerations.

Tks agn
Sparkgapper

[Rich Laniewski]

Sparkgapper,

Have you looked at GraphicConverter? I've used it on and off over the years (it's been around many years!) and it has always been useful. I've never tried it for cwk files, but it claims it can handle them, and it's worth a shot with the free demo. And the author is VERY responsive (very much like John :-). The demo version may not do it, but the paid version will certainly handle folders full of files to convert. Very configurable.

http://www.lemkesoft.com/content/143/import-and-export-formats.html

Good luck!

Rich

On Monday, October 1, 2012 12:52:26 PM UTC-6, Sparkgapper wrote:

[...] I will have to stick with Snow Leopard .7 because of issues of using Classic Apps (AppleWorks, ETC) that are required to access several thousand files (mostly drawings in .cwk format) that have nothing on the market that can open or convert them. [...]

[William G. Bates]

YES!!! I have looked at ALL the present Graphics applications and converters and NONE can OPEN an AppleWorks (.cwk) graphics file.

Sparkgapper

[Phil Ledger]

Have you looked at EazyDraw?

http://www.eazydraw.com/importFormats.htm

"EazyDraw Retro:  A specific version of EazyDraw is needed to open AppleWorks and the other classic drawing formats. Check out the Retro Support page for more information."

Phil L

[David Scott]

On 1 Oct 2012, at 19:52, William G. Bates <wg...@elp.rr.com> wrote:

> BTW: I will have to stick with Snow Leopard .7 because of issues of using Classic Apps (AppleWorks, ETC) that are required to access several thousand files (mostly drawings in .cwk format) that have nothing on the market that can open or convert them. I am even thinking about getting another computer for active use and relegate this one to background use but have to come up with finances for that and right now have much more pressing considerations.

Sheepshaver is the answer, I'm running it under mountain lion: http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver
I run Clarisworks and a few old games like lemmings on it. If you can find an old copy of COI (Classic-On-Intel) V4.0.1 "Chubby Bunny" which is based around Sheepshaver, even better.