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NV Whino

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1. Have patience, Grasshopper

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 02:17 PM

Dec 2013

The Mavericks download takes forever.

No, you didn't need Mavericks before getting Word, but... the older Word that would work on 10.8 will not work on Mavericks. So, it's possible that the newer Word would not have worked on 10.8.

I'm finding you can't buy just Word any more. You have to buy the whole Office suite.

You can buy and download online, and I think you can still order a disk. But I'm not sure on that.

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Mac Users: Help for the Feeble-Minded, Please. [View all] Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 OP

Have patience, Grasshopper NV Whino Dec 2013 #1

Hey NV Whino … Auggie Dec 2013 #2

Pages is good for really simple straight forward stuff, but... NV Whino Dec 2013 #3

For that matter RoccoR5955 Dec 2013 #4

Turns out it started to "really" download ( or install) right after I posted this yesterday. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 #6

What data did you lose??? nt winstars Dec 2013 #8

Pretty much everything. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 #12

WOW! That suck bigtime. Sounds like you don't have any other devices that have this data... winstars Dec 2013 #13

For the past couple of new Macs, I've restored them from a backup disk Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2014 #14

This doesn't really answer your question, but I really like Open Office. cbayer Dec 2013 #5

Thanks. If WORD doesn't work out....... I'll bite the Apple. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 #7

I've been trying to figure out what to do too. loudsue Dec 2013 #9

Open Office is a free program. cbayer Dec 2013 #10

Thanks, cbayer! Going back to school is exciting, but ooooooh so scary! loudsue Dec 2013 #11