Thanks for having this group you have enabled me to keep my office running. I am currently running a dental office on an iMac purchased in 2000 (yes I am the only Mac owner to have had a y2k problem from translated PC software that could not print on January 1,2000). Originally purchased software in 1992, upgraded in 2000 running on OS9. Need it for billing, insurance forms, and recalls. Have the ability to put appointments on it but prefer an old fashioned book. Charting and X-rays separate. Although I would like to have some newer insurance forms, the system works so easily I would keep it forever. The power button on the iMac is getting glitchy making me nervous that it will die before I have a plan. Zip back up died years ago. Currently I back up to a flash drive but there is only one compatible flash drive I have found. I purchased many others but they did not work. I actually have another old iMac and I connected the two and put one on the other but could not unlock the software and still cannot restart from a backup. I called the software company a few years ago to learn how to restart from a back up but since I have not purchased yearly support they would not help me unless I repurchased the software and upgrade. I can't just get a new Mac since the software is not OS10 compatible. I thought I would upgrade now to a new Mac and get the new software but the company stopped producing in 2008. I don't want to purchase old tech as I tend to keep it long enough to get old on its own! Is it time for me to learn how to work a PC? I envision severe problems with data migration and if that proves true, run the new system parallel to the old one for one full year as long as I have a new system before the old one dies. Every program claims it is so easy but not many are truely intuitive, current program DentalMac really asks you to just fill in the blank (not as good as the 1992 version) they do more but you have to know where to look and my staff is dumb. Any advice desperately sought, thank you all. -M-
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