Thanks Stephen for this and the other email on the Office link. I presume there is a way to screen all applications installed to confirm the 32bit/64bit compatibility as a predecessor before deciding to launch into Catalina update.
Kind Regards Peter Crisp ----- Original Message ----- From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:19:24 +0800 Subject:Re: Horrible Catalina Yes Peter. I have not had any issues.It is possible that Office 2011 may have because Microsoft stopped supporting it about 18 months ago.But I spent quite a bit of time (well before Catalina release) identifying all my 32 bit software on my iMac.Then set about either updating them or replacing them. On 30 Apr 2020, at 10:51 am, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Stephen, thanks for that. I presume then that Office 2016 is compatible and stable enough with Catalina OS? Kind Regards Peter Crisp ----- Original Message ----- From: wamug@wamug.org.au [2] To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:20:00 +0800 Subject:Re: Horrible Catalina My wife and I have both been on Catalina since about 2 weeks after release.I find it very stable and have no issues at all. But I made sure for some time prior that I gradually upgraded any 32 bit Apps to 64 bit.Or I replaced them with something else.So when we moved to Catalina it went quite smoothly. PS: I downloaded a genuine MS Office 2016 (with license) foe $110.00.But I tend to do a lot of research before diving into anything. On 30 Apr 2020, at 9:07 am, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Bill, thanks for that response. It triggered me into looking at the availability of MS Office for a once off purchase. I see Office 2019 is also available for once off purchase. I don't want to go down the Office 365 route. All I could see was the single user licence. Do MS still do the 5 user licence for MS Office once off purchase? I thought that Office 2011 would be incompatible with Catalina (being the 64 bit requirement). Does anyone have any guidance for a Once off purchased MS Office (Multi licence) that is Catalina compatible? Kind Regards Peter Crisp ----- Original Message ----- From: wamug@wamug.org.au [5] To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:23:45 +1000 Subject:Re: Horrible Catalina Office 2016 is available from software giants will run ok on Catalina but a few functions are much harder to do compared to 2011.Regards Bill K On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 8:06 AM clamshell wrote: Hi, Alan, It’s not just disliking Catalina; it is interfering with what I am trying to do. I use a Wacom tablet and stylus. Just moving the stylus around causes the interface to switch to another, random location, or go totally blank. And, I have 2 small Western Digital external disks. On the previous IOS, they showed up on the desktop — now they don’t. What’s worse is, I can’t eject them. I have more gripes about Catalina, but I wont inflict them on you. Anyway, thanks very much for the links to the Queensland User Groups.Cheers,Pat On 29 Apr 2020, at 18:03, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Pat Sorry to read that you dislike Catalina. It will be replaced - one day! In the meantime - - -. AppleUsers dot org website lists five MUGs in Queensland. https://www.appleusers.org/mug-listings/ [9] Most appropriate would seem to be Apple-Q in Brisbane: http://www.apple-q.org.au [10] CheersAlan On 29 Apr 2020, at 2:55 pm, Pat wrote: Hello, WAMUGgers, I moved over to Brisbane,4 months ago. My computer didn’t catch up with me for several of those months. When I finally cranked it up and pushed the Start button, there was Catalina. Well, I thought, I hope it is as good as its predecessor. But, I was in for shock after shock. To put it in straight words: I Hate Catalina. There are so many horrible changes; what has Apple been thinking? I read about the Mac virus problem, but that doesn’t warrant the infliction of Catalina on unsuspecting computers. Anyway, does anyone know if Catallina will be superceded? Soon? And does anyone know if there is anything like WAMUG in Brisbane? I wish good health for all of you in these treacherous times. 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