Word doc's compatible on my old I Mac 2009: I am getting new I Mac and person who is interested is asking if her word doc's will be compatible with the mac. I don't know and look to...

Genessi Loc: SoCal

I am getting new I Mac and person who is interested is asking if her word doc's will be compatible with the mac. I don't know and look to the experts. Thanks all!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Two things to consider: What ap on the Mac will you use to open the file, and what file system is the media that you'll use to transfer the data? (OS X can read from, but not write data to NTFS. FAT32 and exFAT can be read/written by both Mac and PC)

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Open office will run nicely on a Mac. It will import work documents, as well as export a doc. so Word can use it. Open office is a suite of office tools, equivalent to MS Office. It's free.
--Bob

Genessi wrote:

I am getting new I Mac and person who is interested is asking if her word doc's will be compatible with the mac. I don't know and look to the experts. Thanks all!

Genessi Loc: SoCal

Thanks Bob That will help her.

rmalarz wrote:

Open office will run nicely on a Mac. It will import work documents, as well as export a doc. so Word can use it. Open office is a suite of office tools, equivalent to MS Office. It's free.
--Bob

Genessi Loc: SoCal

If I sell my old Mac I would like i7 and not the i5 processor with 2TB fusion I Mac, but I only see the i5core

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I've got a 2010 27" iMac and just checked. It's running an i7. Perhaps a call to Apple, or an Apple Store would provide you with some better information.
--Bob

Genessi wrote:

If I sell my old Mac I would like i7 and not the i5 processor with 2TB fusion I Mac, but I only see the i5core

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

This site has a link to the specs for most IMacs - you can easily see which ones utilize an I7 processor. Some 27" IMacs have been utilizing I7s since 2009:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html

Genessi Loc: SoCal

I found my iMac which was July 2009 and high end configuration. I will be selling and purchasing iMac 27" 16GB 17 processor and 2TB fusion. Was gonna go thu B & H because there is no tax and would be saving $250 but you have to wait for delivery and should you have a problem would have to send back.. Will buy thu the Apple store in Brea and get same day with no Apple care. And will have them wipe clean my old computer. Any advice!

oldnomad

TriX wrote:

Two things to consider: What ap on the Mac will you use to open the file, and what file system is the media that you'll use to transfer the data? (OS X can read from, but not write data to NTFS. FAT32 and exFAT can be read/written by both Mac and PC)

Paragon software sells a driver that allows OS X to read/write NTFS and it is fairly cheap (around $30 as I recall).

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rmalarz wrote:

Open office will run nicely on a Mac. It will import work documents, as well as export a doc. so Word can use it. Open office is a suite of office tools, equivalent to MS Office. It's free.
--Bob

And Office Libre.

https://www.google.com/search?q=office%20libre%20mac&oq=office%20libre&ie=UTF-8&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.5861j0j4&sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.&bvm=bv.128617741,d.cWw&biw=1680&bih=925&dpr=1&ech=1&psi=F4ugV7fOH4HC-QG3pJKwDw.1470139339372.3&ei=F4ugV7fOH4HC-QG3pJKwDw&emsg=NCSR&noj=1

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Genessi wrote:

I found my iMac which was July 2009 and high end configuration. I will be selling and purchasing iMac 27" 16GB 17 processor and 2TB fusion. Was gonna go thu B & H because there is no tax and would be saving $250 but you have to wait for delivery and should you have a problem would have to send back.. Will buy thu the Apple store in Brea and get same day with no Apple care. And will have them wipe clean my old computer. Any advice!

Unless something has changed, Apple stocks stock computers in their stores. If you want extra memory, etc., you have to order it online - from someone.

stbg1951 Loc: Lewes, DE

Simple way to prove it. Have her send a doc she created with "can you open this?" as the content and you open it and add "yep, I can.". Then send it back. Done.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

If the original file is MS WORD then the current version will work with it. MS WORD will also read most any older wordprocessing file. I've uploaded wordperfect files from the seventies into my Win 10 laptop and WORD reads them OK.

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Genessi wrote:

I am getting new I Mac and person who is interested is asking if her word doc's will be compatible with the mac. I don't know and look to the experts. Thanks all!

I'm using Microsoft Office 2008 on my IMac which has the latest OS --- OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.5 and it works fine.

Genessi Loc: SoCal

That what we told her.

stbg1951 wrote:

Simple way to prove it. Have her send a doc she created with "can you open this?" as the content and you open it and add "yep, I can.". Then send it back. Done.