I know VERY little about even simple tech matters.
I currently use a 21 inch iMac (early 2008) running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5. It has various problems. It was clicking recently and I couldn't access anything for a couple of days. Someone said it's the hard-drive. I can access things now but a few sites won't open and may have broken up page images or a list of items on the left of the screen. This is what stops me accessing my email which I use mail2web to do. The dvd wasn't working when it was given to me.
I just bought a late 2012 27 inch iMac.
I need to access thousands of Apple Pages documents (that's all I ever use) and want to continue using Pages. I know Pages and don't want to change. I saw a tech website reporting that my late 2012 27 inch can run Catalina.
I earlier spoke with a 30 year tech veteran at our local Mac store. He said I can't update beyond OS 10 (I have 10.10.5 on 21" iMac) and all I can do is back up everything on Time Machine (I have 650GB) which I have backed up straight to a 1TB Hard Drive, not using Time Machine. He can put that on my 'new' 27 inch iMac to continue doing everything I'm doing but on the newer hardware. I think this would just transfer my current software problems to the 27 inch.
Is there any way I can use Pages (and possibly Keynote) while still gaining the benefit of my 27 inch hardware and a later OS? It had Sierra but the old owner may have deleted that.
I spend my life helping people without charge, often via my iMac, and would greatly appreciate your help.
I currently use a 21 inch iMac (early 2008) running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5. It has various problems. It was clicking recently and I couldn't access anything for a couple of days. Someone said it's the hard-drive. I can access things now but a few sites won't open and may have broken up page images or a list of items on the left of the screen. This is what stops me accessing my email which I use mail2web to do. The dvd wasn't working when it was given to me.
I just bought a late 2012 27 inch iMac.
I need to access thousands of Apple Pages documents (that's all I ever use) and want to continue using Pages. I know Pages and don't want to change. I saw a tech website reporting that my late 2012 27 inch can run Catalina.
I earlier spoke with a 30 year tech veteran at our local Mac store. He said I can't update beyond OS 10 (I have 10.10.5 on 21" iMac) and all I can do is back up everything on Time Machine (I have 650GB) which I have backed up straight to a 1TB Hard Drive, not using Time Machine. He can put that on my 'new' 27 inch iMac to continue doing everything I'm doing but on the newer hardware. I think this would just transfer my current software problems to the 27 inch.
Is there any way I can use Pages (and possibly Keynote) while still gaining the benefit of my 27 inch hardware and a later OS? It had Sierra but the old owner may have deleted that.
I spend my life helping people without charge, often via my iMac, and would greatly appreciate your help.
