How can I open AOL docs/email from 2003 Mac Classic that are stored on my Mac in the current Mac OSX 10.7.3?
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How can I open AOL docs/email from 2003 Mac Classic that are stored on my Mac in the current Mac OSX 10.7.3?
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I emailed AOL yesterday before posting and have received no response to date
I called AOL customer service and they told me that they provide no solution to opening saved email docs in AOL 5.0 -- jeez, how irresponsible ...
which, by the way, was not a Mac Classic.
That was a totally different, and much much older, computer
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The reference was not for a Mac Classic but for the "Classic" environment offered during the transition by Apple to OSX --- and, yes, I do not have an older Mac on hand ....
I have two emails from AOL -- one was about Windows and the other was link with Mac OS X 10.2-ish screen shots -- when I tried to adapt the technique it failed in part because the current AOL Desktop found not open/recognize the saved AOL "Filing Cabinet" despite my concerns that the emails of concern are not concurrently residing there -- my backups are individual files, like a .doc, for example, that I would otherwise like to open with any available software.
I wonder if there is a non-AOL software solution for accessing these older files?
as you say, then any word processor will open them.
Word or Pages will open them without a problem.
You could even try TextEdit, on the off chance that it will open them
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I was not saying a word proceeder could open the file I want, it was a for, example ....