[Text on FreeHand Files]

Ok, I assume  my old files from Freehand  are done.  So many files prior the landing of InDesign.... I have some heavy text files (Flyers, small presentations, Stationary, etc. I was trying to move on, but I will have to keep on old computer to only be able to open  those "antique" files....

Hi there,

 

sorry for answering this old thread but maybe some other guys have the same problem.

 

When I started to look for a possible solution for our old Freehand files I had no old Mac here for testing purpose.

So I decided to go the virtual machine way and took VirtualBox to setup a virtual Mac with OS X 10.6.8 because it's the lastes OS X with the possibility to run PPC apps due to Rosetta but also the newer Intel code. Freehand MX runs nicely and Illustrator CS2 and CS5 work also fine.

Setting up the VM was a bit trial and error in the beginning but is running stable now and we have the ability to put it on a SD card and whoever needs to test something with these old files can start the VM from there.

Not too bad for now...

 

Greets...         Mactor