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I have used Encore for many years. Of course, I am disappointed that 6 has never become available.
However, it is what it is and I am trying to make the best of the situation.
What is the latest Mac OS that will run Encore? Right now, it is running on High Sierra 10.13.6 on a Mac Mini that I have deliberately kept running Word and Excel from 2008.
I am needing to upgrade these products which will require a software change. Is there a way to do this via a virtual system within a system, or would I be ahead to just buy a friend’s used laptop and move Encore there.
If so, what is the most recent OS version that will still run Encore?
The “most recent” version of macOS that will run Encore 5 is Mojave (macOS 10.14.6). Encore 5 runs quite fine in such a case (I’m still having and old Mac mini running just for that purpose next to my Mac Studio). But as to Word and Excel, you can’t run a version higher than 16.54 (issued octobre 2021) which can be activated with a Microsoft 365 licence, an Office 2021 or an Office 2019 licence.
Running a virtual system can be an option, but the recent Macs with a Silicon processor won’t be able to run Mojave, even in a virtual machine. So, it’s a difficult compromise ahead. Think that if (if!) Encore 6 is out next month (but who knows?), things will be quite different.
Encore 5 runs far, far better over Mojave than High Sierra. Richard and I went back and forth over the High Sierra issues with him blaming Apple — he was right.
If your Mac was first built 2012–2018, it can run Mojave on an APFS Volume (the 2012 Mac Pro 5.1 must have a Metal Graphics GPU—all other 2012 Macs have it). The key is the year of introduction—the iMac Pro, for example, was still being built in 2020 but it’s officially a 2017 Mac as that was the year it was introduced. Macs introduced earlier or later cannot do this unless running Virtual Machine on a later Intel Mac.
I have a pair of 2012 MacBook Pros running Mojave. Both have been upgraded to SSDs replacing the original mechanical hard drives—an easy, inexpensive DIY upgrade that makes them run much faster.
If I had the desk space, I’d add the least expensive iMac Pro but my MBPs do get the job done. The ones I owned were great machines but I have moved on to a M2 Studio Ultra for my day-to-day.
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