You probably wouldn’t want to go through all this trouble just to keep using Microsoft Word 2011, but it’s a viable workaround if you really insist.įuture Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. You can install previous Mac, or even Windows, operating systems on that second desktop to run 32-bit apps. Try to use the wiki page for the latest version of your Mac. In this way the support team can see what hardware you have. If you have a hardware revision of a Mac, that is new or unlisted, post your Mac version and the output of lspci to the Apple Users Ubuntu Forums. PCMag recommends downloading Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion, which are programs that allow users to set up a window that essentially serves as a parallel desktop. If you are not using a VM, continue to the next step. If you for some reason need to keep using 32-bit apps, you can purchase software that will allow you to continue using older Mac operating systems alongside Catalina. (Free alternative to Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion.) Latest Version/Update: VirtualBox. However, newer versions may also be free on the manufacturer’s website or you can just find alternatives – for example, you might find Google Docs to be an adequate substitute for Word. In some cases, as with Word, you’ll have to buy the updated product.

If you want to keep using those apps, it might be worth finding newer, 64-bit versions.