A report by Jonny Evans today on Macworld UK notes that Apple has ceased development of its long-time stalwart productivity suite, AppleWorks. “Apple told resellers of the demise of AppleWorks last week, announcing that the software had reached ‘End of Life’ status,” says Evans.
Read MoreApple has posted AppleWorks 6.2.9, the latest version of the company’s productivity suite for Mac OS X. Apple says this release “supports mice with scroll wheels and improves the performance and reliability of AppleWorks’ presentation and spreadsheet environments.
Read MoreAs expected, Apple today posted AppleWorks 6.2.7 for Mac OS X, which provides improvements to the presentation module, spreadsheet module, AppleScript, Web searching, printing, label printing, table support and spell checking. The update also provides better file handling, English, French, Italian and Spanish spelling dictionaries and other improvements.
Read MoreSeveral MacMinute readers report that the online Apple Store now has AppleWorks version 6.2.7: “I was just at Apple’s Web site and on their store page under ‘Apple Software’ AppleWorks is listed as 6.2.7 instead of the current 6.2.4, and it also has a new box (all white with just a pencil standing up).
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