#THE PRINT SHOP 2 MAC FOR MAC#
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Graphics libraries for The Print Shop came from Broderbund and other vendors. It was popular in schools and contained a unique feature with which graphics could be transferred to or from a MacPaint file. It featured graphics by Marney Morris and was the most powerful version available at the time. In 1986, the first Apple Macintosh version was released. Initially, to use the new fonts and borders in The Print Shop Companion had to modify the original program subsequent releases of The Print Shop included built-in support for Companion. The Print Shop Companion, developed by Roland Gustafsson and released in 1985, added a calendar feature, an updated graphic editor, font and border editors, and a 'Creature Maker' game, as well as an expanded library of fonts, borders, and graphics. you'll want to use this program over and over again'. II Computing criticized the Apple II version's inflexible layout options and lack of print preview, but concluded that it 'is truly 'a graphics utility for the rest of us', encouraging creativity and self-expression. He predicted that the software 'is destined to become one of the most popular packages for the Commodore 64'.

#THE PRINT SHOP 2 MAC MANUAL#

Īhoy! 's reviewer called the Commodore 64 version of The Print Shop 'one of the best thought out, easiest to use packages I've come across', reporting that he did not need to use the manual to produce his first greeting cards. The series comprised 29% of Broderbund revenue in fiscal year 1992. In April 1989, it was awarded a 'Diamond' certification from the Software Publishers Association for sales above 500,000 units. In 1988, Broderbund announced that the company had sold more than one million copies, and that sales of the software comprised 4% of the entire United States software market in 1987. II Computing listed it seventh on the magazine's list of top Apple II non-game, non-educational software as of late 1985, based on sales and market-share data. In 1985, it and Ghostbusters were reportedly the two most widely pirated Commodore 64 programs. 3 The New Print Shop and subsequent versions.Of course, this just kicks the can down the road and eventually, we'll hit the wall (assuming Mackiev never produces a 64-bit version of their app).

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None of that would be possible if she moved to a different app.Īfter a lot of research, what I wound up doing (as the only practical solution) was to upgrade her machine to Mojave, so she can continue to use Print Shop for Mac. Plus, she has 100's, if not a 1000 or more, Print Shop projects, and she wants to be able to borrow elements from or use them as a starting point to a new project. However, this is for my wife's machine, and she is not computer-literate, so all solutions involving moving to another app (such as Swift Publisher) or technical solutions such as running Mojave as a VM or in another partition (dual-boot) are non-starters. I looked at Swift Publisher, and it looks like a good alternative, feature-wise. The issue is: it's still a 32-bit app, so I can't move beyond Mojave (to Catalina) because Catalina removes support for legacy 32-bit apps.

#THE PRINT SHOP 2 MAC FOR MAC#

I have the Mackiev product, and as I recall, getting Version 4 of Print Shop for Mac directly from Mackiev was no problem.

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