Any way to run iWork '09 (aka, the last version of Pages that actually worked well) on Apple Silicon?

[stevejobswouldbesad]

Pages 4.3 was the last good version of Pages (iWork). It let you select non-contiguous text by holding down the command key. You know, just like you can do in TextEdit or even Stickies? Makes office work a hell of a lot easier.

anyways, is there ANY way to get this software running on Apple Silicon? I'm willing to emulate or virtualize older versions of macOS (I think the last one that supports Pages 4.3 is Mojave, 10.14). I just need a way to run this software since Apple CBA'd to add back features they removed years ago.

 

[jav6454]

Do you have the installer disk? You could try as Rosetta should emulate it.

 

[stevejobswouldbesad]

Do you have the installer disk? You could try as Rosetta should emulate it.

I do but it's 32 bit. Won't install on Catalina or higher.

 

[jav6454]

I do but it's 32 bit. Won't install on Catalina or higher.

I forgot about that.

 

[dburkhanaev]

Yeah, unfortunately it's only now that some of the older features are starting to come into parity.

 

[Boyd01]

Apparently it won't even run in a Parallels MacOS VM on Intel Macs, there are a couple threads about this somewhere.