RM 7 category says RM7 for MAC needs Version 10.15 or higher. I have Catalina 10.15.7 MacBk Pro. But, some users said it won’t work. Please verify before I order. QUESTION: Can I download RM7 to my MacBook Pro while I learn RM10? {Which I have too} One reply says order a “wrapper”. I don’t know what that is. Thank you.
There is a certain sense in which no version of RM prior to RM8 would run on a Mac. It was true from RM4 through RM7 that you could purchase a Mac version of RM. However, this was actually the Windows version of RM which was delivered along with a Windows emulator which allowed the Windows version of RM to run on a Mac. RM called the Windows emulator a wrapper.
A problem with this approach is that upgrades to the Mac operating system would cause the Windows emulator to fail until the Windows emulator could be upgraded to run on the newest Mac operating system.
At this point in time, RM7 and its very old Windows emulator will run on a Mac only if your Mac operating system is very old. For most practical purposes, it’s best to think of it as RM7 no longer being able to run on a Mac.
That being said, my understanding is that Catalina was the last Mac operating system that was supported by RM7 and its last wrapper. If my understanding is correct, you should be able to download RM7 and run it on Catalina. I do not have a way to verify this information. Perhaps it can be verified by other RM users.
You can no longer purchase RM7. But if you own an RM7, you can still download it and install it using the RM7 key you purchased. Or you can download RM7 and run it without a key as the Essentials version. The Essentials version is the real RM, but it has some of the more advanced features disabled. So you could download RM7 and install it on your Catalina system. It will probably work, but I am not 100% sure.
Thank you Jerry Bryan. I did try to download RM7 to Catalina MacBkPro. It won’t work. Message: “Apple can’t/won’t support it." I have the older RM7 software, but for a PC. I appreciate your help. I will have to meet the challenge of RM10, which I must do anyway. It’s a case of “old dog……doesn’t learn new…"
RM7 works only up to Mojave OS. Just download the RM10 which runs on mac without the fake windows bottle but still only with Rosetta translation of old Intel chip code. Get the print manual from amazon and watch the Rm 8 9 10 videos in order.
RM7 is supported on macOS Mountain Lion (10.8) through Big Sur (11). If you download the Mac version it will include the wrapper. The same key is used for Windows or Mac versions.
https://www.rootsmagic.com/download/RootsMagic-7/