ssgbryan posted at 8:20 PM Sat, 19 November 2022 - #4449622

A_Sunbeam posted at 3:48 AM Fri, 18 November 2022 - #4449498

I need to upgrade to Big Sur etc - but after many attempts I haven't been able to get it. I'll try again, Poser 12 won't run on Mojave, which is my current OS. The most recent OS will not run on this iMac.

There is your problem.  Apple is leaving the PC realm and moving back to the bad old days of a walled garden, with very little software available to it.

Your choices are pretty simple - move to Apple Silicon (good luck with that), or move to a PC.

Move to the dark side - we have both cookies and performance (for a fraction of the price of the mac).  It isn't until after you leave that you really understand how much performance you gave up.  I am still kicking myself for not leaving in 2017, instead of waiting on Timmy & Sir I don't understand the laws of thermodynamics to deliver a replacement for the 5,1 Mac Pro.

Thanks for the reply. I've only had Macs at home (from 1997). I used windows at work until I retired in 2004, and never really liked it. What I finally do may well be dictated more by financial restraints than by preferences ...

I've finally managed to load Big Sur on the iMac, so now the question is - do I get Poser 12, or wait for Poser 13?

poser 12 looks unfinished to me, so maybe I'll wait.