Of course, the PowerPC system is older than the hills. Hey, it powers up. :)
My dad has some old pictures cad files that he cannot accessed any more because the software support was discontinued. Important files like family history, family trees.
Long story and Swordmaker has tried to help me. Thanks Swordmaker. Still no success. The problem: either the software is no longer available or the newer OS is incompatible.
One solution is to find old IMACs (the blue monitor) and try to convert the files that way. That never got far because my dad moved and we had to dump them. We had two.
Then there are my Apple music players and ipad. No support for them. Hundreds of dollars lost. Apple have a monopoly on their products and if they deem that a device is no longer supported, they can do it without dispute. They are the kings, the gods, of their hardware platforms.
Lastly...
One thing that would be nice is a $200 credit from Apple towards the purchase of the next gen device when the previous gen device is obsoleted. That would be fair.
That's one solution. These old iMacs (called blueberry Macs) are readily available on the Internet sales sites. I have a few of them, with dual-boot drives to boot between different OS versions. I collect vintage machines, and the ones I have are different versions and colors and still work on the Internet although slow. Lighter faster PowerPC systems are still available. There are people out there who can convert almost anything (I can do most except my punched paper tape rolls and 9-track reels from the 70's). Best idea is to plan ahead, and constantly move copies of files to newer digital platforms. No excuse not to do it. DVD's go bad and are becoming obsolete. Same will happen to USB sticks. Important files should have printed counterparts stored in a safe place. If not, too bad.