Hi I have used spss18 for 3 months with an older macbook pro without problems. I updated to a macbook pro M1 and now I have several relevant issues:
1. the program does not shut down when I quit and it is impossible to open a file again without force quitting spss. 
2. the program reads the old .sav file corrrectly but when I try to update some variable either it does not take the change or it changes another variable, a few lines above.

Any help?
Best

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Erica Villa
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#SPSSStatistics

Hi. Version 18 of SPSS is so far out of date that we couldn't warrant its behavior on any recent Mac OS. You would need to upgrade to a much more recent version of the software, like v 28.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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Original Message:
Sent: 4/19/2022 4:55:00 PM
From: Rick Marcantonio
Subject: RE: issues with spss28

Hi. Version 18 of SPSS is so far out of date that we couldn't warrant its behavior on any recent Mac OS. You would need to upgrade to a much more recent version of the software, like v 28.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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OK, that's good to hear. Could you please update to v28.0.1.1 (the latest) - there be a fix or two in there that are relevant for at least one thing you're seeing.

1. Go here and download v28.0.1.1 (go to the bottom, "FC" for Mac).
2. After you have that, delete 28.0.0.0 - drag it to the trash.
3. Then, create a text file - call it clean_prefs.sh, and paste these contents (in-between the asterisks, and not including them) into it:

**********
#!/bin/sh

echo "be sure to have run this script with sudo: $ sudo ./clean_prefs.sh"
echo " "

# Clean out user preferences for Statistics
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.spss*
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.ibm.spss*

# Finally, restart cfprefsd daemon to flush cache (new in 10.9)
killall -u your_user_name_here cfprefsd
**********

Be sure to put your username in the "killall" line or it will fail, and we need that to work. Save that file to someplace like your desktop. Then, in a terminal window, enter the command sudo sh clean_prefs.sh

You will asked for your (log in) password; give that, and then it should have done its work.

Then install 28.0.1.1. Please tell me how it goes after that with regard to the issues you've been seeing.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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Original Message:
Sent: 4/19/2022 5:44:00 PM
From: Rick Marcantonio
Subject: RE: issues with spss28

OK, that's good to hear. Could you please update to v28.0.1.1 (the latest) - there be a fix or two in there that are relevant for at least one thing you're seeing.

1. Go here and download v28.0.1.1 (go to the bottom, "FC" for Mac).
2. After you have that, delete 28.0.0.0 - drag it to the trash.
3. Then, create a text file - call it clean_prefs.sh, and paste these contents (in-between the asterisks, and not including them) into it:

**********
#!/bin/sh

echo "be sure to have run this script with sudo: $ sudo ./clean_prefs.sh"
echo " "

# Clean out user preferences for Statistics
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.spss*
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.ibm.spss*

# Finally, restart cfprefsd daemon to flush cache (new in 10.9)
killall -u your_user_name_here cfprefsd
**********

Be sure to put your username in the "killall" line or it will fail, and we need that to work. Save that file to someplace like your desktop. Then, in a terminal window, enter the command sudo sh clean_prefs.sh

You will asked for your (log in) password; give that, and then it should have done its work.

Then install 28.0.1.1. Please tell me how it goes after that with regard to the issues you've been seeing.

------------------------------
Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 4/19/2022 5:44:00 PM
From: Rick Marcantonio
Subject: RE: issues with spss28

OK, that's good to hear. Could you please update to v28.0.1.1 (the latest) - there be a fix or two in there that are relevant for at least one thing you're seeing.

1. Go here and download v28.0.1.1 (go to the bottom, "FC" for Mac).
2. After you have that, delete 28.0.0.0 - drag it to the trash.
3. Then, create a text file - call it clean_prefs.sh, and paste these contents (in-between the asterisks, and not including them) into it:

**********
#!/bin/sh

echo "be sure to have run this script with sudo: $ sudo ./clean_prefs.sh"
echo " "

# Clean out user preferences for Statistics
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.spss*
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.ibm.spss*

# Finally, restart cfprefsd daemon to flush cache (new in 10.9)
killall -u your_user_name_here cfprefsd
**********

Be sure to put your username in the "killall" line or it will fail, and we need that to work. Save that file to someplace like your desktop. Then, in a terminal window, enter the command sudo sh clean_prefs.sh

You will asked for your (log in) password; give that, and then it should have done its work.

Then install 28.0.1.1. Please tell me how it goes after that with regard to the issues you've been seeing.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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Erica - Very glad to hear this. Thanks for getting back to me.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu April 21, 2022 07:17 AM
From: Erica Villa
Subject: issues with spss28

Hi Rick,

indeed it worked (although it took a bit more time and a bit more effort).

Interestingly, the upgrade fixed not only the shutting down problem but also the issues with the modifications of existing .sav files. 

Thanks a lot

Erica Villa

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Original Message:
Sent: 4/19/2022 5:44:00 PM
From: Rick Marcantonio
Subject: RE: issues with spss28

OK, that's good to hear. Could you please update to v28.0.1.1 (the latest) - there be a fix or two in there that are relevant for at least one thing you're seeing.

1. Go here and download v28.0.1.1 (go to the bottom, "FC" for Mac).
2. After you have that, delete 28.0.0.0 - drag it to the trash.
3. Then, create a text file - call it clean_prefs.sh, and paste these contents (in-between the asterisks, and not including them) into it:

**********
#!/bin/sh

echo "be sure to have run this script with sudo: $ sudo ./clean_prefs.sh"
echo " "

# Clean out user preferences for Statistics
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.spss*
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.ibm.spss*

# Finally, restart cfprefsd daemon to flush cache (new in 10.9)
killall -u your_user_name_here cfprefsd
**********

Be sure to put your username in the "killall" line or it will fail, and we need that to work. Save that file to someplace like your desktop. Then, in a terminal window, enter the command sudo sh clean_prefs.sh

You will asked for your (log in) password; give that, and then it should have done its work.

Then install 28.0.1.1. Please tell me how it goes after that with regard to the issues you've been seeing.

------------------------------
Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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