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Melanie Wilcox posted Wed February 11, 2026 02:32 PM

I just installed AMOS v 31 (a newer version than what I had previously been using) and I'm using SPSS v. 29. When I try to connect any data set (.sav file) to AMOS, I get the following error message (two-parter):

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Now, I am running this on Parallels on a Mac. However, I have been doing this for many years - including specifically on this Mac and in this version of Parallels - without a problem. The only thing that changed is that I updated to AMOS v. 31. Is there any chance that it's a compatibility issue with SPSS 29?
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David Dwyer posted Thu March 05, 2026 01:40 PM

Hi @Melanie Wilcox,
Unfortunately I have no information for you about how well or poorly Amos 31.0 (an Intel Architecture, Windows-only product) will behave in the thoroughly untested and unsupported macOS with Parallels and Windows environment.  Is this also an Apple Silicon Mac, rather than an Intel Mac?  There certainly seems like there would be a lot of opportunities for something to go wrong in such an environment.

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Melanie Wilcox posted Fri March 06, 2026 09:25 AM

@David Dwyer, yes, an Apple Silicon Mac; and, I had been successfully using AMOS via Parallels on an Apple Silicon Mac for quite some time. 

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David Dwyer posted Fri March 06, 2026 10:42 AM

Hi @Melanie Wilcox
After responding to your post I went back and tested IBM SPSS Statistics 29.0.2.0 (Windows) with IBM SPSS Amos 29.0 (Windows) and then IBM SPSS Amos 31.0 (Windows) and could not replicate your errors.  As these products are entirely separate and independent of one another,  I really would not expect them to have any interaction as part of their installation, their Windows registry, nor execution.

The one place I know things will not work will be the ARM (Apple Silicon) architecture (see here). I did all of my testing in an intel x86_64 based virtual environment.  All of the above applications (Statistics 290.2.0, Amos 29.0 and 31.0) are Windows only, intel x86_64 only applications.  So my only conclusion is that something has changed in your operating environment:

- Has Parallels been updated?
- Does your version of Parallels deploy an intel x86_64 emulation of Windows or an ARM one (like you were running on a Surface with Snapdragon processor)?
- Is the version of Windows you are running  Intel-based or ARM based (like you were running on a Surface with Snapdragon processor)?
- Has your deployed Windows version been updated?
- Apple is making strides toward macOS 28.0 where it removes all support for intel x86_64 based program code.  Has your macOS been updated recently?

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