Reopening old .ARR files in 2018 (Mac OS X)

Cubase
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How does a Mac OS X user in 2018* find a way of opening
ancient .ARR etc files from the olden days?
(*ie an INTEL not PPC Mac user, and not requiring the use of an auxilary PC)

Sierra 10.12, 2016 Imac

I’ve been trying to find an answer for a couple of weeks and have essentially given up the search - hence posting here.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks for reading.

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Bump… anyone?

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According to this thread: using older all and arr cubasis and cubase files - Cubase - Steinberg Forums
…one needs SX3. However, this is not a solution: SX3 requires PPC ie redundant Mac architecture.
Hence this thread. Surely there is a way?

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Use a PPC Mac or use a windows PC or find someone who does it for you.

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How is this helpful?
It doesn’t answer my question.
It is arguably not reasonable or realistic to expect a person in 2018 to buy an old PPC Mac to perform a function that Steinberg
surely can offer a solution to. The whole point of the question is: There are session files which Mac users in 2018 are disadvantaged against reopening. How do we overcome this in a reasonable and practical manner, and to my thinking this means finding a solution which a 2018 Mac user can use personally without resorting to using a blinking PC. What the heck. If I wanted a PC I’d have bought one already.

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Sure it does. Just not in the way you had wanted to.

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No. No, it doesn’t.
Original post has been edited to reflect the actual spirit of the question:
How does a MAC user (NOT a PC user) in 2018 (ie in the age of INTEL MAC machine) open or convert previous Cubase files (.ARR etc).

… but by all means, feel free to keep trolling, if that seems to make you friends…

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No matter if you like it or not - still the answer remains the same - for you minus the part with the PC then. Steinberg provide the Software, you need to get the Hardware to run it. This is the same for all - no matter if PC user or Mac user.

Now guess why - cause that´s the only one you will get… :unamused:

I´m not here to make friends. I´ve got a real life.

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Thanks for the bump, svennilenni :slight_smile:

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Looks like it can be done. Hopefully something in these threads will help you.

Regards :sunglasses:

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Thanks, there is a detailed run-down there of what to do…

quite a task but at least it’s possible.
I appreciate it!