Apple has dropped support for 32-bit software, which breaks support with Family Law Software for the Mac. Our consultants are working with Apple to attempt to resolve the problem, but it is not resolved yet. We do not have any guarantee that it will ever be resolved or any clear time frame for when it will be resolved, if it will. We think it is more likely than not that it will be resolved eventually, and we would offer a guess at a six-month time frame, but please understand that this is speculative at this point.
There are three known solutions to allow you to use FLS Mac on macOS Catalina. All three unfortunately have a cost: FLS Cloud ($59.95/month), Parallels w/ Windows ($79.99/year + Cost of Windows), Parallels w/ macOS Mojave ($79.99/ year).
WARNING: Family Law Software is in NO WAY affiliated with Parallels and does not provide support for the Parallels software
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2. Close Family Law Software, if it is open.
3. Start Finder.
4. Click on Applications.
The first solution to use FLS on macOS 10.15 would be to upgrade to the of FLS and use the software online with Safari, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.
The next two solutions use a 3rd-party application called to run the FLS Mac software from a different operating system. Parallels allows you run alternative operating systems from within your default operating system. Parallels cost $79.99/year ($6.66/month) which will allow you to have all future versions or $99.99 for the current version only. Once installed, you can take full advantage of using other operating systems (Alternative macOS versions, Windows, Linux, or other).
1) Installing Parallels
5. Drag the Family Law Software icon from your Applications folder to the Trash. The Trash should change its appearance and make a crunching noise.
6. Verify that the icon is no longer in the list in the Applications folder. If it is still there, drag it to the Trash again.
7. In Finder, slect the Go menu at the top of the screen. Hold down the option key on your keyboard, and you will see an option called Library.
8. Select that option. Then, under Application Support, drag Family Law Software into the Trash.
9. This will delete the program, but NOT the data. If you do want to delete the data, drag your data folder into the Trash. Typically, this will be the “Family Law Software” folder from the Documents folder. Before you do this, please back the files up somewhere, so you can access them later. We do NOT have access to files located on your Mac computer, so we will not be able to restore them for you.