Transferring files from a computer to one running older version of SketchUp

Technical Problems SketchUp
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Hello. I have Sketchup Make 2017 on my iMac that is running OSX 10.11.6. I do my drafting work on this machine because of the big screen. However, when visiting clients, I copy the .skp files into my flash drive and show it to clients on my Macbook Air laptop which is running OSX 10.9.5

While I had the earlier version of Sketchup, I was able to transfer and open .skp files between my desktop and my Macbook Air. But now, after upgrading to Sketchup Make 2017 on my desktop, I cannot open any of the new .skp files transferred there.

My problem: I cannot upgrade my laptop to OSX 10.11 as I never downloaded the upgrades since 10.9.5 and now the only option is to upgrade to OSX 10.12 (Sierra). However, from the Sketchup site, I see that Sketchup make will not run on Sierra.

What can I do to get back to the previous state where files could be transferred and opened between my two machines?

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Use File>Save as and save the file back to the older version of SketchUp on your laptop.

Since you are using SketchUp for work with clients you must use pro.

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you should be using Pro, not Make…

also, v17 runs on Sierra…

john

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You can use just the SketchUp Viewer on the laptop. (But this assumes that you upgrade to a Pro license for the main work on the iMac.)

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Thank you Dave and John. I will do as Dave advised.

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I’m changing the title of this topic, as it actually has to do with transfer between computers running different SketchUp versions, not with OS X versions. As Dave noted, the answer is to downsave to the oldest version.

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(Added tags and changed “another” to “older”.)