#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER MAC OS X#
#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER INSTALL#
#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER SOFTWARE#
#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER FREE#

Once you have all these, it’s pretty darn easy to get going. You can find these ROMs online too, but again, that is most likely illegal. Again, I’m lucky in that I have two of these, so I didn’t have to jump through a lot of hoops. The third thing you’ll need is a little trickier to come by: you’re going to need the ROM image of a new world Mac, like a PowerMac G4. Of course, there’s always the option of going the way of the pirate, but this is most likely illegal in your country of residence.

#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER FREE#

Believe it or not, genuine and new copies of MacOS 9 can still be found in online stores today, but even if you can’t find one online, your local Apple retailer might still have a few copies lying around (at least, that’s how I got two free copies). Since I have two Macs capable of running classic versions, that was no problem for me. Of course, you’ll also need a copy of MacOS 9.0.4. I used the 64bit build found here, and it works fine on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.

#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER MAC OS X#

You can build it yourself, or grab a binary binaries for Windows and Mac OS X are easy to get, but for Ubuntu, you’ll have to try a little harder. You’ll need a few things before you can get going.

Even though SheepShaver can run earlier versions, I’m focussing on MacOS 9.0.4. As of late, development has been focussed on Windows and Mac OS X, but pre-built Debian packages have appeared for 64bit and 32bit Ubuntu installations too.

#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER SOFTWARE#

SheepShaver is basically a PowerPC emulator that fakes an entire PowerPC-based Macintosh in software so that you can run MacOS 7.5.2 through 9.0.4 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and BeOS. I decided to try SheepShaver on my Ubuntu machine, and discovered just how easy it really is. This environment has been dropped from Intel releases of Mac OS X, but thanks to SheepShaver, you can still set it up yourself on Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, and even BeOS if you want to.

#MAC OS 9 SHEEPSHAVER INSTALL#

Read the Language Kits CD Extra ReadMe file and check what's in the disk images supplied.Remember MacOS 9, or Classic as Apple named it once Mac OS X was released? On PowerPC Macintosh machines, you can install a Classic environment which launches a virtualised instance of MacOS 9 whenever you launch a Classic application. After you check off the ones you want, click OK and then you're ready to install the software.įor Persian users and others who want 'more', you may find what you're looking for in the following folder (Mac OS 9: CD Extras: Language Kits CD Extras). And, Traditional Chinese is at the bottom (you can see it if you scroll).Ĩ. Click the pop-up menu and choose ' Customized Installation.':Ī new window opens in which you can check off the specific language kits you want to install: Check ' Language Kits' and notice that the pop-up menu to its right becomes enabled:ħ. But, all you want (now, for our purposes) is to scroll to near the bottom of the list where you'll see 'Language Kits'.Ħ. Now you see the 'Custom Installation and Removal' window. You want to add software features to your System. You see, the installer has checked and found that you already have Mac OS 9 on the disk. If you click the 'Options.' button, you'll see: You want to add software to your current System Folder. These allow you to create a new System Folder on your hard drive. You do not want any of the 'Options.' available here. Choose the hard drive on which you want to add the Language Kits. Double click the Mac OS Install icon on the Mac OS 9 CD.Ģ. Doing Apple's Technical Support How did we get to this point? You can read the history hereġ. Nisus Writer Classic is no longer for sale. NOTE: this software is for Classic Mac OS (eg: OS 9) and cannot be used on Mac OS X.

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