So I'm backing up my classic Mac OS software: Applications, Application installers, extensions, and other files. As we all know the classic Mac OS is fond of data and resource forks and not file ...

Basilisk and Sheepshaver have been around for a very long time, and Apple has left them alone. Same with Mini vMac. And they are openly requiring Mac OS ROMS. It's ...

Ten years ago Apple bestowed a new operating system unto the world, Mac OS X. A merger of NeXTStep and the Classic Mac OS, OS X finally delivered Apple’s first major evolution in OS design after a ...

Call it macOS or OS X if you want, but today Apple’s Mac operating system passed a major milestone: overtaking Apple’s classic Mac OS by a single day. Pointed out by Jason Snell of Six Colors, the ...

Using off-the-shelf electronic components, a Raspberry Pi, and a 3D printer, it's possible to build your own working miniature classic Mac. Here's how. There is a lot of overlap between the maker ...

Several readers have reported issues where they are unable to start Classic, or launch Classic applications after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.8. In some cases, this issue is caused by the presence of a ...

While old Apple hardware is mostly long-gone, there are ways to run some of your antique software on your current Mac. Here's how to get started emulating old Apple computers on your new machine. At ...

The Control Strip from classic Mac OS has long since had its day, but with RetroStrip gives it a new lease of life in macOS. Question for classic Mac users who go way back to System 6 or 7: Remember ...

I often wonder what things would have looked like at Apple if major events hadn’t occurred. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about classic Mac OS and old-school small gadgets. So naturally, the ...

System requirement questions Some readers have raised interesting questions about the recently published system requirements for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). For instance, Apple states that among the ...

Metrowerks will release CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS, v9 on Sept. 2, which brings several new features and a new pricing structure. “Version 9 is the most comprehensive and most stable ...