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Questions tagged [classic-mac-os]

Versions of Mac OS prior to Mac OS X 10.0 are regarded as ‘classic’.

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Is Macintosh System Software 1.0 (Classic MacOS) Free?

Since Macintosh System Softwsre 1.0 is extremely old, has Apple made it free to download? If so, is there a link to download it from? I am just curious to try and run it in an hardware emulator and get a feel for the old operating system...
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Identifying conflicting extensions in classic Mac OS

I am experimenting with Sheepsaver and am having some problems. I've got it booting okay into Mac OS and have installed some games and other software. But I think I was a little too eager and installed too much without properly testing things and…
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Unusual problem with Swoop on Mac OS 9.0.4 under SheepSaver

I have setup SheepSaver with Mac OS 9.0.4 and it boots okay. I've installed software and games. One of those games is Swoop http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/swoop/ I can launch Swoop and play the game ok. But after I'm dead and try to play it again,…
user221458
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(SheepSaver error) Sorry, the desktop folder on the startup disk could not be created. Try unlocking the disk

I've been having problems with a SheepSaver installation (see my other question Unusual problem with Swoop on Mac OS 9.0.4 under SheepSaver) so decided to start from scratch and create a second SheepSaver installation. But instead this time I…
user221458
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Mac OS: 7.5.3 Command-Turn On

I'm not a mac user anymore. But I used to be one when I was a kid. My father had a Macintosh Performa 6200 running MacOS 7.5.3. On said MacOS you could press command + the turn on key on the keyboard, and a white rectangle with a textcursor would…
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Selecting which application opens a file with given creator/type codes (System 7)

In System 7, when the user tries to open a document of a type which multiple installed applications can open*, it pops up a dialog asking which one to use. After one is chosen, that application seems to always be used to open that type of file, by…
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Yellow mexican singer in system 7 / mac os 8?

What was that extension in System 7 and Mac OS 8 which put a little yellow smiley thing of a mexican singing out of tune on your screen?
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Mac OS 7.5.3 Command-Delete

I'm running Mac OS 7.5.3 under Sheepshaver on a Mac mini with Catalina. I remember there was a Command-Delete ability to send files and folders to the trash with the aforementioned keystrokes. What I can't remember is what it was that enabled this.…
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Why does extracting a large file with MacZip cause Mac OS 9 to hang?

Why is it that I can perform multitasking when extracting .sit files with StuffIt Expander but extracting .zip files with MacZip causes Mac OS 9 to hang until extraction is complete?
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Can't launch Mac OS 9

Need to launch Mac OS 9 but it says it is no longer supported, is there a way around that? I am trying to put it and an old version of QuarkXpress on an old 40 GB external hard drive. I need access to both to open up some old important files. What…
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Graphics output issue while installing Mac OS 9 on old Power Macintosh G3

I'm trying to resurrect an Apple Power Macintosh G3 300 (Blue & White). I get the "question folder" icon when I turn it on normally. I burned an iso of Mac OS 9.2.2 and popped it into the optical drive. Screens I see: "question folder" blank screen…
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