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 ...

The first Intel-based Mac was 19 years ago, but new versions of apps for both Classic Mac OS and PowerPC Mac OS X still occasionally appear, and we are here for it.… Most recently, some new internet ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

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 ...

We continue to receive reports of problems with the new Mac OS X 10.0.4 update (see previous coverage). In fact, this is the first OS X update where the new problems it causes may outnumber the ...

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 ...

If you yearn for the days of old Mac OS versions–we’re talking pre-OS X here–then your time has finally come. Software engineer Mihai Parparita has unveiled his latest project: Infinite Mac, which ...

One of the most lamented aspects of Intel-based Macs has been the inability to run Classic (Mac OS 9 and prior) applications in any capacity. The systems can neither boot from a Mac OS 9 startup ...

I’m still in the very early stages of poking at macOS 15 Sequoia ahead of our customary review later this fall, and there are quite a few things that aren’t working in this first developer beta. Some ...