![]() They switched to x86 in 2007, justifying it with the explanation that PPC failed to be competitive with Intel's Pentium M series. In the early 90s, Apple partnered with Motorola and IBM to combine IBM's POWER with Motorola's 88k to produce the PowerPC (PPC) architecture they used in Macs from 1994-2007, naming some of them accordingly as Power Macintosh. From its launch in 1984 up until 1996, Apple sold Macintoshes with the Motorola 68k family of CPUs. Throughout its history the Macintosh has spanned four CPU instruction set architectures that represent the four commonly known generations. Apple offered the Macintosh alongside its popular Apple II family of computers for almost ten years before those were discontinued in 1993. The original Macintosh was the first mass-market personal computer that featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen, and mouse, eschewing the command-line interface and/or BASIC interpreter that had been the mainstay for home computers since the late '70s. The Macintosh is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. For emulators that run on Mac, see Emulators on macOS. SheepShaver and QEMU both have tons of setup guides on YouTube.This page is about software that emulates Macintosh systems on other non-native hardware. If you want to keep trying, I suggest watching some YouTube setup videos for whatever you’re wanting to use. I hope that changes, but for now you either have to get into a different mindset/change expectations to enjoy emulating older OSes On a 2013, Mac OS 9 will be snappy for most things and crashy for the rest (because it is an unsupported emulator) ![]() That said, if you’re not having luck setting it up, you should know that no current emulator can even get close to a real G4’s speed for complex tasks - even on a very fast Intel chip. I can tell you the software works, so the problem is your setup. QEMU PPC doesn’t support sound on the official builds, but is as reliable as I have found for OS 9.2.2 and some early OS X flavors.įor actual business or important use of older Mac OS, find a local computer shop who can help or work with Operator Headgap for a reliable older system.Īnything you install on your trash can to run the Mac OS from 1990s is gonna be strictly DIY territory. Apple literally buried this software decades ago and even user interest is pretty low, so you’re gonna need to put on your tinkering mindset if you want this to work. I use sheepshaver for some things, QEMU for others. Yeah, there is no robust app out there for emulating old Macs. I saw something about a security issue that could be solved by copying the app out and back in, but that had no effect either. I then looked around the 'net and found several other sources of ROMs, but none of them help, it continues to quit when started when I try any one of them. ![]() If I am not reading too much into the documentation, I believe this indicates that it cannot find a "compatible ROM". When I open SheepShaver it immediately closes with no messages. I believe that I have completed the installation instructions properly? As I am targeting 7.5.3, I copied the new world rom into the SheepShaver folder and renamed it "Mac OS ROM".įollowing those same instructions, I downloaded MacOS904CD_Intl.ZIP from Macintosh Garden, which extracted into a 620 MB file called Mac OS 9-2.toast, which I then copied to the SheepShaver folder. I copied the downloaded app from Downloads to the SheepShaver folder.įollowing the E-Maculation setup guide found here, I downloaded both the new world and old world ROMs. ![]() I made a folder in my personal home directory and named it SheepShaver. ![]() I downloaded the latest SheepShaver from the E-Maculation MacOS thread found here. Sorry in advance, as I see the forum is filled with similar questions, but I'm stuck during install and I'm hoping someone knows the answers. ![]()
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