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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unreleased variants that Jobs killed off found – 7.6 on a G4, anyone? As well as the Mac clones, there were PC-style PowerPC machines – and a version of classic MacOS for them has just been ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you don’t remember the WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple SVP Craig Federighi talked about how Apple’s “crack product marketing team” came upon the “stunning surf” and “lush alluvial plains” of Ventura that ...