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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several MacFixIt readers have recently inquired about the process for removing the Classic environment from their Mac OS X startup volume in an effort to save space. The steps are relatively simple, ...

Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The original version was the integral and unnamed system ...

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 ...