The same is true for the Wii with its PowerPC CPU and running Mac OS 9 for PowerPC on it. In order to make this work, a workaround is employed, which uses the fossilized Mac-on-Linux project to ...

Using Mac OS 9 did not initially seem like such a "great idea" to me, however. I'm not one for misplaced nostalgia; I have fond memories of installing MS-DOS 6.2.2 on some old hand-me-down PC ...

Apple’s Mac operating system has undergone many sizeable changes over the years. Here’s every version in order, from the first edition in 2000 to the present.

Back when Ars Senior Products Editor Andrew Cunningham was forced to work in Mac OS 9 by his colleagues in September 2014, he quickly hit a productivity wall. He couldn't log in to his Ars e-mail ...

Earlier this month the report "A Switch campaign of a different kind: Why people are sticking with Mac OS 9, and what will make the Mac OS X shift happen" generated tremendous response.

Older models had the capability of booting into Mac OS X or the older OS 9.2. New systems would still ship with OS 9.2--to support the "Classic" mode for older software--but it could only be ...

a controversial firmware update which enables users to start up Apple’s Power Mac G5 systems using either Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X. As shipped by Apple, Power Mac G5 systems can start up using only Mac OS ...

Note: Mac OS 9.2.1 (code-named Limelight) contains no new features. It just offers bug-fixes and compatibility updates. It is a "slightly" newer version of the OS than the original OS 9.2 (code ...

The project became a mobile version of Mac OS 9 otherwise known by its codename, Sonata. I chose to call the software “Mac OS 9 To-Go” and wanted to see what it would look like on a 90s PDA ...

Mac OS 9’s Software Update control panel software notes that there’s a new version of Mac OS Runtime for Java in distribution. The new version, 2.2.5, can be downloaded and installed through ...