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You cannot without erasing your hard drive and installing Mac OS 9 from scratch. Even then Mac OS 9 may not run on modern Mac hardware because Mac OS 9 needs the ROM chip to boot. Modern Mac OS X hardware uses EFI to boot the system instead of a ROM chip to boot. Mac OS X v10.0 - Mac OS X v10.4 support Mac OS 9 applications and can run them, you just need to install the Mac OS 9 compatibility program which can be found on the Mac OS X Install CD.
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How do I get Mac OS 9 software to work on OSX?
Mac OS 9 software requires Mac OS 9, which was discontinued in 2002, to work. Early versions of Mac OS X came with Mac OS 9 included (referred to as Classic mode) which could be activated from System Preferences. The latest versions of Mac OS X no longer support Classic mode. It will depend upon your specific Mac model whether a version of Mac OS 9 can be persuaded to work.
Is there a way to create a OS X style dock in Mac OS 9?
Unfortunately No. You should upgrade your OS 9 machine to OS X
What are two features on the Mac OS X desktop that were not present in the Mac OS 9?
dock and toolbar
Can you transfer addresses on Touch Base Pro from Mac OS 9 to Mac Leopard?
touchbase pro on mac os X
What are the 4 apple products launched in 1998?
The 4 Applications that were released were: 1. iTunes 2. iMovie 3. iPhoto 4. iDVD All of these were created to run on OS 9 until OSX came out. All Mac OSX Releases (in order): -Mac OS X Server 1.0 "Hera" -Mac OS X Public Beta "Kodiak" -Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" -Mac OS X 10.1 "Puma" -Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" -Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" -Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" -Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" -Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" -Mac OS X 10.7 "Cougar" (still in development, scheduled for 2011 release)
What is Mac OS 9?
mac OS 9 is the previous Apple Macintosh Operating System version, before Mac OS 10, or X as it has been advertised as. Mac OS 9 does not utilize the 'aqua' look of the modern mac interface, but instead uses a chunky grey interface. http://www.iindigo3d.com/macosmacos9.jpg for a preview of the interface of mac OS 9
How is an OS X different from a regular Mac?
Mac OS X (say Mac OS Ten) is the tenth version of the operating system (OS) that controls a Macintosh computer (known as a Mac for short). The equivalent for some other computers would be the Windows operating system. Mac OS X has been around for nearly ten years and replaced Mac OS 9 which was the last version of what is known as the "classic" Mac OS. Although a few Macs still use Mac OS 9 all Macs sold since 2002 have come with Mac OS X and would now be considered a regular Mac. (See links below)
What is the second name of mac OS 10.4.5?
The second name of Mac OS X v10.4.5 is Mac OS X v10.4 Intel.Mac OS X 10.4 was known as Mac OS X Tiger.
My Mac g3 doesn't have the same look as a regular Mac why not?
There could be several reasons. One likely one is that you do not have a modern version of Mac OS X. G3s shipped with Mac OS 8.6 or Mac OS 9. They cannot run Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) at all, and can only run Mac OS X 10.4 with hefty and usually unsupported upgrades. In the Related links section, you will find screenshots of Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9, Max OS X 10.0, and Mac OS X 10.1, so you can get an idea of what those systems look like, and if they look like the one you are running. There is also a link on how you can upgrade older Macs, although it is probably not worth the effort.
Can you download mac os x 10.4 tiger with mac os x 10.2.8?
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) needs to be purchased as it is not possible to update from Mac OS X 10.2.8
What is Mac OS X and types of Mac OS X operating system?
Mac OS X is an operating system released by Apple Inc. It is designed for Apple branded computers, which is why you will never see a Dell, or an HP computer run Mac OS X. There are only two important versions of Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and regular Mac OS X. Mac OS X server was designed for servers, while regular Mac OS X was designed for most computers. The current version of Mac OS X (10.6) is named Snow Leopard.
What does X stands for in OS X?
Mac OS X is pronounced Mac OS Ten. It follows on from Mac OS 9 which was the last version of what is now known as the classic Mac OS and it saw the introduction of the new UNIX based OS so the Roman numeral X was adopted to mark the change.
