macOS Support¶
Apple Mac OS X Operating System Versions: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or a later version of Mac OS Note To verify that your computer meets these minimum requirements, on the Apple menu, click About This Mac. Get the best deals on Microsoft Apple Mac OS 9 Office & Business Software and find everything you'll need to improve your home office setup at eBay.com. Fast & Free shipping on many items! An easy way to run 'classic' Mac OS applications under OS X/macOS. Under OS X or macOS, software written for the 'classic' Mac OS (i.e. Versions 6 through 9) can only be run through software that emulates Macintosh hardware from 1980s and 1990s.
The current Apache OpenOffice supports Apple OS X version10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite),10.11 (El Capitan) and macOS 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra),10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina).
- Office 2001 was probably one of the best pieces of software for Mac OS9 (after my usual favourites, Caesar III and Diablo II). If you can afford the hit of buying it new (or second hand if you're lucky to find it), it'll prove it's worth in no time. I seem to remember a lot of word packages especially becoming available as free downloads.
- For others, there's SheepShaver, a PowerPC emulator capable of running Mac OS 9.0.4 down to Mac OS 7.5.2 and there's Basilisk II, a 68k emulator, capable of running Mac OS (8.1 to 7.0). For everything older than System 7, you will need a Mac Plus emulator like Mini vMac NEW!
Mac Os 9 Online
The last OpenOffice version supporting Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger),10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard) is OpenOffice 4.0.1.
Hardware Requirements¶
- CPU: Intel Processor
- Memory: Minimum 512 Mbytes RAM.
- Storage: At least 400 Mbytes available disk space for a default install via download.
- Graphics: 1024 x 768 or higher resolution with 16.7 million colours.
Mac Os 9 Download
Additional Resources¶
- Click here to download
- Click here to get install instructions for OpenOffice on macOS
- Click here to get help and support in the Community Support Forums
Microsoft Virtual PC 6
may not take kindly to having
Connectix Virtual PC 5.0.4
installed on the same machine and running at the same time.
Norton Utilities 6.0
No! No! No! Norton Utilities lost its lustre with Mac OS 8.1. Ever since then, its Disk Doctor and Speed Tools/Disk have caused more headaches in hard drive issues than the combined effects of dropped hard drives, magnets, and power surges. If you use these utilities on any system newer than Mac OS 8.0, beware, it is Russian Roulette how long your machine will stay safe. Backup your data frequently before using any of these utilities.
Apple SCSI Card Patch - Apple Atto SCSI Card Hack
If you have a SCSI card, sure, but not everyone running 9 uses SCSI. Remember, the first non-SCSI Mac was an 8.1 machine, the original iMac G3/233.
Motorola MathLib Update
Never had this, never needed it.
DivX Doctor 2.2
DivX has created issues for some people using some Quicktime software.
Iomega Tools IomegaWare English 8.6 - 9.x
If using a zip drive, be careful with this, as sometimes it actually fails to work properly.
OpenDoc
Only needed if you are going to use Cyberdog.
XPostFacto 4 - Mac OS X Boot
Only needed if you are going to install an unsupported version of Mac OS X. Has nothing to do with Mac OS 9.
.smi files are disk images for specific software installers. On their own, they do you no good. If the installer has a document inside them, be sure to drag it to the appropriate place if it isn't itself an installer application.
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Sep 15, 2009 12:26 PM