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mac mini and classic os9 applications.....
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rich82fox
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Sep 29, 2009, 12:22 PM
 
Hello

I recently tested the latest mac mini at my local Apple Store

and I noticed that under system preferences it no longer has the Classic icon.

can you still use OS9 apps on the new macs?

rich
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Sep 29, 2009, 12:27 PM
 
No, OS 9 support died when Leopard came out (and possibly the change to Intel), you need a PowerPC machine and Tiger.

OS 9 died many years ago, time to upgrade or replace those apps.
     
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Sep 29, 2009, 12:57 PM
 
What OS 9 apps could you possibly still have and need to run?

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Sep 29, 2009, 01:13 PM
 
My reason is a few Classic games. Game publishers are notably closed-source, and tend not to update catalog titles for compatibility with later OS versions.
     
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Sep 29, 2009, 01:47 PM
 
Anything intel will not run classic.
     
   
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