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Q: My classic OS9 applications will not open

My Classic OS9 applications will not open, and I cannot find the classic OS9 application showing in the preferences window.I tried installing Classic OS9 on a disc I had from another computer but maybe it was the wrong disc

eMac (ATI Graphics), Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 10, 2013 4:20 PM

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  • by rccharles,Helpful

    rccharles rccharles Mar 10, 2013 6:45 PM in response to bboshart1
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    Mar 10, 2013 6:45 PM in response to bboshart1

    It should be to the right of the accounts.

    Picture 1.png

     

    Classic:

    Picture 2.png

     

    If you can find a system running classic, you may drag & drop this folder to you mac.  You need to have a PPC.

     

    You may need to bless the folder.  For get how.  Think you drag the system file out of this folder then drage it back.  There is a Terminal bless command too.  Try google.

     

    Robert

  • by bboshart1,

    bboshart1 bboshart1 Mar 11, 2013 7:28 PM in response to rccharles
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    Mar 11, 2013 7:28 PM in response to rccharles

    Charles:

     

    I have a eMac with OS9 Classic, the iMac has the apparently missing OS9 Classic.  I am not sure the classic folder looks liked, I dagged what I thought was the system folder to the eMac desktop, but nothing happened. I guess I am not sure of what I am doing, and I don't want to mess things up

     

    The eMac has a folder called system folder, but  does not have the 9 on it, From the begining I put the OS9 Classic applications in this folder. The original folder got lost.

     

    After getting the above resoved, how do I get the classic on the eMac to the iMac

     

     

    Thank you for your help,

     

    Regards,

     

    Bob

  • by rccharles,

    rccharles rccharles Mar 12, 2013 11:25 AM in response to bboshart1
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    Mar 12, 2013 11:25 AM in response to bboshart1

    Here is apple's take on the subject.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1929

     

    Try this:

     

    1) on your eMac update the machine to 9.2.2 

      -- ( it needs to be 9.2.2 I think & do not know if you can update to 9.2.2

            on Mac OS X.  I think you can update on X, but not 100% sure. )

    2) get a flash drive

    3) format to flashdrive to Mac OS extended 

      -- ( guess you could use journaled.  )

      -- ( need to perserve resource forks.)

    4) copy the folder

         System Folder

    to the flash drive. 

       -- ( this is the mac os 9 folder.  Only the Max OS X will/may have the 9 on the folder. )

       -- ( do not move it on emac like to the desktop etc. )

     

    5) copy to your iMac.

     

    6) Bless classic folder.  See http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1929 for how.

     

     

    Let me know how it goes.  Could try it out since I have Classi running in a partition on this machine.