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Like all applications written for older (pre-OS X) versions of the Macintosh operating system, WordPerfect for the Mac cannot run within OS X itself. It will only run inside an 'emulated' Macintosh - a 'virtual' computer created entirely by software, and running in a window on the OS X/macOS desktop. Dropbox is a must have for everyone, which is why I consider it an indispensable Mac app. I highly recommend it! Posted on April 10, 2014 by Kevin Allgaier and filed under iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Opinion.

There is a simple solution to the mentioned SS video problem:
- startup with extension off;
- after OS9 has finished starting up, select your preferred video resolution using the Monitor control panel;
- reboot.
From now on, SS will boot the emulated Mac without video problems.

Thanks. Also, the new binary of SheepSaver (version 2.3-0.20060514.1) works 'out of the box'.

I am just curious how fast this emulation is on dual core Intel Macs--- I imagine it could be wicked fast, running old PPC apps faster than G4s ever did. Yes? No? Maybe?

No, unfortunately. Unlike the transition from 68k to PowerPC, the new architecture is not Wicked Fast™. Most of the performance increases seen in the new machines have little to do with the main processor, but rather with the FSB, DDR2 RAM, PCI Express, SATA, &c.
Perhaps when Conroe, Morem, &c. come out the difference will be more significant.
JP
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Is there a way to use 9.2.2 with Sheepsaver? That's the only install disc I have (that came with my PowerMac).

Sorry for the busted links to ROM-grabber and TomeView. Here are a couple that work:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/toshi3/data/Rom-grabber.sit
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I'm curious what essential Classic apps folks are still running.

Essential apps:
Oxford English Dictionary (set up to run from a CD image instead of the original CD)
Lexis-Nexis (much faster than the web interface)
WordPerfect (sometimes)
And most important and productivity-ruining of all -
The old AfterDark Stained Glass module, using the MacDim AD launcher (see my hint about this somewhere else on the site).
It's the last one that I'm really going to miss on an Intel Mac..

Lots of custom software is needed to configure or operate older hardware. The devices may still be in use but the control computer has failed. In my case, I don't want to carry around an old laptop to occasionally configure an older device.
Does anyone know if a classic app running in these emulators can use a USB-serial adaptor?
Thanks

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Lots of old Ambrosia software games!
Maelstrom, Escape Velocity, Mars Rising, Apeiron
I can't cope with all this Doom stuff!

Indeed. I'm still occasionally playing Fool's Errand and the original Myst. Except for that, I can't remember the last time I used Classic to actually accomplish anything.

How to install new ios on mac. Yeah, games are about all I ever run in Classic, too!

I still run Civilization 2 (sue me, that's the version I like!), and I just get a hankerin' to run Future Cop sometimes, which was a kick-butt game that never got the marketing it deserved. It even came out for the Mac before the PC (in 1998!).

Neither of these games, AFAIK, will ever be updated to OS X. As long as I can play these games, I will, 'cause they're great games, so why all the hate about those of us who still keep a copy of Classic around?

SimTower. :-D
JP
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Pell

quarkxpress 4.0 along with a ton of custom developed software for it. the expense and time to re-develop the code for use with the current version of quark would be out of proportion with the benefit gained. xpress 4.0 runs perfectly for what i use it for.
i'll be following and researching how to run classic apps on the intel chips very closely before i can purchase any for the shop.
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if it aint broke, break it!

Virtual TimeClock 2.5. I know that there are dozens of Time-recording applications available for OS X, but they all require entry of clients, projects, tasks, or other endless information for which I have no need. Virtual TimeClock does one thing, simply--it works like a regular punchclock, allowing me to clock-in/clock-out for the day and for breaks, and totals my time entries and overtime. There is a Pro version for OS X, but it costs $129--the one I have cost me $29 years ago. Until someone comes up with a replacement, I'll keep using this one.

Oops! That's $195 for Virtual TimeClock Pro.

Those are some interesting replies. I'm just confused how someone can have the money to buy an intel machine, but no money to upgrade software. How about you upgrade that software first?
I do understand about needing old software to control even older hardware. But again, how about some hardware upgrades?
OS 9 has been dead for 4 years, lets all let it go.

It is quite possible for software upgrades to total MORE than the cost of new hardware. Software can be VERY expensive. I got a font editor for less than a hundred bucks 20 years ago. Now it's several hundred, and doesn't even have all the features of the old software. I am planning to use vMac to run FONTastic Plus 2.0.2 and other System 6 software which to this day still have no OS X equivalent. Apple's killing of OS 9 does not magically make new and affordable software appear. Hey, I wish it did.

Over the last 20 years I have written literally hundreds of HyperCard apps that are indispensable to my research. Most of them use specialized externals that will not work with the various HC replacements that have come out since Apple dropped HC. I also need to use a genetic mapping program called ACeDB. There is a OS X version but it would require that I redo much of my data AND modify the HC scripts I use to generate the data file in the first place.

This is probably verboten, but how does one get a copy of 9.0.4? I have a CD of 9.2.2, but tossed any version of 9 before that ('Ha! Won't need THOSE anymore!'). It's frustrating since I have a valid license to use OS 9 (several, actually); I just want to use an older version.

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If you have valid licenses, then LimeWire might be your friend. Be careful not to download anything you don't have a license for! ;-)
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Lew, I could afford a new machine every year, the cost is trivial compared to the number of hours invested in writing software. It is a matter of the number of hours invested in writing software. I have spent 20 years programming hypercard stacks for various psychology research projects. The time involved learning new programming languages and compilers then redoing much of this work would take me about 5 - 6 years if I worked on it non stop. I have more important things to do with my time. It is sad, I have gone from teaching in a university department buying about 30 macs a year to surrendering to use microsh**t platform for all but my individual research simply because the lack of backwards compatability and steves hubris in junking hypercard. The Gee wizz look what new macs can do focus has completely stuffed many in education and research. We do not have the time resources to cope with new platforms and are faced with a choice of hours wasted rewriting software or abandoning macs for windows because of the central support that is offered.

That is why those of you in the academic departments should push for Intel mac development because the systems themselves can be put together for around 500$ a piece keyboard, mouse, and monitor plus a p4 with HT, 1gb of DDR ram, 80gb HD, and DVD/RW- at that price that is the best deal there is. I am sorry to say also all of the enthusiasm for this new operating system has made it one of the most well documented ones in my opinion of fixing computers for the last 12 years. Unix outperforms Linux and Windows as a server OS- it always has and the mach kernel is a testament to that. The real problem is the government is forcing the university system to adopt 'active directory' as its networking standard. That alone has forced you into the situation that you are in. If there was some way for you to make agreements with the univeristy to allow you to use offsite computers in your research than the sky would be the limit as you would not be constrained to those requirements (or you can lie and say that you are following them). Who knows..I just think that in the future windows will be something that only children will use.

I've built a complete SheepShaver install, including _everything_ needed to run, as well as the last version of WordPerfect and several utilities. To download this 243mb image, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wordperfectmac, to the Links section, to the 'SheepShaver and Basilisk' folder, and click 'SheepShaver-WordPerfect Install'. It's about 20 minutes on a fast connection.
Enjoy,
John

John,
your downloadable disk image + installer guide are terrific.
it díd take less than 20 minutes to get a classic environment running on my intel MacBook. Very well done. Thank you.

Thank you.
How to recover data from external hard drive mac. I have downloaded and installed your wonderful little present. now..
how do I get it to use classic apps - where do I put them to install them etc.. PLEASE help me, I'm almost there. after months of struggling.
I also get a message that says 'The result of a numeric operation was too large' should I worry about that?
and, thanks again.

John,
your downloadable disk image + installer guide are terrific.
it díd take less than 20 minutes to get a classic environment running on my intel MacBook. Very well done. Thank you.

I can run SimCity 200 & Pinballthrillride again, not to mention the software from the macintosh gardens? Yipee!

I'm going through all this trauma just to be able to run Claris Homepage and a wonderful little game called War of Flowers.

Unfortunately SheepSaver just doesn't work. You can't write to any drive, you can't read any of your drives, you can't read firewire drives. It's just.. bad.

Let me just highlight the circular logic every single Sheep Saver instruction page seems more than happy to gloss over:
1) To install OS9 start up your already installed OS9 and extract your ROM.
2) FTW?

v1.5.8 (10 Oct 2017)

• Fix crash at launch affecting some users on macOS 10.13 High Sierra

v1.5.7 (15 May 2017)

• Restored compatibility with Wacom tablets
• Improved compatibility with apps including PDF Expert

v1.5.6 (9 Oct 2016)

• This is a small update, mainly to fix an issue with PopClip on macOS Sierra. I have fixed the annoying bug where 'Icon Hidden' dialog would appear every time at startup if you have the menu bar icon hidden. Plus other minor tweaks and fixes. Thanks to those who have reported bugs and made suggestions.

v1.5.5 (23 Feb 2016)

• Improved Mac App Store receipt checking to avoid certificate expiration problems.
• Now works with PDF Expert by Readdle.
• Fixed an glitch that interfered with using the emoji picker.
• Fixed bug where PopClip would appear repeatedly when clicking in a Safari or Chrome address bar.
• Fixed bug where URLs copied by shift-clicking the Open Link action would be erroneously percent-encoded.
• Corrections to the French translation.
• Fixed some rare crashes based on user-submitted crash reports.
• Smaller file size.
• Improved URL detection to recognize the new top level domains (.coffee, and so on).
• New minimum system requirement is OS X 10.9. The last version to support OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 was v1.5.4, which existing customers will still be able to reinstall via the web site and via the Mac App Store.

v1.5.4 (8 Sep 2015)

• This update makes PopClip ready for OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

v1.5.3 (3 Jun 2015)

• Compatibility with Evernote
• Compatibility with Microsoft Word 2016 Preview
• Added the ability for extensions to sign in using OAuth, which will enable new extensions that were not previously possible. The first batch will include extensions for OneNote and Trello. Look out for them at pilotmoon.com/popclip/extensions.

v1.5.2 (1 Oct 2014)

• Fixed bug where text input from Typinator (and similar software) could behave unreliably with PopClip running.
• Fixed bug where the AppleScript 'appear' trigger would not work when PopClip is off.
• Fixed a crash on OS X 10.6.

v1.5.1 (7 Aug 2014)

• Fixed a bug where PopClip would fail to start, for some users.

v1.5 (6 Aug 2014)

• Fresh new look. PopClip has a cleaner, flatter appearance. The iOS6-style gloss has been retired, and I hope you will agree it now looks more worthy of your Mac in 2014.
• Ready for OS X Yosemite. PopClip is ready for the next version of OS X. Thanks to the beta testers who have been sending feedback.
• PopClip works faster and more reliably, especially when selecting large amounts of text. Now it should easily cope with 10,000 characters or more, where it often used to fail.
• Fixed (finally!) the bug where pressing ⌘C at the same time as selecting text with PopClip could cause the wrong thing to get copied.
• Fixed not appearing when selecting italic text in Word.
• Fixed dictionary action not appearing when selecting the first word of a bulleted paragraph in Word.
• Fixed PopClip prefs menu not closing when clicking outside the window.
• The Paste and Match Style and formatting extensions will now work in browsers (for Google Docs, Gmail etc.)

v1.4.10 (24 Mar 2013)

• Smaller file size and reduced memory usage.
• Fixed bug where tooltips would sometimes stay on screen after PopClip had disappeared.
• Fixed bug where the preferences window would sometimes become blank, with no content.
• Fixed bug where PopClip caused the Warp Stabilizer plugin in Adobe After Affects to fail.
• Fixed bug where PopClip caused drop-down menus in Firefox to behave weirdly.
• Improved the accuracy of the Word Count extension, particularly for Chinese and Japanese texts.
• Requires a Mac with a 64-bit processor. (If you have a Mac with a 32-bit processor, download PopClip v1.4.9.)
• Plus other minor fixes and performance improvements.
• Additionally, PopClip will no longer appear when you select text in Adobe apps (including Dreamweaver, Illustrator and InDesign) and JetBrains IDE apps (such as AppCode and PHPStorm). This is because PopClip did not work well in those apps, and there wasn't a way to fix it. If you are affected by this change, and want to make it work like it did before, see http://plt.mn/2va3.

v1.4.9 (24 Oct 2013)

• Fix crash when using Word
• Fix glitch when re-ordering extensions on OS X 10.9

v1.4.8 (14 Oct 2013)

• Fix crash when using certain extensions

v1.4.7 (14 Oct 2013)

• Fixed a bug which could cause the CPU to go to 100%
• Fixed the annoying beep when double-clicking an empty cell in Excel
• Fixed incompatibilities with the RoboForm Safari plug-in, and the apps BitTorrent Sync, Bartender and Skype
• Other fixes, tweaks and performance improvements

v1.4.6 (24 Jun 2013)

• Fix bug where PopClip didn't work properly in Gmail inside Google Chrome.
• Fix bug opening URLs that contain percent characters.
• Further fixes for the situation where PopClip can interfere with pressiing ⌘C manually.
• Fixes for some situations which could cause PopClip to hang.
• Eliminate spurious error messages that were appearing in Console.
• Background energy usage improvements.
• Fixes in anticipation of future OS X updates.

v1.4.5 (8 Apr 2013)

• Fixed bug where PopClip would sometimes stay on screen forever on Snow Leopard.
• Fixed bug where PopClip would sometimes interfere with copying manually with ⌘C.
• Fix to prevent OpenOffice, LibreOffice, NeoOffice and KeePassX crashing when used with PopClip.
• Fix to improve compatibility with some clipboard manager apps.
• Fixed a rare crashing/hanging bug.
• Fixed bug where Search would not work with a single character selection.

v1.4.4 (4 Jan 2013)

• PopClip is no longer limited to a maximum of 10 extensions (limit is now 22).
• Extensions can now be re-ordered.
• Other bug fixes.

v1.4.3 (6 Aug 2012)

• Fixed a problem where PopClip did not work for some users after upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion.

v1.4.2 (17 Jul 2012)

• Fixed bug where 'Start at login' would sometimes not work.
• Fixed problem where the dictionary lookup would not work if the Dictionary app was minimised.
• Fixed compatibility issues with several third party apps.

v1.4.1 (21 Jun 2012)

• Updated graphics for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
• Fixed the button that removes apps from the blocked apps list.
• Fixed a compatability issue with Sparrow.
• Improved the Italian localization (thanks, Vincenzo).
• Fixes for compatability with future operating system versions.

v1.4 (29 May 2012)

• PopClip now supports many new actions, via extensions. Including:
  • Say the text
  • Make a sticky note
  • Translate using Google Translat
  • Send to Evernote
  • …and more.

v1.3.1 (1 May 2012)

• PopClip is now fully translated into French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
• Various small fixes and improvements.

v1.3 (23 Mar 2012)

• Spelling corrections are now shown immediately in the first pop-up, when suggestions are available. So now one less click is required to correct a misspelled word.
• Added an option to choose the language for spelling suggestions, out of the languages installed on the operating system. Choose 'None' to turn off spelling suggestions.
• Works with the 'Dvorak - Qwerty ⌘' keyboard layout.
• Third party app compatibility improvements (including Osfoora).

v1.2.5 (13 Feb 2012)

• Now you can show Paste in any text area by clicking twice in the same place.
• Improved detection of URLs in the text on Snow Leopard.
• Third party app compatibility improvements (including TeXworks app).

v1.2.4 (19 Jan 2012)

• The 'Use Address' action now works with multiple email addresses, and has a new symbol.
• The 'Open Link' action moved to the left hand side, to be grouped with Search.
• Fixed bug where PopClip would not work with the Dvorak keyboard layout.

v1.2.3 (5 Jan 2012)

• Fixed bug that caused crash or incorrect behaviour with some keyboard input sources (including Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spell Catcher).
• Fixed bug where Mozilla Firefox would launch when PopClip starts.

v1.2.2 (22 Dec 2011)

• New 'Reveal in Finder' action is available when the selected text is a local file path.
• Works better with multiple browsers: links and search now open in the current browser.
• Search now uses the browser default search engine (Safari only).
• Works with several previously incompatible apps (including Eclipse, FaceTab Pro, Translate Tab, TextWrangler, WriteRoom 3, the 1Password Firefox extension and more).

v1.2.1 (19 Nov 2011)

• Fixed bug where double and triple clicking to select text would sometimes not work
• Fixed bug where Search and Look Up would sometimes not work
• Fixed bug where Finder would crash when doing 'Show Package Contents'
• Now works with Sublime Text 2, Postbox 3 and Reunion 9

v1.2 (9 Nov 2011)

• Added search, link opening, dictionary lookup and spelling correction features.

v1.1 (3 October 2011)

• Added on/off button.
• Added the excluded apps list.
• Added 'show in menu bar' option.
• Added ability to Paste multiple consecutive times.
• Respects the Graphite theme.

v1.0.2 (19 August 2011)

• Fixed a bug which caused some apps to freeze.

v1.0.1 (27 July 2011)

• Improved OS X Lion compatibility.
• User interface fine-tuning.

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v1.0 (18 July 2011)

• Initial release.