Apple releasing Mac OS 9.0 for free by Apr 1, 2005 - 11:57 AM CDT • • • Following in the footsteps of the release of for free in January 1999, Apple has decided to give away Mac OS 9.0 operating system for free since it’s been replaced by Mac OS X, and not used by OS X’s Classic (Mac OS 9.2.2 is required for Classic.). Sources at Apple have said that since 9.0 runs on all PowerPC Macs and Mac OS 9.2.2 doesn’t, Apple has decided to release 9.0 to support its past customers who have Power Macintoshes that have PowerPC 601, 602, 603 or 604 processors. Mac OS 9 can be updated to 9.1. Scott i bought an imac 0s10.4 tiger system for my disabled daughter for christmas, my problem is i cant run her favorite games she used to use on her perform 64. I get a message telling me ineed os9.2 classic to run theses games. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could send me a link to download this system. Im told i can bbot up either os9 or osx on this computer. Then she could enjoy her games. Or if i could get a site to download some frre games, she likes one esp callled (thinking things) that would already be able to run on 0sx. Screenshot of Mac OS 9. OS family Working state Historic, not supported Source model October 23, 1999; 18 years ago ( October 23, 1999) 9.2.2 / December 5, 2001; 16 years ago ( 2001-12-05) type Proprietary Preceded by Succeeded by () Official website at the (archived November 9, 2000) Support status Unsupported as of February 1, 2002 Mac OS 9 is the ninth and final major release of. Introduced on October 23, 1999, it was promoted by Apple as 'The Best Internet Operating System Ever', highlighting Internet search capabilities, integration with Apple's free online services known as and improved networking. While Mac OS 9 lacks and full, lasting improvements include the introduction of an automated engine and support for. Apple discontinued development of Mac OS 9 in 2001, transitioning all future development to. The final updates to Mac OS 9 addressed compatibility issues with Mac OS X while running in the and compatibility with applications. At the 2002, Steve Jobs began his address by staging a mock funeral for OS 9. Contents • • • • • • • • • Features [ ] Apple billed Mac OS 9 as including '50 New Features' and heavily marketed its software, which introduced a 'channels' feature for searching different online resources and introduced a -like appearance. Mac OS 9 also featured integrated support for Apple’s suite of Internet services known as iTools (later re-branded as.Mac, then, which was replaced by ) and included improved functionality with 2.5. Other features new to Mac OS 9 include: • Integrated support for multiple user accounts without using. • Support for voice login through VoicePrint passwords. •, a feature allowing users to save passwords and textual data encrypted in protected keychains. As of the posting of this tip, the Mac OS 9 downloads on Apple's support site are not fully available. This tip of a method of obtaining the downloads was suggested by sdfox7. • A Software Update control panel for automatic download and installation of Apple system software updates. • A redesigned Sound control panel and support for audio. • Speakable Items 2.0, also known as, featuring improved speech synthesis and recognition along with AppleScript integration. • Improved font management through FontSync. • Remote Access Personal Server 3.5, including support for TCP/IP clients over (PPP). • An updated version of with support for TCP/IP. • Personal File Sharing over TCP/IP. • USB Printer Sharing, a control panel allowing certain USB printers to be shared across a TCP/IP network. • 128-bit in the Finder. • Support for files larger than 2. • volume support. • CD Burning in the (introduced in Mac OS 9.1). • Addition of a 'Window' menu to the Finder (introduced in Mac OS 9.1) Mac OS 9 and the Classic Environment [ ]. Main article: versions of prior to 10.5 include a compatibility layer (a shell) called, enabling users to run applications and hardware requiring Mac OS 9 from within OS X. This is achieved through running Mac OS 9 without access to Finder inside OS X.
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