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This can be accomplished by either erasing your hard drive and installing Mac OS 9/Mac OS X from the media that came with your Mac, making sure to check the "Install Mac OS 9 disk drivers" option
Apple cd drive setup install#
Installing a bootable copy of Mac OS 9 If you have a Mac that is capable of booting Mac OS 9 (any system that shipped before January 2003) and would like to do so, you may need to install the Mac OS 9 disk drivers.
Apple cd drive setup mac os x#
In that case, you will need to perform an erase and install of Mac OS X 10.2.x then re-update to Mac OS X 10.4.x per Knowledge Base document #301468, or attempt copying the Mac OS 9 system folder as described above.
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If you have a standalone Mac OS 9 retail CD, you can try the same steps listed for the restoration disc, though you may run into issues depending on how new your Mac model is.Ĭaveat: Mac OS X 10.4.x upgraders Note that if your Mac originally shipped with Mac OS X 10.2.x or Mac OS X 10.3.x and you updated to Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger), you may run into issues restoring from original (Software Restore) media. Second, if you have a non-bootable Software Restore CD which includes Mac OS 9.2.2, you can simply insert the dic, open Software Restore, and select to restore only Mac OS 9. If not, you may need to re-bless the Mac OS 9 System Folder per this Knowledge Base article. You should now be able to start Classic from its pane in System Preferences.
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Next, insert your Mac OS 9 restore CD.
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