INPUT: Certain things just have to be done via the keyboard and thus a keyboard that properly support volume adjustments etc. I still have my music podcasts as mentioned above, 800+ GB of albums in MP3 format and if I feel like listening to radio I pull a stream from the website. A real bummer because I listened to radio through that a LOT back in the day. MUSIC/RADIO: Unfortunately the radio station streams in iTunes no longer work. So iTunes on my Mac Pro was used to convert these files to MP3. And of course there is no chapter selection in iTunes 2.0.4. So far I’ve only run into a few issues that require me to switch back to OS X. I may switch to another one if I find a better option.Ī website you should bookmark immediately in Classilla: TimerDA – I want to track how much time I use my iMac G4 every day and this is the first utility I found. NetBarrier – I put a lot of faith in my hardware firewall but just to be extra safe □ ![]() Photoshop, Dreamweaver – For maintaining several websites. Thanks to Steve for making me aware of this! This utility ads an eject button to your Control Strip. Unreal Tournament – I can’t go without for long so this needs to be present □ If you intend to run this and play in the PPCGL, grab the version from their server instead as it’s preconfigured with everything you need.Įject! – I’m using a keyboard that has non-functioning volume and eject keys in Mac OS 9. jpg format so I can use them on other systems. Graphic Converter – I use this primarily to convert Mac OS 9 screenshots to. Silverkeeper is an excellent utility for that. Silverkeeper – As with every system, backups need to be in place. Fetch is what I use to share files between this Mac and other Macs, FTP makes it compatible with any OS.Ĭlassilla – Web browsing and email client.ĪppleWorks, Office – I do a lot of typing so want these around. Stuffit, Toast & Fetch – To get and open pretty much every file for Classic OS, one of these apps is required. Here’s why these are the essentials for me: That’s pretty much everything currently installed. With the base OS installed, I got some of my essentials on the machine. I’ve used both their install images in the past and always with great success. If you have a Mac that does not natively support Mac OS 9, check out the “ Mac OS 9.2.2 For Previously Unsupported G4s” image here. ![]() In this case the iMac supports Mac OS 9 natively so I installed “ Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal Install” which is available from their forums here. The base OS is, of course, a MacOS9Lives image. Getting it all set up the way I want so I can hop on to this challenge asap! I have not even taken the time to clean this Mac since I got it a week ago, upgrade it or anything. These posts will be mirrored on ’s blog as well. ![]() The challenge is open for 68K and PPC, any Mac OS that is not OS X but I chose Mac OS 9. ![]() This may be a handy guide for anyone else attempting a challenge like this. Leading up to the start of this challenge I figured I’d share some of the issues and joys of getting my Mac ready. I can get almost anything I need to do done fast and distraction free. Later this week I will be firing up my 800MHz 17″ iMac G4 and use Mac OS 9.2.2 for as much of my computing as I possibly can.
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