Mac OS 9 Lives
Mac OS 9 Discussion => Software => Topic started by: MigMac on February 14, 2025, 03:11:50 PM
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from your experience are there apps (office, graphics, utilities...whatever) that are more suitable for MacOS 9.0.4 rather than 9.2.2. Just asking cause I have a 9.0.4 volume which I use for Cd-roms that bug with 9.2.2, so I'd like to add a few apps on that disk. Thanks in advance.
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I know there's a couple of games that do work on 9.0.4 but won't work with 9.2.2. One example would be the legendary Hellcats Over the Pacific (http://macintoshgarden.org/games/hellcats-over-the-pacific) or Imperialism II (http://macintoshgarden.org/games/imperialism-ii). But as you're not much of a gamer from what I understand, I'm not sure if this is interesting for you? :-)
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Thanks :)
Indeed I'm not into games bar a few basic board ones (Othello, Mahjong, that sort of things...)
What I'm doing is installing older versions of what I have on the 9.2.2 volume: AppleWorks 5 (instead of 6), Photoshop 5 (instead of 7) etc... not sure I'll use them much but 1) the nostalgia 2) the guilty pleasure of installing things with SNs from the good ole serial box ;)
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That's actually quite a nice idea. At times I discovered myself that I much prefer older versions versus later ones, simply because I wouldn't use any of the features added and opted for speed instead.
Of course, ever since running Mac OS 9 on a Mini G4, speed is no reason anymore, but still ... please report your findings should you make an interesting discovery! :-)
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You can have 3 volumes for that purpose:
1. Mac OS 9.2.2
2. Mac OS 9.0.4
3. Files
The third one would have BOTH AppleWorks 5 and, in another folder, AppleWorks 6. This way you modularize your systems and apps/files. You also can use any of the programs in EITHER version of Mac OS, which is simpler if you use a partition for that purpose. This becomes more and more true and useful the more versions of Mac OS your machine supports. E.g.:
1. Mac OS 9.2.2
2. Mac OS 9.0.4
3. Mac OS 8.5.1
4. System 7.5.5
5. System 7.1.2
6. Files
Of course, choose whichever approach makes you the most satisfied.