Mac OS 9 Lives

Digital Audio Workstation & MIDI => Digital Audio Workstations & MIDI Applications => Reason / Rebirth / Recycle by Propellerheads => Topic started by: Steve_W on December 11, 2025, 01:15:24 AM

Title: Reviving Mac Mini G4 with MacOS9 for reason/rebirth/recycle
Post by: Steve_W on December 11, 2025, 01:15:24 AM

Morning all from sunny Margate, Kent, UK. I’ve been making music with Macs since mid 90s (Spectrum and Amiga before my Mac journey). I bought the holy trinity of Rebirth first, then reason and recycle and still have my original big box software with everything intact.

I have a G4 Mac mini 1.33ghz running the MacOS9lives OS 9.2.2 which is running great.

I’ll be installing all the software over Christmas and getting back into it all. I have an old M Audio keyboard with a built in soundcard I think I’ll use.

I will document the journey in this thread in case anyone is doing similar . Maybe it’ll help in some way.

I expect I’ll be installing Logic 4.8.1 (using that patcher I remember that says “Excellent!” From Bill & Ted when it’s launched  :D ).

I’ve just ordered a DVI-I to VGA adapter as I can’t find mine anywhere so hopefully should be up and running fairly soon. Speak soon RetroMacAudioNutters!

Title: Re: Reviving Mac Mini G4 with MacOS9 for reason/rebirth/recycle
Post by: aBc on December 11, 2025, 11:37:14 AM

@Steve_W

You’re having us on just a bit about “sunny” Margate? (I checked current weather.) ;)

Appreciate you documenting your upcoming journey with the 1.33 GHz Mac mini.
(Hope that it works out, as it could be quite interesting.)

And, btw nice to see that avi of yours popping up again after so long.
(Last post from you was September of 2022.)

Laissez les bons temps rouler!  8)