A programmer got Mac OS X Cheetah working on a Nintendo Wii, solving myriad problems along the way.

UTM is an emulator for virtualizing other operating systems. Here's how to use it to run Apple's Mac OS 9 on a Mac running on Apple Silicon. UTM is an OS emulator that lets you virtualize and run a ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Apple launching Mac OS X, the operating system that serves as the foundation of modern-day macOS. Apple released a public beta of Mac OS X in September 2000, and ...

Twenty years ago, Mac OS X Tiger introduced us to a search feature that would stand the test of time: Spotlight. And while at the time I found myself ambivalent about its many quirks, some of which ...

Run Windows XP, Mac OS 9, Windows 11, Super Mario Bros. and more on your Mac. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Collecting old video game consoles and vintage computers is a fun hobby, but ...

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