Macs which could not install any form of Mac OS 9, short of a hack using the ROM chip from a Mac OS 9 capable machine, but comes with Mac OS X. Macs from 2003 with few exceptions through 2005 fell in this stage.ģ. Macs which could install Mac OS X, and use only the restore disks to install Mac OS 9 for use with the Classic environment. Macs of 1998 through 2002 pretty much fell in this stage.Ģ. Macs which could install Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 and boot into both, and use Classic in Mac OS X to have limited Mac OS 9 driver compatibility but the ability to run most Mac OS 9 applications. The migration to Mac OS X went in these stages:ġ. You can also migrate from PowerPC to Intel Macs using the user tip on: Īpple's migration to Mac OS X means that if you want to run Mac OS X as smoothly as possible, you'll want Mac OS X native applications and hardware. Instead if you have done so, be sure to backup at least twice and if necessary, rename the Guest account something else and give it admin access until the issue has been resolved. It may related to an earlier 10.4 bug that I indicated below, about using the Migration Assistant between PowerPC and Intel Macs. 10.6.2 resolves this issue according to Apple. WARNING: If you use Guest accounts in Snow Leopard, a bug has been that wipes the guest account contents entirely. Please sign guestbook if you are aware of other links to Mac OS X software or hardware directories and search engines.

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Cell phones.

Printers also discusses printing from Classic environment, and Intel Macs.

Migrate data from a pre-X machine to an X machine.

Partition hard drive to be Intel or PowerPC compatible.

Mac OS X Native software search engines.

Running non-Apple operating systems on the Mac.

What is Classic? Includes info on Intel Macs.

Using restore disks to install Mac OS 9.

Macs that can't boot beyond a specific version of Mac OS X.

Table of OS 9 capabilities for each Mac model able to run X.

What to do if you can't migrate to X right away.

This page is divided up into several sections:

If you need technical support for issues after reading this FAQ, please visit my Tech Support page, where I offer fee based support. For additional help on upgrading Mac OS X past the first installation, please see my Upgrade FAQ. If upgrading to X for the first time, be sure to read the warning about firmware first and if upgrading to Mac OS X 10.3 for the first time, be sure to also read the Firewire bug report. This page was spun off of Mac OS X speed FAQ. My freelance availability calendar is also available. Download my résumé as a Word compressed zip file and Adobe Acrobat.

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