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Mac-support and Mods for Close Combat 2 - A Bridge Too Far: PacificFront. But good news in 2013: will work under MacOS X 10.8.3 or newer with SheepShaver UB 2012-07-15. I can confirm this, but this will only happens with the SheepShaver builds of. Set the Preferences to choose the Mac OS ROM file and the Classic HD file (the same used with the previous build). Try to quit SheepShaver with the Quit command, then force quit when the command resulted irresponsive. Double click on the SheepShaver app icon to start the app again. The Mac OS 9.0.1 system starts its boot procedure.

The SheepShaver Wrapper for OS X and macOS

How to install appium on mac using terminal. Summary How to set it up Acknowledgments Support

An easy way to run 'classic' applications under OS X and macOS

OS X and macOS no longer makes it possible to run 'classic' Mac applications written for 'classic' Mac OS versions, such as System 7 or Mac OS 9. In order to run such applications, OS X and macOS users must now install 'emulator' software that runs old versions of the Mac OS in a window on the OS X or macOS desktop. The most advanced of these emulator programs is SheepShaver. SheepShaver is no longer supported by its original author, Gwenolé Beauchesne, but minor updates are available from an active support forum at E-Maculation.

This page provides a system that makes it easy to set up and use SheepShaver under OS X or macOS 10.8 or later. You will need to supply a 'ROM file' (as described below) and you will need an installation CD for any version of the Mac OS from OS 8.5 through 9.0.4, or a disk image of such a CD, as described below.

This system requires OS X or macOS 10.9 or later. It was updated on 8 March 2019 with an improved 64-bit version of SheepShaver that should run under macOS 10.14 Mojave, and on 18 August 2019 with a 4GB (not 2GB) disk image. It was updated 18 Octobef 2019 with a version that run smoothly under macOS 10.15 Catalina.

How to set it up

The usual way to set up SheepShaver is to follow the detailed guide on the E-maculation site. The page you are now reading provides a much simpler method, using a prebuilt 'application bundle' that contains almost everything you need, in a single package. To use it, follow these steps. Note that when the instructions refer to OS 9, the same procedure should work with OS 8.5 or 8.6. (Expert users will know how to modify the system for use with System 7 through 8.1; non-experts should not attempt this.)

1. Download the application bundle here. It is enclosed in a 13 MB ZIP file. Extract it and place it anywhere on your hard disk. Do not launch the application until you finish step 2; if you do, it will display a warning that you need to add a ROM file, and SheepShaver will not start.

2. Get a copy of a New World Mac PPC ROM. See the setup guide at E-Maculation for advice on how to find one. (Or you can go directly to the Redundant Robot web site and find the file indicated as 'best for SheepShaver'.) The ROM file that you find will probably be named something like 'newworldrom'; make certain to rename the ROM file Mac OS ROM (use this exact string; no extension) and drop the ROM file onto the SheepShaver Wrapper. A message from the SheepShaver Wrapper will tell you that the file was copied to the correct location.

3. Install Mac OS 8.5 through 9.0.4. This step assumes that you have a copy of an OS 8.5 through 9.0.4 installation CD on a disk image. (You cannot use an actual CD, only an image made from a CD.) The installation CD image must be one that was made from a retail CD, not one that came with a specific machine. Note that when installing, you should not try to format or initialize the virtual hard disk; it is already formatted, and contains some Apple-supplied updates for OS 8.6 and 9.0.4 in a disk image file in a folder named 'OS Updaters'. Some of these are US-English versions; other versions may be found through a web search.

Note: To create an image file from an installation CD, use Disk Utility in OS X or macOS and create a disk image in 'DVD/CD Master' format.

(Important note: When installing OS 9, when you reach the menu that lets you specify which parts of the OS you want to install, click Options and turn off the option to 'Update Apple Hard Disk Drivers'; for reasons that I don't understand, the OS installation may stall when this option is on. When booting from an OS 8.5 CD image, hold down the shift key to turn extensions off, or else the CD image may not boot; this is not required with OS 8.6.)

3. Drop your CD image file of a Mac OS installation CD on the SheepShaver Wrapper. If the file is in the correct format, and is bootable, SheepShaver will boot from the image file. (If the image file is not 'locked,' which it must be if the Mac OS is to be installed from it, the SheepShaver Wrapper will offer to lock it for you.) Install the Mac OS from the booted CD image. Then shut down SheepShaver completely. Start the SheepShaver Wrapper again, and it should now boot to OS 8 or 9, and the CD image will not be mounted.

4. Start up SheepShaver and start working in Mac OS 8 or 9. The steps above will give you a working SheepShaver system, with the 'Unix' folder in SheepShaver set to be your Documents folder in OS X or macOS. If you want to use a different folder as the 'Unix' folder, or if you want to change the screen size or other features, use the Preferences menu.

4. Study the configuration guide at E-Maculation. The Configuration Guide includes absolutely essential information about using the 'classic' Mac OS in SheepShaver. If something goes wrong, and you have not studied that guide, then you have only yourself to blame.

The virtual hard disk in the system is a 4GB disk. If that does not provide enough disk space for your purposes, create a second disk, using the procedures described in the wiki at Emaculation.com. Or use the SheepShaver Preferences to add the unformatted Backup 4GB disk also included in the system.

Acknowledgments

This system is built on software provided by many people who are more expert than I am. The included build of SheepShaver is slightly customized from code modified by the programmer who uses the name kanjitalk755. I have benefited from many suggestions by Ronald P. Regensburg and others in the E-Maculation forum, and I could not have written this script without the help of many experts at Macscripter.net and especially from Shane Stanley there at Macscripter.net and at the forum at latenightsw.com.

Support

Please do not ask me to help you set up the 'classic' Mac OS or advise you about any applications. Please ask for support in the E-Maculation support forum for SheepShaver. If you want to get in touch with me about the AppleScript in the SheepShaver Wrapper, then please visit this page.

Edward Mendelson (em thirty-six [at] columbia [dot] edu, but with two initials and two numerals before the [at] sign, not spelled out as shown here).

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:51 pm

Space Cadet

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Ah, the problem was that I had not locked the image, as specified in the manual. The system now successfully boots.
I am at a loss as to what the manual means by 'Proceed with the system installation', however, as when I double-click to open the OS9 disk, it contains the folders 'System Folder', '.fseventsd' and '.Trashes', none of which contain a clearly signposted installer. Through other tutorials and screenshots of the process it looks like there needs to be a number of separate Install Disk images with which you complete the installation at this stage.
Have I confused this necessary-to-startup disk image with the ones necessary to 'proceed with the installation'?

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:17 pm

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OK, so you are not using a actual install CD, but a disk image instead. I suppose you now got past the initialization of the image you created in the setup?
Where did you get that system disk image? It seems not to be a disk image created from a install CD. On a install CD you would see the installer icon right in the middle of the open disk window.
I do not know where you saw the screenshots with a number of install disk images, you will not see that with a MacOS9 installation. Maybe it was in a tutorial about installing System 7.5.3?
This is what you should see on a MacOS9 install disk (the picture is from a Dutch install CD), with in the middle the installer icon.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:29 pm

Space Cadet

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The install (or not, as it turned out) image came from redundantrobot.com, the source you mentioned for the Mac OS file. Both one labelled 'Mac Startup' towards the beginning of the page I was viewing, and one labelled 'Mac OS 9 Boot Image'. Neither of them, as I'm sure you're aware, are install disks as you describe them.
I suppose I confused the terms 'boot' and 'startup' with 'install'.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:42 pm

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I directed you towards the redundantrobot site for the rom file, not for a install disk.
Earlier you mentioned a 8.6 rom file, I assumed that you had a MacOS 8.6 install CD.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:56 pm

Space Cadet

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Yes, and that is where I ended up getting the rom file for that reason. I misunderstood the descriptions of other files when trying to find an install image.
Thanks for being understanding, I realise this must feel like talking to a wall at times.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:39 pm

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Use the rom file you fetched from the redundantrobot site and use your 8.6 install CD to install MacOS 8.6.

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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:02 am

Space Cadet

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I just tried to open your build of SheepShaver on my computer, and it does nothing in 10.6.2!

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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:46 am

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patddfan:
If you want some help you might want to provide a LITTLE bit more detail. Also consider starting a new forum topic that will be more easily seen.
You might also want to consult Ronald's setup guide:
http://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepsh .. os_x_setup
and
http://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepsh .. heepshaver

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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:25 am

Space Cadet

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Location: Wisconsin

First, a long-time lurker, I really do appreciate the work you all have done thus far--been doing Mac emulation for the past two and a half years. This is the first (and often) only place I go to not just for help, but to find out about new releases and helpful tips..
That said, I also cannot run SheepShaver on 10.6.2. None of my disks (8.2d8, 8.5, 8.6, 9.0.4) will run. I get the GUI fine, and it starts off. A few seconds later, it gives me the dreaded question mark and disk. I've even tried both an Old World ROM image and the New World ROM from 8.6. No joy thus far.
I have verified these disks, they do run in Windows, and the build/disks ran rock-solid on Leopard 10.5.8. So, I can confirm the latest OS X build runs on Leopard, but so far not on Snow.
I don't know if this is a SheepShaver-specific problem as Basilisk II runs but horrifyingly slowly (JIT is enabled and I used a small 7.6.1 image).
If there is anything I can provide, please let me know!

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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:56 pm

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That said, I also cannot run SheepShaver on 10.6.2. None of my disks (8.2d8, 8.5, 8.6, 9.0.4) will run. I get the GUI fine, and it starts off. A few seconds later, it gives me the dreaded question mark and disk.
I have verified these disks, they do run in Windows, and the build/disks ran rock-solid on Leopard 10.5.8. So, I can confirm the latest OS X build runs on Leopard, but so far not on Snow.

Many run the latest SheepShaver build successfully in 10.6.2. The problem may be specific to your machine and/or configuration.
What do you mean with 'disks'? Are the disks generic retail system install CDs? (As far as I know, there never was a retail 8.2d8 system install CD.)
Have you tried creating a new user in Snow Leopard and set up SheepShaver while logged in that new user account? If you can set up SheepShaver in the new user account, the problem is not with Snow Leopard, but with something about your user account.

I don't know if this is a SheepShaver-specific problem as Basilisk II runs but horrifyingly slowly (JIT is enabled and I used a small 7.6.1 image).

Which BasiliskII build do you use? It should run fairly fast on a modern Intel Mac, faster than most real 68k Macs. (For additional discussion of BasiliskII, please use the BasiliskII forum.)

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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:52 am

Space Cadet

Joined: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:17 am
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Location: Wisconsin

With the disks, I am referring to my hard drive images.
OS 8.2d8 was a beta version and never released directly to the public (if my memory serves me correctly, it became OS 8.5).
I have tried running it in the root account as well as a created user account. No go. I did copy it over from my Leopard install onto an HFS-formatted USB key and then imported it.
OK, I don't know why, but I just fired it up and it booted 7.6.1 okay. I'll keep an eye on it, and if worst comes to worst, I can start by grabbing a fresh binary. The hard disks for 8.5 and 8.6 were apparently corrupted in the transfer, copied the 8.6 over from Windows, no problem so far.
As for Basilisk, it's the latest build from here.

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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:08 pm

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You could try to add problematic disk images as second volume after the working 8.6 startup volume. If the volume mounts on the 8.6 desktop, you can check it. Maybe it is a problem that can be solved simply, like a System Folder that needs blessing.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:44 am

Space Cadet

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I found copies of the disk image off of Windows, and so far they've been running quite well in SheepShaver with an old world ROM.
I guess SheepShaver didn't like the disks I copied from the Leopard backup, but it did take the copies I'd moved over to XP to tinker with.
It works, and I've even managed to change the icns file to the old Classic Environment one (got that from Panther via PearPC).
The only things I'd like to change is that when SheepShaver runs OS 9/9.0.4:
-Use the default OS 9 hard drive icon (don't know if the current icon is simply hard-coded)
-Show the emulated processor data as 200MHz (the real 9500 didn't offer a 100MHz G4, it was a 604 with 120, 132, 150, dual 180 or 200, and the lowest G4 upgrade cards I see are for 500MHz). I don't know if this is a hard-coded thing, perhaps if it is, would it be possible to edit that file without recompiling SheepShaver
True, they appear to be purely cosmetic things (and thus minor). SheepShaver runs fine without them, but it would make the emulation even more realistic. I'm not concerned if we cannot make such changes, just that they'd be nice with them in my opinion.
On a (slightly) unrelated note: does anyone have a good way to emulate 9.2.2. or Cheetah on an Intel Mac? I know SheepShaver doesn't emulate an MMU, and thus 9.1 and 9.2 are out of the question, and PearPC doesn't run 9.x, OS X Server 1.2, or OS X 10.0.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:48 am

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Hi,
The speed is hard coded so a change would require a recompile. The drive icon can be replaced by copying it onto the drive' 'get info' page. There is some forum post with a set of icons. Please use search.
There is currently no way to emulate 9.22 on any platform. Work was done by the Qemu people, but I believe the problem lies in the incomplete emulation of the Openfireware replacement (openhackware). This issue also stopped PearPC from emulating OS 9. You can find out more by searching the web for 'Qemu' and 'os 9'
Best,
Cat_7

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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:14 pm

Tinkerer

Joined: Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:41 am
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Location: New York City

Long-term SheepShaver user here (PPC platform, dating back to PowerBook G3 1008 Series, currently on PowerBook G4 / 10.4.11).
I see no differences between this and prior builds. No major complaints either way, but 'it' (whatever 'it' may be) crashes, or at least OS X says that SheepShaver crashed, upon launch, while at the same time MacOS 8.6 continues on its merry way behind the crash message. OK the crash message and watch the extensions continue loading then it goes to Desktop and works normally. Remains unfixed, is not a big problem.
Reliable crash when Control-clicking a file so as to bring up contextual menu info. I have some 8.6-era 3rd party apps that worked fine on actual PPC 8.6-compatible hardware but may not be playing nicely with SS, e.g. FinderPop.

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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:53 pm

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Do not know with which prior builds you compare this latest build. On Tiger there will be no noticeable difference with 2008 builds. And, yes, that weird crash message is still there on PPC Macs. It does not happen on Intel and if I remember well (can't test it now) also not in Leopard on PPC.
Does the control-click crash happen only with FinderPop installed and/or active?

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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:35 am

Space Cadet

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For me SheepShaver doesn't even start. I'm on Snow Leopard. What happens is it bounces for 1/10 of a second in the dock and then closes. If I open using Rosetta it stop responding before the GUI pops up.
Anyone?

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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:29 am

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Does this help?
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/she .. heepshaver
'If SheepShaver does not find a compatible ROM file, it will immediately quit on launch.'

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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:56 am

Space Cadet

Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:47 am
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First of all let me thank you for all the wonderful work you are doing here guys!
HIGHLY appreciated!
Now about my question: I’m on 10.6.2 and I can’t get the system 8got 8.5 and 9.0 on DMG files, mounted in Toast as CD-ROM) to install. I’m using the newworldrom and am getting normal blinking floppy on screen.
The problem: the configuration file of the newest SS build is not being saved ANYWHERE on my hdd! After pressing “Save” there’s nothing. I also used Terminal to open the cfg file but received “no such file” message.
Any idea why?
Thank you!

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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:18 pm

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Hi, and welcome!
let me see if I understand you correctly:
-You can't find the .sheepshaver_prefs file. It is hidden, due to the file name starting with a dot (.). You might see the contents of the file when you use the terminal and type 'open .sheepshaver_prefs' (without the quotes)
(If you still receive a file not found error or such, you might have a permissions issue in your home folder. Postings in the forum seem to suggest creating a new user and installing SheepShaver for that user solve the problem)
-You try to start SheepShaver from a virtual cd rom by opening a dmg in toast. While I'm not familiar with making an image available this way, I would suggest you simply try to start SheepShaver from the dmg without opening it in Toast.
Often the dmg is just a plain disk image, which is what you need. So add the dmg as first entry in the volumes list in the preferences editor and boot. Don't forget to make the dmg read only by selecting the appropriate option when you do a 'get info' on the dmg. Also make sure it is not mounted in OSX or Toast.
Best,
Cat_7

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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:30 pm

Space Cadet

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Thank you for your answer, Cat7! Yes that’s it. I will try different user account then. :D

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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:16 pm

Space Cadet

Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:09 pm
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I just set up SheepShaver with OS 8.6 on Snow Leopard. Your instructions were great. 8.6 works well, except for one small, but important, problem. I can't get FileMaker 5 to establish a stable connexion to my FMP server. Sometimes, I get one file open, but the rest of the related files will not load. Other times, I can't even get one file to open completely.
Would a change to 9.0.4 make any difference, here?
BTW, what chances OS 9.1 will be supported by SheepShaver. That would make some important apps. like PhotoShop 7 to be used. :-)
Thanks for keeping Mac OS 9 alive for those of use who still need it.

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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:18 am

Space Cadet

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I can't get SheepShaver to run at all. The icon appears in the dock then vanishes immediately. I'm on Snow Leopard on a Mac Pro 2.66.

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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:02 am

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Welcome back to the forum, dpaanlka.
Did you consult the guide?
'If SheepShaver does not find a compatible ROM file, it will immediately quit on launch.'
http://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepsh .. heepshaver

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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:45 pm

Space Cadet

Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:43 pm
Posts: 9

hi,
i downloaded sheepshaver. but when i try to start it it crashes. do i have to install xcode or xtools ?

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