Starting Classic applications

When Classic starts it uses an available Mac OS 9.1 system. If you have Mac OS 9.1 installed on more than one disk, use Classic preferences to choose the one Classic uses. You can also start Classic or have it start automatically when Mac OS X starts.

Select this checkbox to start Classic automatically when Mac OS X starts.

Click here to start Classic immediately.

Finding your Classic software and documents

If you install Mac OS X on the same disk or disk partition as your Mac OS 9 system, your Classic applications and documents are in the same folders where they were located before you installed Mac OS X.

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Mac OS user

Classic requires Mac OS 9.1

To use Classic, you must have Mac OS 9.1 installed on your computer. Use the Mac OS 9.1 CD provided with Mac OS X to upgrade.

Setting memory for a Classic application

To set the memory used by a Classic application, choose Show Info from the File menu, then choose Memory from the Show pop-up menu.

Printing from Classic applications

To print from a Classic application, you select printers to use the same way you do in Mac OS 9, for example by using the Chooser.

Mac OS X tips

Forcing Classic applications to quit

If you can’t quit a Classic application, choose Force Quit from the Apple menu. Select the application and click Force Quit.

Restarting Classic

If you need to restart Classic, click Restart in the Classic preferences pane. You will be able to save changes to documents before Classic restarts.

Forcing Classic to quit

In some cases you may need to force Classic to quit. Open the Classic preferences pane and click Force Quit. This also quits Classic applications without saving changes to your documents.

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Apple OS X manual Starting Classic applications, Finding your Classic software and documents