The Basilisk II emulator can be used to run old versions of Mac OS 8 and System 7 on a modern Mac. Here's how to get started using it. Before macOS and OS X, there was Mac OS 9, and before that were ...

Do you like the freedom Linux offers but hate how it looks by default? Or do you love macOS’s polished, modern design but ...

UTM is a cross-platform emulator that allows you to run macOS, Windows, or Linux. Here's how to use it to run very old versions of Apple's Mac operating system. But there's another great free OS ...

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 ...

Pear OS has had a bit of history. It started out as a Debian-based Linux distribution called Pear OS. Then, out of nowhere, it was renamed Comice OS. The rename gremlins struck again, and it was back ...

Software engineer Mihai Parparita is at it again. After previously turning macOS 8 and earlier versions of Apple’s Mac OS into workable web apps, Paparita has released a new Mac OS emulator for the ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of several stories about the use of Windows Vista on a MacBook Pro. Today’s focus: hardware. Part 2: software. Ever since Apple Computer Inc. released its Boot Camp ...

Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

Migration Assistant in macOS has matured to an effective and rapid way to transplant the brain of one Mac to another. I recently migrated from an M1 Mac mini to a Mac Studio using a Thunderbolt 4 ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...