Sometimes a classic Mac application opens a document that expects a font that is not installed. For instance, here is Macromedia Director lamenting the absence of Arial: Installed fonts are in the HD/System Folder/Fonts directory. If you look there, you may find some TTF files that suggest you can transfer TTF fonts from a more modern system, restart your application and resolve the issue, but not all TrueType fonts work with the classic...

This article is about checking which was the last version of an application that can run on your machine. Not all applications will be put here, just the most used and favourited.   First note :  With MacOS Catalina (10.15)  the transition from 32-bit apps to 64-bit apps was effective by dropping support for 32-bit apps.   So older 32-bit apps would not work on Catalina or newer. MacOS Catalina can...

(NOTE: This article can work with other system versions, you just need to learn how the installer is different, and change around some of the steps for that version. You can also use a real mac, but the installation will be different, and it might be frustrating.) To install System 7.0.1 in Mini vMac, first you'll need Mini vMac, found here: https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/ You can pick any variation, as long as you do not pick a...

Sometimes, you will see CD or DVD bundles for old Macs that come with both a "Software Restore" and a "Software Install" disk.  What's the difference? The software RESTORE disk will wipe the whole hard drive and reinstall everything (OS, utility apps, game demos, documentation, etc) to the factory condition.  This will leave it completely free of any previous DATA. The software INSTALL disk will let you...