OK, so you got yourself FloppyEmu or a similar disk emulator for your old Mac and it works great, except not with all the files.  Why? Because FloppyEmu and such disk emulators are... disk emulators.  They expect you to feed them a disk image, not just random loose files. So just how can you wrap loose Mac files inside a disk image for use with FloppyEmu? Here's a full tutorial: 1) Grab a copy of this Disk image wrap tutorial...

This article is about what to do when : I got this Mac and the previous owner didn't or add me as new admin user or gave his/her/its/their password. So I can't open the [LOCK] in the configuration panels. I forgot my password for this Mac I just want to have a sparkling new clear desktop and adding a new admin account and want to keep the old user account. (which can be deleted later..) And Bonus: I get to see that...

If you downloaded anything from this website and it doesn't work on your Mac and you want help, then you have to post in the chat all the following details.  Otherwise, nobody will even try to help you. 1) Make sure that you have read and you understand the terms that you agreed to when you registered your MR account. Here they are again: "By registering, you understand that this is a retro-computing archive site for OLDER Macs....

Okay, first off, there aren't a ton of .bin/.cue files, but there are some and when you'll face them, you most likely won't understand how to deal with them because it's an awkward format.  Also, you have to understand that .bin/.cue files MUST work in pairs so whenever you see them, always keep them together in the same folder and do not rename them.  The .cue file is a cue sheet that explains to the disk image...

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...

We've all run into some trouble with our vintage Macs, emulators or Mac software. Sometimes, it just doesn't work and you need help. Everyone has been there. The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance on where to find help and how to approach appraoch online users through the built-in chat as a potential support candidate. The Macintosh Repository is a non-profit site, devoted to storing digital artifacts...

When you submit the registration form, your account is immediately created and an email is instantaneously sent to your email inbox.  You have to click the activation link inside that email in order to be able to sign in on MR and/or to use the lost password retrieval form.  There is no delay: the email is sent immediately when you submit the registration form.  If you attempt to use any of those features before having clicked the...

Imac G3 Speaker Replacement Dissassembly Begin by flipping the unit upside down, as depicted in figure 1. Remove the plastic cover located at the rear of the unit, by using a flat head screwdriver, or similar prying utensil. Remove the 2 outermost long screws located under this cover, as well as the 2 short screw located at the front of the unit, closest to the monitor. This is detailed in figure 2 and 3 respectively. Continue, by lifting...

Dear Sir/Madam! I am from Hungary, I bought an old Apple Macintosh Powerbook 150 notebook. The notebook was dead, but I could fix it. It was a little 47uF capacitor short circuit in the power supply side.  I switched on the computer, and it runned german MAC OS 7.1.1. I wanted to reinstall the operating system on the computer. I found installer floppy images on winworldpc.com, and I wrote this to floppy disks. I have already formatted...

I had a fair bit of trouble when initially trying to get Mac OS X 10.4.2 onto my 14-inch G4 iBook. It would get through the first disc just fine, but when it came time to install items from the second disc, the installation would not see my partition no matter what I tried. I tried to unmount and remount it as read only, I tried multiple USBs, I tried to get it all onto one USB, but no matter what it wouldn't work. The method I have here is...

(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...

Adaptec SCSI fix  Several users have reported issues with Adaptec SCSI cards after updating to Mac OS X 10.4, including an inability to recognize SCSI devices, problems starting up or shutting down with the card installed, and more. A workaround, successful for many users, involves removing the following files from the /System/Library/Extensions folder: Adaptec 290X-2930.kext Adaptec 29160x.kext Adaptec 39160x.kext but...

I'm a long time Mac user from Germany, mostly interested in programming. My favorite language is C. I want to draw your attention to a fine programming environment from Apple itself. It is called "Programmers Workshop" or short: MPW. This is a complete programming and command shell (a bit like a C-shell) with two permanent windows, one is the source code editor, the other is the command window for input and ouput. I've...

IMPORTANT: NEVER UNPACK OR MOVE FILES FROM CLASSIC MACOS OUTSIDE OF CLASSIC MACOS. Because non-MacOS operating systems and filesystems only have data forks, doing so will discard the resource forks and corrupt your files. (It's similar to how copying your Linux files to a FAT-formatted USB stick will throw away their permission bits, but more catastrophic.) While things like Netatalk are capable of storing resource forks on non-Macintosh...

This article was hosted on the excellent ResExcellence site. The text below is a verbatim copy of the same hosted on the wayback machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20040404121044/http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_99/12-21-98.shtml Several readers emailed to point out an excellenct article in c't Magazine [http://www.heise.de/ct/english/98/26/188/] that showed how to use ResEdit on Apple CD/DVD drivers to make them...

This article originally appeared on resexcellence.com Modify Apple's DVD Player to run with Macsbug After touting the advantages of Macsbug, it appears that Apple's DVD Player 2.0 won't launch if the debugger is installed. This simple modification to the player application allows the two to exist harmoniously. We will use ResEdit to modify the data fork of the application, so you will need to download and...

Okay ,  here you can add your suggestion what you would like to be changed/added on your My Account / Profile page.   'My Account'   Row background in the chat Multiple image, let say five as maximum,  uploaded from your computer (JPG, PNG or GIF). Which will be resized to 268x20 for use as a row background in the users list.  Which you can select with a radio button...

A place to leave suggestions for MR Chat effects. Note effect commands can only be used by VIPs   Known chat commands:  --fireworks    Launches fireworks at chat. --lightning     Causes lightning to strike the chat. --snow    Makes it snow in chat. Derived from MR winter theme.     (sometimes gravity fails) --bats    Causes bats to...

.contentblock TD{ border:1px solid #CCC; padding:3px; font-size:13px; } .contentblock TH { white-space: nowrap; color: #999; } Listed below is a table of all the keyboard key combinations you can use on almost all PowerMacs (G3, G4, iMacs, iBooks, eMacs, etc...) originally listed at: http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html   You can also download the PDF file.     Table of contents On Boot After...

The following applies to Mac OS 7, 8 and 9.  One thing that only Mac users were accustomed to back in the 1990's was rebuilding the desktop.  This allowed to solve some benign problems on your Mac that could soon become so annoying that it could ruin your day.  Symptoms that would benefit from a desktop rebuild are: Files and applications icon replaced by a blank/white sheet Documents that cannot be opened anymore,...