Basilisk and Sheepshaver have been around for a very long time, and Apple has left them alone. Same with Mini vMac. And they are openly requiring Mac OS ROMS. It's ...

Released in 2011 and 2012, Mac OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion were the last paid software updates for the Mac. Ten years ago, users needed to pay Apple $19.99 for the latest version of its OS X, and ...

Cult of Mac reader Nancy S. asks, “How can I convert my Appleworks files to Page files. I have many old files that APple didn’t think were important but I could still use them.” If you’ve been using ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s highly unlikely Apple will ever give us an iPad that runs macOS — and that’s OK. Because with a few tricks (that do not require a jailbreak), you can ...

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 ...

My 5 simple tweaks will turn your MacOS Finder into a way better file manager Apple is building a high-security OS to run its AI data centers - here's what we know so far ...

Apple has spent the last decade building and improving Mac OS X, fusing the classic Mac OS and technology acquired from Steve Jobs’s Next into an impressive mainstream operating system that’s widely ...

The fortunes of the Mac platform drastically changed 10 years ago, with the release of a simple CD. On Sept. 13, 2000, Apple released its Mac OS X Public Beta, a limited-time trial run of the ...