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sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup_old [2018/09/19 02:21] – [Setting up SheepShaver for Mac OS X (older builds)] ronald_p._regensburgsheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup_old [2018/09/20 08:22] – [Setting up SheepShaver for Mac OS X on PPC Macs] ronald_p._regensburg
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-====== Setting up SheepShaver for Mac OS X (older builds)======+====== Setting up SheepShaver for Mac OS X on PPC Macs======
  
-(Last updated September 10, 2018)+(Last updated September 20, 2018)
  
 (You can also set up SheepShaver versions [[sheepshaver mac os x setup|for Intel Mac]], [[sheepshaver setup|for Windows]], [[ubuntu|and for Linux]]) (You can also set up SheepShaver versions [[sheepshaver mac os x setup|for Intel Mac]], [[sheepshaver setup|for Windows]], [[ubuntu|and for Linux]])
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-This manual is revised for use with the **25-10-2009 through 01-02-2014 builds of [[SheepShaver]]**.\\+This manual is revised for use with the **01-02-2014 build of [[SheepShaver]]** that will still run on PPC Macs. Instructions for using this build on Intel Macs are removed.\\
 For later SheepShaver builds that will run on Intel Macs only, see this [[sheepshaver mac os x setup|newer setup guide]]. For later SheepShaver builds that will run on Intel Macs only, see this [[sheepshaver mac os x setup|newer setup guide]].
  
 **Download SheepShaver application from [[http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7360|this forum topic]].\\ **Download SheepShaver application from [[http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7360|this forum topic]].\\
-Please read all information on that page, newer information may not yet be included in this manual.**+Please read the information on that page, newer information may not yet be included in this manual.**
  
 We start with the description of a classic setup with all files together in a folder named "SheepShaver". That folder can be anywhere you like, for instance in your Applications folder or in your Home folder. In this setup, with the needed files together with SheepShaver in the SheepShaver folder, no full paths are required for configuration, just the file names will work. However, files and folders can be renamed and/or moved to different locations, provided you make sure the file names and/or full paths to the files are entered in SheepShaver preferences. We start with the description of a classic setup with all files together in a folder named "SheepShaver". That folder can be anywhere you like, for instance in your Applications folder or in your Home folder. In this setup, with the needed files together with SheepShaver in the SheepShaver folder, no full paths are required for configuration, just the file names will work. However, files and folders can be renamed and/or moved to different locations, provided you make sure the file names and/or full paths to the files are entered in SheepShaver preferences.
  
 **Note:** Changed settings in preferences will take effect after SheepShaver is quit and launched again. With only a restart in the emulated machine new settings will not be used. **Note:** Changed settings in preferences will take effect after SheepShaver is quit and launched again. With only a restart in the emulated machine new settings will not be used.
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-**Mountain Lion and later issue:** OSX 10.8 and later prevents mounting of physical CD-ROMs in SheepShaver but images created from CD-ROMs still work fine. You can create an image from a CD with Disk Utility. Make sure you choose either "read/write" (.dmg) or "DVD/CD Master" (.cdr) for the format. Compressed and read-only formats will not work. Follow the instructions in Italics for setup with a system install disk image. 
  
 //(This guide describes a setup with installation of the Mac OS using a general retail system install CD. Alternative instructions for using a disk image file of a system install CD are added throughout this guide in italics and between brackets.)// //(This guide describes a setup with installation of the Mac OS using a general retail system install CD. Alternative instructions for using a disk image file of a system install CD are added throughout this guide in italics and between brackets.)//
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-//(A disk image of a retail Mac OS install CD can be used instead of the real CD. The disk image must be in a non-compressed format and the image file must be locked in the Finder to convince the installer that it is on the original read-only CD. Throughout this manual, instructions for using a install CD disk image instead of a real CD are in italics and between brackets.)// +//(A disk image of a retail Mac OS install CD can be used instead of the real CD. The disk image must be locked in the Mac OS X Finder to convince the installer that it is on the original read-only CD. Install CD image files can be downloaded from various places on the internetMake sure the image is indeed created from general retail Mac OS install CD. Any usual disk image file format will do as long as it is not a read-only or compressed format. A retail international English Mac OS 9.0.4 install CD image can be downloaded from the Macintosh Garden site. On that site search for "Mac OS 9.0.4" and on the Mac OS 9.0.4 page look for the file "MacOS904CD_Intl.ZIP".)//
- +
-//(This guide assumes that you own suitable retail Mac OS install CD and that you can create a disk image from it as described above in the Introduction chapter and in more detail in the Known Issues chapter below. A retail international English Mac OS 9.0.4 disk image can be downloaded from the Macintosh Garden site. On that site search for "Mac OS 9.0.4" and on the Mac OS 9.0.4 page look for the file "MacOS904CD_Intl.ZIP".)// +
 ==== The files you need in your SheepShaver folder ==== ==== The files you need in your SheepShaver folder ====
  
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 **Refresh Rate**\\ **Refresh Rate**\\
-On fast Intel machines the preferred setting is "Dynamic"+The image above shows the preferred setting "Dynamic" on fast Intel machines.\\ 
-(On slower machines a lower setting like 30Hz or 15Hz may improve performance and will lower the extreme CPU hunger of SheepShaver on PPC machines.)+**On PPC machines a lower setting like 30Hz or 15Hz may improve performance and will lower the extreme CPU hunger of SheepShaver on PPC.**
  
 **Width and Height**\\ **Width and Height**\\
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 Disk images created with Disk Utility in Mac OS X can be mounted the same way, provided the format chosen while creating the image is either "read/write" (.dmg) or "DVD/CD Master" (.cdr). Compressed or read-only formats will not work. Disk images created with Disk Utility in Mac OS X can be mounted the same way, provided the format chosen while creating the image is either "read/write" (.dmg) or "DVD/CD Master" (.cdr). Compressed or read-only formats will not work.
  
-A system install CD image file must be locked in Mac OS X Finder Get Info because the installer will refuse to work on writeable media. Locking the file is usually not needed for other CD imagesbut it can be used as a precaution to make sure the content of the image is not changed.+**CD-ROM images**\\ 
 +Best lock the image file in the Mac OS X Finder. A system install CD image must be locked because the installer will refuse to work on writeable media. Also for many games, the CD image file needs to be locked in the Finder. 
 + 
 +In some cases, when the CD has a special format or when the software insists that the original CD needs to be presentyou need to use the **Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility** to get a CD image to mount in SheepShaver as a 'real' CD-ROM. 
 + 
 +Download: http://www.emaculation.com/basilisk/VirtualCD_Imager_v1.0d0.sit 
 + 
 +- Start SheepShaver.\\ 
 +- Install the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility\\ 
 +- Create a new volume with the preferences editor, large enough to hold the contents of the CD image you will create. For one CD image, 800 Mb should be enough. You can create a larger volume to hold more such CD images.\\ 
 +- Shut down and restart SheepShaver. The new disk image will need to be initialized.\\ 
 +- Use the preferences editor to add the original CD image to the volumes list.\\ 
 +- Shut down SheepShaver, and start it again. The CD image will mount as a volume on the MacOS desktop.\\ 
 +- Launch the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility, click the button "Create CD/DVD Toast image", and select the mounted CD volume.\\ 
 +- Save the new image to the large volume you created for this purpose.\\ 
 +- Remove the CD image from the volumes list in preferences, save, and shut down SheepShaver.\\ 
 +- Start again SheepShaver and launch the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility, click the button "Mount Toast .ati file as Virtual DVD-ROM" and open the image you created with this utility. This image will now mount in SheepShaver as if it is a real CD-ROM.\\ 
 ==== Printing ==== ==== Printing ====
  
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 SheepShaver for OS X supports self-contained virtual machines. These virtual machines are packages with all needed files inside. They are portable to any compatible Mac OS X system. Multiple virtual machines can be created, each with its own settings, and they can coexist with a 'classic' setup as described above in this guide. SheepShaver for OS X supports self-contained virtual machines. These virtual machines are packages with all needed files inside. They are portable to any compatible Mac OS X system. Multiple virtual machines can be created, each with its own settings, and they can coexist with a 'classic' setup as described above in this guide.
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-The feature was added to SheepShaver in 2009. It was discussed in the forum here:\\ 
-http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5754 
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-These instructions are about self-contained .sheepvm packages. A way to manage multiple virtual machines from one setup window will be described under "SheepShaverLauncher". 
  
 Apart from the .sheepvm package creation, the setup is similar to the 'classic' SheepShaver setup: Apart from the .sheepvm package creation, the setup is similar to the 'classic' SheepShaver setup:
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 * The empty "prefs" file needs to be added because SheepShaver will not create a new prefs file in the VM if no prefs file is present (no doubt not intended behavior). The empty file can be created in a text editor. Make sure it has no file name extension, which can be checked and corrected in the Finder Info panel for the file. * The empty "prefs" file needs to be added because SheepShaver will not create a new prefs file in the VM if no prefs file is present (no doubt not intended behavior). The empty file can be created in a text editor. Make sure it has no file name extension, which can be checked and corrected in the Finder Info panel for the file.
-==== SheepShaverLauncher ==== 
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 ===== Uninstalling SheepShaver ===== ===== Uninstalling SheepShaver =====
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 That's it!  That's it! 
 =====Known issues===== =====Known issues=====
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-====All Builds==== 
  
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-**On PPC machines**\\+**CPU hungry on PPC machines**\\
 SheepShaver is extremely CPU hungry on PPC hosts. Do not set refresh rate in SheepShaver preferences higher than 30Hz. SheepShaver is extremely CPU hungry on PPC hosts. Do not set refresh rate in SheepShaver preferences higher than 30Hz.
  
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 Download: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/SheepShaverPrefs.zip Download: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/SheepShaverPrefs.zip
  
-**CD-ROMs in OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and later**\\ +**Stability issues**\\ 
-OSX 10.and later prevent mounting of physical CD-ROMs in SheepShaver. Use CD disk images instead.\\+The 1 February 2014 build appears to be less stable on some PPC configurations.\\ 
 +The older 25 October 2009 build is generally more stable on PPC, but misses some of the newer features and many improvements that are available in the 2014 build:
  
-To create a disk image: \\ +Download: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/SheepShaver_UB_20091025.zip
-- Mount the CD in OSX \\ +
-- Start Disk Utility (in the /Applications/Utilities folder))\\ +
-- Select the CD in the list on the left\\ +
-- Click New Image in the tool bar (in newer Disk Utility versions use New Image from the File menu)\\ +
-- Choose DVD/CD master for the format\\ +
-- Click Save\\ +
-- Place the image file where you want to use it and then lock the file in the OSX Finder (checkbox in the Finder Info panel for the file).\\ +
-- Use the SheepShaver preferences editor to add the image to the volumes list. Shut down and restart SheepShaver. The CD will show up on the desktop.\\ +
- +
-In some cases, when the CD has a special format or when the software insists that the original CD needs to be present, you need to use the **Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility** to get a CD image to mount in SheepShaver. +
- +
-Download: http://www.emaculation.com/basilisk/VirtualCD_Imager_v1.0d0.sit +
- +
-- Start SheepShaver.\\ +
-- Install the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility\\ +
-- Create a new volume with the preferences editor, large enough to hold the contents of the CD image you will create. For one CD image, 800 Mb should be enough. You can create a larger volume to hold more such CD images.\\ +
-- Shut down and restart SheepShaver. The new disk image will need to be initialized.\\ +
-- Use the preferences editor to add the CD image you created earlier in OSX (see above) to the volumes list.\\ +
-- Shut down SheepShaver, and start it again. The CD image will mount as a volume on the MacOS desktop.\\ +
-- Launch the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility, click the button "Create CD/DVD Toast image", and select the mounted CD volume.\\ +
-- Save the new image to the large volume you created for this purpose.\\ +
-- Unmount the first CD volume from MacOS, remove the CD image from the volumes list, save, and shut down SheepShaver.\\ +
-- Start again SheepShaver and launch the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility, click the button "Mount Toast .ati file as Virtual DVD-ROM" and open the image you created with this utility. This image will now mount in SheepShaver as a CD.\\ +
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-==== 11 February 2012 and later builds ==== +
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-**On PPC machines**\\ +
-These later builds appear to be unstable on some PPC configurations. The older 25 October 2009 build is generally more stable on PPC: +
- +
-http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/SheepShaver_UB_20091025.zip+
  
 (That build will present on PPC an "unexpectedly quit" message at launch that can simply be dismissed and ignored.) (That build will present on PPC an "unexpectedly quit" message at launch that can simply be dismissed and ignored.)
  
-**On Intel machines**\\ +**Loss of cursor image after full-screen toggle**\\
-After minimizing or hiding the SheepShaver window and again bringing it back in view, colors in the window will not be displayed correctly. It can be resolved by forcing the emulator to redraw its screen by changing (and changing back) the color depth setting in Monitors control panel or from the color depth control strip tile. +
- +
-If you find this issue very disturbing and do not need new features in later builds, you can try the older 25 October 2009 build: +
- +
-http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/SheepShaver_UB_20091025.zip +
- +
-**In 64-bit mode in Snow Leopard**\\ +
-Serious cursor problems with clicking in the menu bar in full-screen mode. Use SheepShaver in 32-bit mode if you want to use it full-screen. +
- +
-==== 1 February 2014 build ==== +
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-=== === +
 When you switch from window to full-screen mode using Ctrl-Return before you used the mouse cursor in the emulator at least once, you may loose the cursor. One click on the desktop or pressing the control key suffices to bring back the cursor. When you switch from window to full-screen mode using Ctrl-Return before you used the mouse cursor in the emulator at least once, you may loose the cursor. One click on the desktop or pressing the control key suffices to bring back the cursor.
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