How To Install Mac OS 9 In Windows Using SheepShaver

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In this video, I show you how to use the SheepShaver emulator to install classic Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 9 on your modern Windows computer. If you have any questions, please leave a comment. I hope this video helps you!

Links:
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5325
http://www.redundantrobot.com/#/sheepshaver
https://winworldpc.com/product/mac-os-9/90
http://gtk-win.sourceforge.net/home/index.php/Main/Downloads

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37 Comments

  1. 2026 and it is still possible to experience true youtube feel of the past, when random kid guides you thru obscure problem. hey (now adult) man, thx for helping me relive "tanks of terror" game of my childhood

    edit: ah bummer, and I get "not enough memory to open tanks of terror ( zero k needed, 490272k available)" error, so close

  2. bro what an awsome video, everything just works perfect!! just wanted to know if there is any sound fix tutorials out their?

  3. problem, when i tried to start sheepshaver from the GUI, it gives me the cdenable.sys missing error, i skip it ofc, and the emulator does not start. at all. how do i fix this?

  4. Old video But im curious can i use the CD rom drive to Create a bootable media for a physical PowerMac i plan on using this OS on? I dont have any Mac machines so im curious

  5. hey this still works in 2025! Thanks so much! I didn't need the gtk2-runtime. The only thing I really changed is use the Most recent build: SheepShaver for windows (31-01-2025) from Emaculation and I also explicitely used the keycodes_iso under Keyboard/Mouse in the Use Raw Keycodes Section.

  6. 2024 here! I have issue with audio as you described at the end of the video… can't figure it out… some help anyone?

  7. for the ones who can't create hfv file. try to move the file that contains everything of sheepshaver to somewhere else other than users file.

  8. Thank you so much for this!! So nice to be able to run some software I needed which imo there is no modern equivalent without the ball ache of old hardware when all you need it for is one program

  9. Hi, thank you for the guide it worked with a little commonsense under Linux Mint (The latest up-to-date 2024).
    There is one thing I cannot get to work and that is the USB-connected external MacOS9/MacOS 10.2.8 HDD.
    That I cannot gain access to no matter what I do, and I don`t know how can I enable that.
    So, if anyone can help me, please do so.
    With Sheepshaver I can boot to MacOS 9.0.4 and I also managed to install it to the VM running on Linux Mint Virginia.
    I also have the QuickEMU installed and capable of running MacOS X SONOMA, tried to install Sheepshaver in there but without luck, my computer is too old to do that efficiently.
    Anyhow, I aim to get access to the drive`s contents under MacOS9.
    I have no issues accessing the MacOS 10.2.8 properties, but I cannot or won`t let me access the MacOS 9.0.4 files. (I think I have removed the OS through my Powerbook Pismo, so once I have the HDD cable and RAM and adapter)

  10. Very helpful. Thank you! One question I have is how to add new fonts to the system. My system is locked (as is the fonts folder). When I open the "get info." dialogue box, the lock checkbox is checked, but it is grayed out so I can't unlock it. Any advice for how to unlock it? Thanks again.

  11. my install keeps freezing. any idea why? it gets to the "installing Mac OS 9" screen, but it freezes there. i have the same settings as you.

    i can move the mouse around, but it just shows the spinning clock. is it just being slow? i've let it sit for 20 minutes.

    it was just slow! seems i got it working. thanks for your video!

  12. Its been a big dream in my life to get MacOS 9 to work on Windows. Thanks for the help, its a big accomplishment in my 496 days of VMS

  13. I got to the desktop, double clicked "install mac os 9" and its stuck on "updating apple disk drivers"..

  14. this tutorial was really useful, now its pure mac os 9 without other emulators (infinite mac, macintosh.js)
    i also kinda want sound
    i want submarine sound

  15. Hello This No longer Works I've Been Using The Version You Were Using And Followed All Your Steps But It Still Came Up With The SDL.dll Error Please Someone Send Help, Its Getin Frustratin

  16. I get an error when I press the start button and it says "Cannot map second Kernel Data area: 487." please help me

  17. Just used this video to set this up no problem in 2022 and I am so excited. Just lost my iMac G3 to PAV failing so getting OS 9 running on my modern PC is a dream come true!