Opening Classic

The Classic environment does not open automatically when you start up in Mac OS X. If you double-click on a Classic application, it will open OS 9 for you, but I found there are fewer problems if I open Classic first, and then open the Classic application.

To open the Classic environment:

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Open System Preferences: either click on the icon in the Dock, or go to the Apple menu and choose “Preferences....”

System Preferences icon

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In System Preferences, click on the Classic icon, or choose “Classic” from the View menu.

Classic icon

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In the Classic preferences pane, click the “Start” button. It takes a minute or ...

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