Click New Image in the tool bar or in newer Disk Utility versions use New Image from the File menu Select the CD volume (not the drive) in the list on the left Start Disk Utility (in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder)) You can create disk images from CD-ROMs using Disk Utility in macOS 10.14 (Mojave) and earlier: There you will find the “Download (Mac_ OS_9.0.4.toast_.zip (393.05 MB))” link.Īny usual disk image file format will do (dmg, cdr, iso, toast, img) as long as it is not a read-only, compressed, or encrypted format.

On that page scroll down to find and click the “Mac OS 9.x (Main Page)” link. Make sure the image is indeed created from a general retail Mac OS install CD.Ī retail international English Mac OS 9.0.4 install CD image can be downloaded from the Macintosh Garden site. Install CD image files can also be downloaded from various places on the internet. This guide assumes that you own a suitable retail Mac OS install CD and that you can create a disk image from it. Please post questions and comments on E-Maculation SheepShaver forum. (Alternative instructions for using a real physical install CD are added throughout this guide in italics between brackets.) OS X 10.8 and later prevents mounting of physical CD-ROMs in SheepShaver but disk images created from CD-ROMs will work fine.Īs most users will now use disk image files instead of physical CD-ROMs, this guide will describe a setup with installation of the Mac OS using a disk image file created from a system install CD. Just insert the CD on the host system and the CD will be mounted on the guest desktop. Only then will the changes take effect, after only a restart of the emulated machine new settings will not be used.ĬD-ROMs: Up to Mac OS X 10.7, physical CD-ROMs can be mounted within SheepShaver.

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.Ĭhanging settings: After saving changes in preferences, always quit the SheepShaver application, shut down the emulated machine, and launch SheepShaver again. In this setup, with the needed files together with the SheepShaver application in the SheepShaver folder, full paths are not required for configuration, just file names will work.

That folder can be anywhere you like, for instance in your Applications folder or in your Home folder. Please read the information on that page, newer information may not yet be included in this manual.Ĭlassic setup: We start with the description of a classic setup with all files together in a folder named “SheepShaver”. This manual is revised for use with our July 2018 and later builds of SheepShaver.įor older SheepShaver builds that will run on PPC Macs, see this older setup guide.ĭownload both SheepShaver Folder and SheepShaver application from this forum topic.

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