Classic Environment in Mac OS X
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Classic Environment in Mac OS X was a compatibility layer that allowed users to run applications designed for the classic Mac OS (pre-OS X) within the Mac OS X operating system.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Classic Environment | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mac OS X feature
ⓘ
compatibility layer ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| allows | running pre-OS X software without rebooting ⓘ |
| architectureDependency | PowerPC-only ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| bootRequirement | does not require booting directly into Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| category |
macOS Cocoa
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS X technology
application compatibility ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
Carbon (late transitional API)
ⓘ
surface form:
Carbon API
Rosetta ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| discontinued | yes ⓘ |
| discontinuedOn | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard ⓘ |
| discontinuedReason | transition to Intel processors and end of Mac OS 9 support ⓘ |
| emulationType | API-level compatibility layer ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Mac OS X ⓘ |
| lastSupportedIn | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger on PowerPC ⓘ |
| notAvailableIn |
macOS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS X on Intel
macOS ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
macOS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah ⓘ Mac OS X 10.1 Puma ⓘ Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar ⓘ Mac OS X 10.3 Panther ⓘ Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger ⓘ |
| primaryUseCase | businesses and users dependent on legacy Mac OS 9 software ⓘ |
| provides | legacy software support during transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X ⓘ |
| purpose | run classic Mac OS applications under Mac OS X ⓘ |
| requires |
Mac OS 9 system folder
ⓘ
PowerPC processor ⓘ |
| requiresLicenseOf | Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| requiresRebootToMacOS9 | no ⓘ |
| runsAs | separate Mac OS 9 process under Mac OS X ⓘ |
| runsWithin | Mac OS X graphical environment ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| successor | none; classic apps eventually required rewriting for Mac OS X ⓘ |
| supportedPlatform |
Power Macintosh series
ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC Macintosh
|
| supports | classic Mac OS applications ⓘ |
| supportsClipboardIntegration | yes ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystemIntegration | yes ⓘ |
| supportsMultitaskingWith | native Mac OS X applications ⓘ |
| supportsPrintingVia | Mac OS X printing system ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 2000s transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X ⓘ |
| unsupportedPlatform |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel-based Macintosh
|
| userInterface | runs classic apps in windows on Mac OS X desktop ⓘ |
| visibleToUserAs | Classic preference pane in System Preferences ⓘ |
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