I know you haven't tested this, but the new version still doesn't boot the upgraded 9.0.4->9.2.1 disk image. It stalls at the Happy Mac. This may not be worth fixing...

Did you notarize it first? I noticed that even authorized binaries recently appear to be doing extra checks during launch sequence if they're not notarized.


No, but I should have thought of that. Will try it this week and report.

EDIT: I notarized it, and started it multiple times. Same result ...

EDIT: Some further details. I tried upgrading an existing SheepShaver-based 9.0.4 disk to 9.2.1, but the upgraded disk wouldn't boot in this new SheepShaver: the happy Mac appeared, but never got past it. I tried upgrading with and without the option to Update Hard Disk Drivers, with no effect ...

Meanwhile, confirming that extfs works and that 1024x768 also works. One detail that I had forgotten, but which might be useful for anyone experimenting with this: if you're using a resolution larger than 640x480, you can move the Control Strip to the foot of the screen by trashing the Control Strip ...

A quick report: it works with System 7.6.1 under macOS 15/ARM. I tried plugging it in as a replacement for the standard build in my self-contained System761 app:

https://mendelson.org/macos9osx.html#basilisk

This runs a background AppleScript when it starts up. With standard BII, this needs around ...

billcavalieri wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2026 1:16 am New World hooks install off .Disk instead of .Sony.

Terrific progress again! But what does the sentence above mean? (Probably everyone else knows, but I don't...)

And of course I meant 1024x768 not the nonsense numbers I posted...

All this gets more impressive by the minute...

I tried updating an existing 9.0.4 sparsebundle to 9.2.1, but wasn't able to make it work, so I installed a fresh 9.2.1 on an hfv file, and got things started again. I can't emphasize enough how amazing it is to have this.

Quick notes:

As far as I can tell, the Unix disk (extfs /Path/to/folder ...

Mouse is fixed and captured Cmd-W and Cmd-Q.

Make sure jit true is in your prefs if not already. Performance improvement should be noticeable.

https://public-sheepshaver-098819594731-us-east-1-an.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/SheepShaver.app.zip


This is a major advance. Unfortunately, I'm ...

https://www.dropbox.com/request/cvammv0vfn6zsqt0ihdt

If you could take a screenshot of the cursor and upload it, that would help. With my testing I've never encountered that.



Here's a screen shot of the cursor-selects-a-rectangle effect. It doesn't happen every time I run your build, and ...

Brilliant. Am installing 9.2.1 from the installer iso even as we speak. I thought I'd never see this from SheepShaver.

I already had the SDL2 framework installed in ~/Library/Frameworks, but the symlink that you suggested made the build work correctly. Thank you for that also.

Very much looking ...

Got this error when building. Is there a different command that I should use:

The following build commands failed:
CompileC /tmp/macemu-s4-dd/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SheepShaver_Xcode8.build/Release/kpx_cpu.build/Objects-normal/arm64/sheepshaver_glue.o /Users/edward/Developer/macemu-arm64-jit ...

First, some details: I already removed that invalid line (it was the path in the first line of your post) and moved everything into ~/Desktop/Sheepshaver, including your build (made this morning). So the command line that I use after cd-ing to ~/Desktop/SheepShaver/SheepShaver.app/Contents/MacOS is ...

Nothing easier:

edward@MacBookPro-14inch ~ % ls -l "/Users/Edward/Desktop/SheepShaver/Mac OS ROM"
-r--r--r--@ 1 edward staff 2552522 Jul 30 2001 /Users/Edward/Desktop/SheepShaver/Mac OS ROM
edward@MacBookPro-14inch ~ %
edward@MacBookPro-14inch ~ % head -c 11 "/Users/Edward/Desktop/SheepShaver/Mac ...

I built the Release new-world version under Tahoe and used your excellent MacDisk to extract the Mac OS ROM file from the Mac OS 9.2.1.toast that I found on Macintosh Repository. Get Info for the ROM file says it's version 8.4, Mac OS 9.2.1, dated 30 July 2001, and 2,553,642 bytes. I tried ...

Understood. I'll go to a Tahoe system and try it there. I tried to do this under Sequoia, and even built your MacDisk for Sequoia, but the file system extension doesn't seem to be working here (there's no reason why it should...). So I'll get this done under Tahoe, as I should have done in the first ...

Following the instructions, but getting the error message "Cannot open ROM file." If some generous person could DM me a link to a suitable ROM, I would be very grateful. I've been using a New World 1.6 ROM, but that doesn't seem to do the job.

This is brilliant - and far more than some of us ever expected. Looking forward to the next steps...

Using my AUXrunner app (built with the generous help of Cat_7), I can launch MacX by opening the root folder on the desktop, then the mac folder, and then the MacX folder and launching MacX. But I can't figure out how to avoid a fatal error when launching X from the command line. Is anyone generous ...

Hmm... I can't reproduce this on an M4 Mac. Photoshop has been open in the MacOS9 app for an hour now, with no problem. Have you added anything to the system that might interfere with it? One thought: try disabling the background script?

Neat! Is this essentially taking the conversion engine of LibreOffice and breaking it out into a dedicated library and wrapper?


No: it's the other way around. This app is built directly from the separate conversion filters; it doesn't take anything out of LibreOffice. In fact, LibreOffice uses ...

The open-source projects named libwpd, libmwaw, and others from the same programmers make it possible to convert documents created by old Mac OS apps into modern file formats. One of the projects' programmers, Laurent Alonso, made an Intel-only macOS app that converts every old format that the ...

The SheepShaver Wrapper is now updated with current SheepShaver code and some cleaned-up AppleScript in the wrapper, plus a Liquid Glass icon for Tahoe or later. The original download page still works, but it redirects here:

https://mendelson.org/sheepshaverwrapper.html

Excellent! Thank you! One more problem: I can't add 1024x768 to the list of resolutions. If I move the slider to the right, it won't stay there, and stays un-selected. I hope this is an easy fix...

EDIT: Also, is there a way to boot the system without clicking on the Boot item? It would be good to ...

This is amazing work! Congratulations! For anyone thinking of trying this out, I found I could bootstrap with an 8.6 disk but not the 9.0.4 disk that I tried.

One question: I see that I can reduce the app to a window by moving the cursor to the top of the screen and using the button on the macOS ...