E-Maculation

Currently recommended SheepShaver builds for MacOSX/OSX/macOS:
See also the information below the download links!

• Version and build history:
See https://www.emaculation.com/sheepshaver ... istory.txt
(You may need to reload that page to see the latest version of the build history.)

• Version 2.5, 10 August 2023, universal (x86_64 and arm64) from github.com/kanjitalk755/macemu source
Universal, will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon.
Recommended for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 13 (Ventura).
Download: https://www.emaculation.com/sheepshaver ... 230810.zip

New: Mount a disk image by dropping it into the SheepShaver window. (Thanks kanjitalk755!)
See also: viewtopic.php?p=76805#p76805

• Version 2.5, 13 September 2022, universal (x86_64 and arm64) from github.com/kanjitalk755/macemu source
Universal, will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon.
Recommended for macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) through macOS 12 (Monterey).
Download: https://www.emaculation.com/sheepshaver ... 220913.zip

• Version 2.5, 4 May 2019, 64-bit Intel from github.com/kanjitalk755/macemu source
For Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) through macOS 10.12 (Sierra)
Download: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/sheepsh ... 190504.zip

• For all the above version 2.5 builds:
- If you have an existing SheepShaver setup, you can simply replace the application with the new application.
- If you use an older keycodes file, you will also need to replace that file with this new one: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/sheepsh ... ycodes.zip
- For a new setup, also download the SheepShaver folder: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/sheepsh ... folder.zip
- For more information see the revised setup manual: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... os_x_setup

• Version 2.4, 9 July 2018, 32-bit only from github.com/cebix/macemu source
For Intel Mac, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) through MacOSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Download: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/sheepsh ... 180709.zip
- If you have an existing SheepShaver setup, you can simply replace the application with the new application.
- For a new setup, also download the SheepShaver folder: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/sheepsh ... folder.zip
- For more information see the revised setup manual: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... os_x_setup

• Version 2.4, 1 February 2014 from github.com/cebix/macemu source
For PPC Mac, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and later
Download: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/sheepsh ... 140201.zip
- If you have an existing SheepShaver setup, you can simply replace the application with the new application.
- For more information see the revised setup manual: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... _setup_old


Installation and setup (All builds/versions)
If you set up SheepShaver for the first time, you will also need a compatible ROM file and a retail MacOS install CD (or an install CD disk image).
For other than US English keyboard layouts a keycodes file is needed.
The SheepShaver Scripts can be used to delete the prefs and nvram files to be able to start a new setup from scratch.

Setup manual
See the setup manual for more information.
July 2018 and later builds for Intel Macs: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... os_x_setup
February 2014 build for PPC Macs: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... _setup_old

Known issues
July 2018 and later builds for Intel Macs: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... own_issues
February 2014 build for PPC Macs: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sh ... own_issues

Rewritten with new recommended builds.

Note that also the setup guides are revised with new information.

Posted the 6 October 2019 notarized build by emendelson (many thanks!) that should run in Catalina.

Posted the 11 October 2019 notarized build by emendelson (many thanks!) that now uses SDL2 version 2.0.10.

Posted the 18 October 2019 build, again with SDL2 2.0.9, because the SDL2 2.0.10 build had a serious CapsLock issue.

Posted the 4 December 2019 build.
Again with SDL2 2.0.10, now with CaspLock issue solved.
Disturbing message in Catalina "would like to receive keystrokes from any application" solved.

Posted 12 January 2020 build, recommended for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 10.15 (Catalina)/

'Unix' shared folder issue (loss of file resource forks) with APFS file system on host solved.

Posted the 8 March 2020 build, recommended for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through 10.15 (Catalina).

This build now has etherhelper support.
See also this topics: https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewt ... f=6&t=8067
and discussion here: https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewt ... 477#p65477

Posted the 15 March build to replace the 8 March build that appeared to be faulty.

Posted the 26 July build that solves the black screen freeze at full screen launch.

Posted the 10 August build that solves the crash at shutdown that was introduced in the 26 July build.

Posted the 22 September 2020 build that adds two new advanced features;
- Option to enlarge the window while preserving guest screen resolution.
- Option to pass on guest gamma settings to the host
See setup manual for more information on advanced features.

Posted the 31 January 2021 build

Edit: This build was withdrawn because of issues.

Posted 2 February 2021 build.

- Fix for freeze at startup in 31 January 2021 build
- Various fixes

Posted 7 February 2021 build.

- Improved fix for 'Unix' shared folder issue where resource forks would not be saved on a host with APFS file system
- Will now play a file "startup.wav" if present in the SheepShaver folder
- Will now allow redirect with slirp networking (See this BasiliskII forum topic: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7782)

Posted 10 February 2021 build.

- Minor issue with initial window title in 7 February build fixed

Posted 27 February 2021 build.

- Minor cosmetic issue during startup in fullscreen mode solved for Macs with Metal capable GPU. (The issue remains for older non-Metal Macs.)
- Adds another advanced feature: Option to set a custom window title with a prefs item "title". (See setup manual for information.)

Posted 1 March 2021 build.

- Cosmetic issue during startup in fullscreen mode now also solved for non-Metal Macs

Posted 17 March 2021 build.

- Negative values for "Lines to Scroll" (mousewheellines) can be entered, thus reversing the scroll direction.
- Adds another advanced feature: Option to shorten the sound buffer length with a prefs item "sound_buffer". (See setup manual for information.)

Posted 28 April 2021 build.

- Universal (fat) binary, x86_64 and arm64.
- New prefs item "name_encoding" to correct non-MacRoman file names in "Unix" shared folder. (See Advanced features in setup manual.)

Posted 14 June 2021 universal build.

- JIT Compiler is not functional anymore on Apple Silicon, JIT settings will be ignored.

Posted 3 July 2021 universal build.

- Fix for issue with thousands colors mode in universal builds when run on Intel (x86_64)

Posted the 1 August 2021 universal build.

- Fix for Caps Lock key not working
(The issue was introduced in February 2021 and later builds by a change in SDL2 2.0.14 that was noticed only recently.)

Posted the 24 January 2022 universal build.

- Crash with RAM set to 1024 MB fixed

Posted the 13 September 2022 universal build.

- Maintenance release
- A few smaller fixes
- Finder Get Info panel now shows the build date appended to the version number