All versions of OS 9xx look the same as far as I know. There are themes you can download and add to OS 9.1 which are nice. I have a theme on mine called "Liquid" which is Aqua like. They are easy to install, just copy to the appearance folder in your system folder. You can select the new theme through your Appearances control panel.
on 5/12/04 11:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OS 9.2.1 and .2 are bug fixes, performance improvements, and some > wedges to make Classic work better with OS X. No big new > functionality. > > The application menu will tear-off in OS 9.1. I think there's some > shareware to do that to some of the other menus; not sure. Tons of shareware Apps that add functionality to OS 9.1 Check Tucows.com, MacUpdate.com, VersionTracker.com, etc... for shareware and freeware apps. > > If you want pretty interface stuff, check out Kaleidoscope. It has > so many desktop schemes, you can really really get lost! > http://www.kaleidoscope.net/ Kaleidoscope is a cool program with a lot of different themes available. There is a web site dedicated to transforming OS 9 to look like OSX with The dock and all the icons. If you do a google search for "aqua look" or "aqua feel" you should find it. I would add the link, but I didn't save the bookmark on this computer. The dock shareware app is "A-Dock" and it's a nice movable dock that you can add alias's to. > > iLife is ... mostly an OS X thing. And even then its apps run like > crap on older/slower Macs. > > There's an ancient version of iTunes available for OS 9. It's nice > for the streaming audio, but it's such a CPU pig for just playing > mp3s and such I recommend SoundApp instead. > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120073 Actually 2 early versions iTunes will run on OS 9xx. The 2 version runs pretty good if you have a G3 or better, but I have run it on a PPC 604e with lots of RAM. The first iTuunes does not have the visuals and equalizer if I remember correctly. I use the second version and it runs fine on a Sonett 300 G3 with 400MB RAM. There is also a hack to get the first iTunes apps to run on OS 8.6 available on-line, but I prefer SoundJam for OS 8.6. There is another app to check out called SoundJam, which was purchased by Apple and turned into iTunes. It will run on slower PPC's and has the visual effects also. You can get demo's of SoundJam an the MacAddict CD's and probably on-line also. > > I vaguely recall there may be an ancient version of iMovie available. > Ditto for iPhoto. Maybe someone else has the specifics? Yes, there is an early iMovie (2.0 maybe) app which works on OS 9.1, but it's not on Apple's site for some reason. It came with the last iMacs and iBooks that had OS 9xx. I have used it with OS 9.1 and it works pretty well and you can find the CD's pretty cheap. No iPhoto until OS X though. Ron -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
