Editing Mac OS 9 (section)

==Compatibility==

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! style="background: #ececec" | Macintosh Model
! style="background: #ececec" | 9.0<ref name="versionmatrix">{{Cite web |title=Mac OS 8 and 9 compatibility with Macintosh computers |url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1835 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304164253/http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1835 |archive-date=2009-03-04 |access-date=2009-02-28 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]}}</ref>
! style="background: #ececec" | 9.1<ref name="versionmatrix" />
! style="background: #ececec" | 9.2.1<ref name="versionmatrix" />
! style="background: #ececec" | 9.2.2<ref name="versionmatrix" />

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 6100]]
| rowspan="26" {{yes}}
| rowspan="3" {{yes}}: Must install from CD
| rowspan="25" colspan="2" {{no}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 7100]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 8100]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook Duo|PowerBook 2300]]
| rowspan="3" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook 2400c]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook 5300]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook 1400]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}
| {{partial}}: Password Security unsupported

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook 3400]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}
| {{yes}}: Hard disk driver must not be updated

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 5200 LC]]
| rowspan="19" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 5300 LC]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 5500]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 4400]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 6200]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 6300]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 6400]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 6500]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 7200]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 7300]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 7500]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 8500]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 7600]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 8600]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh 9600]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh]]{{Ref label|C|C|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G3]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G3]] Series
| rowspan="3" {{yes}}
| rowspan="4" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook]] (FireWire)
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]]{{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="13" {{no}}
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (Gigabit Ethernet){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (DVI){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="11" colspan="2" {{no}}
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (1&nbsp;GHz/867&nbsp;MHz){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (12-inch){{Ref label|B|B|1}}
| rowspan="9" {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (17-inch){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (12-inch DVI){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (12-inch 1.33&nbsp;GHz){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (12-inch 1.5&nbsp;GHz){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (15-inch FW 800){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (15-inch 1.5/1.33&nbsp;GHz){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (17-inch 1.33&nbsp;GHz){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[PowerBook G4]] (17-inch 1.5&nbsp;GHz){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] 
| {{yes}}
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}
| rowspan="4" {{yes}}
| rowspan="9" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (FireWire) 
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (Dual USB){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="11" {{no}}
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (Late 2001){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (14.1 LCD){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="9" colspan="1" {{no}}
| rowspan="9" {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (16 VRAM){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (Opaque 16 VRAM){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (32 VRAM){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] (Early 2003){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] G4{{Ref label|B|B|1}}
| rowspan="3" {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] G4 (14-inch){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iBook]] G4 (Early 2004){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh G3]] All-In-One
| rowspan="6" colspan="4" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh G3]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)|Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White)]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G3]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G3]] (266&nbsp;MHz, 333&nbsp;MHz)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G3]] (Slot Loading)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G3]] (Summer 2000)
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only
| {{yes}}
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G3]] (Early 2001){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="2" {{no}}
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G3]] (Summer 2001){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G4]]{{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="13" colspan="3" {{no}}
| {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G4]] (February 2003){{Ref label|B|B|1}}
| rowspan="6" {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G4]] (17-inch 1&nbsp;GHz){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G4]] (USB 2.0){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G5]]{{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G5]] (Ambient Light Sensor){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[iMac G5]] (iSight){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[eMac]]{{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[eMac]] (ATI Graphics CD-ROM drive){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[eMac]] (ATI Graphics Combo drive){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[eMac]] (ATI Graphics SuperDrive){{Ref label|B|B|1}}
| rowspan="3" {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[eMac]] (USB 2.0){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[eMac]] (2005){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (PCI Graphics)
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}
| rowspan="4" colspan="3" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (AGP Graphics)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (Gigabit Ethernet)
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4 Cube]]

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (Digital Audio){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="2" {{no}}
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" {{yes}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (QuickSilver){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| {{no}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (QuickSilver 2002){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| rowspan="10" colspan="3" {{no}}
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (Mirrored Drive Doors){{Ref label|A|A|1}}

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (FW 800){{Ref label|B|B|1}}
| {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G4]] (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003){{Ref label|A|A|1}}
| {{yes}}: Machine-specific version only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G5]]
| rowspan="6" {{partial}}: [[Classic Environment]] only

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G5]] (June 2004)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G5]] (Late 2004)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G5]] (Early 2005)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Power Mac G5]] (Late 2005)

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! style="background: #ececec; text-align: left" | [[Mac Mini]] (G4){{Ref label|B|B|1}}

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# {{note label|A|A|1|Some newest [[Power Mac G3|G3]] and most [[Power Mac G4|G4]] Macs can only run at least Mac OS 9.1, and some only run at least Mac OS 9.2. This is because the late development of G3 Macs and the mid-development of G4 Macs was during the development of Mac OS 9 and only the versions the G4 Macs support were designed to be compatible with those G4 Macs.}}
# {{note label|B|B|1|Some newest [[Power Mac G4|G4]] and all [[Power Mac G5|G5]] Macs can only run at least Mac OS 9.2, and can only run its compatible versions of Mac OS 9 in [[macOS|OS X]]'s [[Classic Environment]] because the "Mac OS ROM" was never updated to allow those Macs, which were developed during the [[macOS|OS X]] era, to directly boot it (but probably continued to run in userspace, with the restriction that it would only run at least Mac OS 9.2, so it was still supported in the [[Classic Environment]]).}}
# {{note label|C|C|1|Although Mac OS 9.2 to 9.2.2 officially requires a G3 processor as a minimum, certain second generation Power Macs can be made to run it using a third party program called "OS9 Helper", which allows for such benefits like support for the latest [[ATI Technologies|ATI]] classic Mac OS drivers, full [[iPod]] compatibility, and the ability to run [[DVD Studio Pro]] 1.5 or 1.2.1 and [[Final Cut Pro]] 3, among other things.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Other World Computing: OS 9 Forever |url=https://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/OS9Helper/Framework.cfm?topic=32 |website=eshop.macsales.com |access-date=2022-01-16 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182911/https://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/OS9Helper/Framework.cfm?topic=32 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204045426/http://www.os9forever.com/Compatibility.html OS 9 Forever Compatibility]</ref>}}