Installer Moves Files/Folders Folders Installing Mac OS 9.1 does some unexpected moving around of files on your drive. For example, it renames the Applications folder to 'Applications (Mac OS 9)', and moves the Internet, Apple Extras, and Utilities folders into it. The name of this folder can then no longer be modified from the Finder.
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OS 9.1. Lotus Notes This moving around can cause some unexpected glitches with Lotus Notes. After upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1, Lotus Notes Client v 5.0.6 no longer launches. It turns out that this error is the result of the Mac OS 9.1 installer moving the Internet folder to within the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder. Notes hard codes the path of the application location during Installation; move it or change folder names in that path, and you're done. There are a couple of workarounds:. Create a 'new' Applications folder and move items from'Applications (Mac OS 9)' folder and delete it.
Before using the installer modify names of files/folder that it tries to move. If you want to avoid all this moving around, put a symbol (such as.) at the start of the name of the relevant folders before installing Mac OS 9.1. The update will create an 'Applications (Mac OS 9.1)' folder with the updated copies of SimpleText, DiskCopy, etc. You can then replace the older versions (still in their renamed folders) with the new ones. Alternatively, you can use ResEdit (or other resource editor) to unlock the folder name and change it back to 'Applications.'
Created by Alessandro Levi Montalcini, “USB Overdrive” is a driver/utility for Mac OS 9.x that handles any USB mouse, trackball, joystick and gamepad from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on a per-application basis. Hook up a 2 button mouse with scroll in OS 9! It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and supports scrolling, keyboard emulation, launching and all the usual stuff like clicking, control-clicking and so forth. Alessandro has given “Mac OS 9 Lives” the right to distribute the OS 9 version at no charge! Still, please feel free to go to his website and throw him a few bucks.
Created by Power On Software, “Action GoMac” adds an XP-Style Start Menu and taskbar to Mac OS 9. This awesome utility lets you navigate among active applications and launch them from the customizable Start menu or QuickLaunch taskbar. You can drag and drop the icons or aliases of your favorite applications, files, or folders onto any part of the taskbar, and the minimized versions of these icons will appear in the QuickLaunch area (not buried beneath your open applications). Also, you can drag application shortcuts (aliases) to you OS 9 System Folder’s “Start Menu Items” and your applications will appear on the Start Menu. I may have to remove this utility from the downloads page if Power On Software complains; they appear to be out of business, so I assuming it is currently abandonware. Internet Explorer 5.1 (for Mac OS 9) is pretty much useless for retrieving & presenting Web pages created under current standards; and WaMCom 'Web and Mail Communicator' (a modified version of Mozilla) was a great start, but development grinded to a halt in 2003 (last revision 1.3.1).
It looked like Mac OS 9 would suffer the pains of Web isolation until Classilla saved the day. “Classilla” is an updated open-source Mozilla-based web browser for Mac OS 9; the name is, naturally, a portmanteau of Classic (for the classic MacOS) and Mozilla. We recommend version 9.2.3, since Classilla is transitioning from a 'desktop' browser to a browser focused on accessing mobile content.