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Phil St. Romain
02-26-2002, 03:27 PM
OK, Classic is not OS X, but getting Classic to work well in OS X is pretty important to most of us. Not many X-only users out there yet.

Here are a few things I've found to improve Classic. Additions welcomed.

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STRONG RECOMMENDATION: have your Classic system folder on a separate partition from OS X. It's not that OS X won't work on the same partition, but that any damage to the partition caused by one OS won't affect the other that way. I have one parition for OS X, one for Classic, and one for OS 9.1 reboot.

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It might be a good idea to reboot into your Classic OS 9 Sytem folder to do these.

1. Run some kind of disk utility like Disk First Aid, Norton Disk Doctor, or Tech Tool Pro to reapair any problems in your Classic drive/partition.

2. De-fragment your Classic drive/partition: Norton Speed Disk, Plus Optimizer.

3. Set up your control panels and extensions for Classic using Extensions Manager or Conflict Catcher by turning on only those that you're sure you will need. You don't even need all those in the Base sets. If you're sure you won't use it in Classic, turn it off. If you're not sure, leave it on.

4. Rebuild your desktop. You can also do this through the Advanced tab in the Classic System Preference in OS X.

5. In the Classic System Preference in OS X, Advanced tab, set Classic to never go to sleep. This will prevent lags in Classic performance, and some of the freezes in Classic that a few have reported.

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That's a start. We might need to spend more time on #3, but the needs here will depend on what Classic apps you're using, if you will print or scan, etc.

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BTW, my apps run as well or better on Classic than OS 9 (excluding Virtual PC, which doesn't work with Classic). Classic boots up faster than OS 9 and crashes less.

Phil

Craig R. Arko
02-27-2002, 03:31 PM
I hear that a certain Mr. Griffman has an article coming out in MacWorld on just this very topic; possibly the April issue (published in March, of course).

Watch for it, and even more kudos to Rob. Pretty soon even Pogue will be concerned about the competition. :D

pyrogen
02-27-2002, 10:38 PM
I went into classic preferences and disabled extensions I would never need in classic (filesharing, airport, internal modem).

I am confused however, with what some of the extensions even do.

I' just want to run graphic, audio, and animation soft ware that are inoperable in OSX. I'll be doing some scanning but no printing (in classic).

If anyone could help I would be very greatful,

Destin

Phil St. Romain
03-06-2002, 06:02 PM
pyrogen, you can learn about what extensions do by clicking on the extension in Extensions Manager and reading the description of it (have to enable this to work). Option-clicking on an extenion with Conflict Catcher open also provides a description.

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btw, all, Rob's article on improving Classic performance is out, and it's very good. You can find it in the April 2002 edition of Macworld. The Macworld web site didn't publish it, however.

pyrogen
03-07-2002, 08:38 PM
Thanks Phil, I'll check out the Macworld article.
Thanks for responding,
Destin

echo
03-10-2002, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by Craig R. Arko
Mr. Griffman has an article coming out in MacWorld on just this very topic; possibly the April issue (published in March, of course).

I searched MacWorld's site to find this article online with no luck. Anyone know if I can read this online, or Rob, can you make this available to us?