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|discontinued = 2001|introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|2495|1984}}|predecessor = [[Apple Lisa emulators|Lisa]], [[:Apple IILine|Apple ][]]|successor = [[MacOS]]

The '''[[wikipedia:Macintosh|Macintosh]]''' This page is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Incabout software that emulates Classic Mac OS systems on other non-native hardware. since January 1984. The original Macintosh was the first mass-market personal computer ''{{for|emulators that featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen, support current macOS (formerly Mac OS X and mouse, eschewing the command-line interface and/or BASIC interpreter OS X)|macOS}}{{for|emulators that had been the mainstay for home computers since the late run on macOS (previously Mac OS X)|Emulators on macOS}}:''70s. Apple sold the Macintosh alongside its popular For other emulators that run on Classic Mac OS [[Apple II LineEmulators on Legacy systems#Classic Mac OS|Apple IIEmulators on Classic Mac OS]] family of computers for almost ten years before they were discontinued in 1993, and later shortened the line to '''Mac''' in 1998.

Throughout its history the The '''[[wikipedia:Macintosh|Macintosh comprised three processor architectures that represented the three commonly known generations. From its launch in 1984 up until 1994, Apple sold Macintoshes with the Motorola 68k ]]''' is a family of CPUs. In the early 90spersonal computers designed, Apple partnered with Motorola and IBM to create the Power architecturemanufactured, using a CPU brand called PowerPC and naming some models accordingly like Power Macsold by Apple Inc. They then switched to x86 in 2006, explaining that Power failed to be competitive with Intel's Pentium M seriessince January 1984. The original Macintosh computers have always included a platformwas the first mass-exclusive operating system market personal computer that never had featured a consistent name.<ref group=N>It used to be called System or System Software until version 8graphical user interface, when it was renamed Mac OS in 1997. Version 10 was named Mac OS X built-in 2000screen, and when version 10.8 was released in 2012mouse, it was shortened to OS X eschewing the command-line interface and then macOS when version 10.12 was released in 2016. Don't try to make sense of this.</ref> Old World ROMs used System 1-7, and Mac OS 8 and 9 gradually dropped 68k support in favor of PowerPC. When Mac OS X was released in 2001, it required a New World ROM.<ref group=N>Though or BASIC interpreter that didn't stop some programmers from making bootloaders had been the mainstay for home computers since the very late Old World ROM models that used PowerPC'70s.</ref> Some quick ways to distinguish an Old from a New World ROM is by checking for a built-in floppy drive and/or USB port. Old World ROMs used ADB for keyboard and mouse connectivity, whereas a New World ROM would have a USB port and no floppy drive. Mac OS X, which has different underpinnings from its predecessor, was introduced for PowerPC Macs in 2000 and is still in active development to this day, albeit for x86 (and ARM for Apple offered the Macintosh alongside its mobile cousin popular [[iOS emulatorsApple II Line|iOSApple II]])family of computers for almost ten years before those were discontinued in 1993.

A ton of Throughout its history the Macintosh emulators have appeared over has spanned four CPU instruction set architectures that represent the yearsfour commonly known generations. From its launch in 1984 up until 1996, some Apple sold Macintoshes with the Motorola 68k family of CPUs. In the early in the system90s, Apple partnered with Motorola and IBM to combine IBM's POWER with Motorola's release and others as late as a few years ago. Apple has strict terms about how their operating systems are 88k to produce the PowerPC (PPC) architecture they usedin Macs from 1994-2007, which forces most emulators to maintain a macOS port to naming some degreeof them accordingly as Power Macintosh. It should be noted They switched to x86 in 2007, justifying it with the explanation that we do not aim PPC failed to be the last word on Mac emulation; therecompetitive with Intel's Pentium M series. And in 2020 have started a community called E-Maculation that covers this more thoroughlytransition from x86 to ARM, as they offer builds for many of the emulators shown here on their forums. We'll either be further ahead or severely behindintegrating with its more popular iOS mobile spinoff.

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!colspan="6"|PC / x86|-|[https://basilisk.cebix.net Basilisk II]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5282 19-01-2024 (Win)]<br/>[https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6580 23-02-2024 (Linux)]<br/>[https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7361 29-12-2023 (Mac OS X)]<br/>[https://github.com/kanjitalk755/macemu/ git]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|Mini vMac<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/minivmac/ minivmac_libretro]]</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS, Linux}}|[https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/beta.html 37.00(beta)]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/download.html 336.04]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|<abbr title="Latest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N2>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref></br>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.5libretro.8com/nightly/ libretro core]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}||{{✓}}[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/apple/mac128.cpp#L1518 *]

|[[Basilisk IIClock Signal]]|Windows, align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS, Linux|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/cebixTomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{?}}|-|<abbr title="PC Emulator">PCE</abbr>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.hampa.ch/pce/macemu 1download.html 0 R5.2.2]|{{✓}} ||{{✓✗}} ||{{✗}}

|align=left|{{Icon|DOS, |Linux|NextStep|Windows, Linux, NeXTSTEP}}|[https://githubwww.emaculation.com/ctmdoku.php/executor 2.1.17]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

|[[vMac]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

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!colspan="6"|MAME|Windows, macOS, Linux|[https://www.mamedev.orgMobile /release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{na|text=TBD}}ARM

|<abbr titleMini vMac|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}|[https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/ports.html Ports]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-!colspan="PC Emulator6">PCE</abbr>|Consoles|-|Mini vMac|Windows, macOS, Linuxalign=left|{{Icon|Pyra|3DS}}|[httphttps://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/33 36.04]<br/>[https://www.hampagryphel.chcom/c/pceminivmac/downloadports.html 0Ports]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|Basilisk II|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://github.2.2com/PSP-Archive/Basilisk-II-PSP/releases git]|{{~✓}} ||{{na✗}} ||text=TBD{{~}}

:An emulator targeting the "Mac Classic" and "Mac II" lines, capable of booting System 6.0.7 to OS 8.1 depending on ROM. The successor to Basilisk, a similar emulator for Linux and BeOS, it works by providing replacement drivers for components that would normally be hardware (a sort of HLE approach). Aside from the usual Windows, macOS, and Linux ports, Basilisk II also received an acclaimed PSP port (by way of homebrew)PSP port.

:The successor to vMac, an older emulator. Targets the Macintosh Plus(capable of booting Systems 3 to 7.5.5), but is known to support can be built targeting other models(128K, 512Ke, SE, SE FDHD, Classic, or [buggy] II).

;[[Ardi ExecutorMAME]]:An old compatibility layer and To say it's a multi-system emulatorwould be an understatement. It used an HLE approach to get applications working covers a wide range of electronic history, with its namesake being arcade machines. Just typing in "Macintosh" will list basically everything Mac-related like the original Macintosh 128K (labelled as opposed to OS emulation. However, it lacks any kind of networking support Working) and the Macintosh II (which is also riddled with compatibility issuesOK). [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/0f028a8bd2afcb32ccdab0291eb3a798a98a1afc/src/mame/machine/mac.cpp#L14 See the full list here.]

;[[MAME]]Clock Signal:To say it's a A multi-system emulator would be an understatement. It covers a wide range of electronic history, with its namesake being arcade machines. Just typing in "Macintosh" will list basically everything Macfull-related like the original Macintosh 128K (unfortunately labelled as Not Working) and the Macintosh II (which is OK). hardware [[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/0f028a8bd2afcb32ccdab0291eb3a798a98a1afc/src/mame/machine/mac.cppEmulation Accuracy#L14 See Cycle accuracy|cycle-accurate]] emulation of the full list hereMacintosh Plus.]

:A multi-system emulator. One of the computers Computers it targets is include the Macintosh Plus, SE and Classic. Stables used to release every two years but stopped in 2013. A snapshot exists for December 2018 however, which suggests that the project isn't completely dead. ;[[Ardi Executor]]:A formerly payware compatibility layer targeting System 1 to 6. Requires no ROM images or other copyrighted Apple code, as it instead translates Macintosh API calls into equivalent Win32 or POSIX API calls similarly to [[Wine]]. Compatibility is limited however, and as such some games and applications which depend on Mac System Extensions may not work properly.

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!colspan="6"|[[SheepShaver]]|Windows, macOS, Linux|[https://github.com/cebixPC /macemu 2.4]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}x86

|[[PearPC]https://sheepshaver.cebix.net SheepShaver]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS, Linux}}|[https://githubwww.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5325 25-02-2024 (Win)]<br/>[https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6553 23-02-2024 (Linux)]<br/>[https://www.emaculation.com/sebastianbiallasforum/pearpc 0viewtopic.6php?t=7360 29-12-2023 (Mac OS X)]<br/>[https://github.0com/kanjitalk755/macemu/ git]|{{✗✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗✓}}

|[[Classic Environment]]|Mac OS X align=left|{{Icon|macOS}} (PPC)

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|[[QEMU]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS, Linux}}|4.0.0{{QEMUVer}} |{{✓}} ||{{na✓}} |text=TBD|{{~}}[https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/qemu *]

|[[RosettaMAME]]|Mac OS X (Intel)align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|Mac OS X 10<abbr title="Latest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N3>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.6link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.8 (Intel)link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref></br>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/apple/macpdm.cpp#L1195 *]|-|[[DingusPPC]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/dingusdev/dingusppc git]|{{✓}}||{{✓}} ||WIP

:An open-source "run-time environment" that includes a PowerPC emulator for non-PowerPC host systems. Originally commercial softwarenamed ShapeShifter, it is the companion app of the 68k Mac emulator Basilisk II, which emulates 68k Macs. It hasn't seen significant development in boots System 7.5.2 through (due to a whilelack of MMU emulation) OS 9.0.4, yet it runs most if not all Mac OS applications in at full speed on any Windows modern PC. It , and can interface with and copy files to and from host hardware, but suffers from the lack of memory management unit support. It hasn't seen significant development in a while, not to mention that it is riddled with hacks and workarounds, which accounts for why some applications such as the default bundled Internet Explorer flat-out crashes, and can only run up to 9.0.4crash. Like Basilisk and vMac, it needs a firmware image from a working Mac.

:This emulator had been developed since 2004 , and marketed itself as a is capable of booting OS X 10.1-10.4, but not prior Mac on Windows solutionOSs, nor OS X's Classic environment. HoweverIt once had lots of developer momentum, it encountered but activity and interest declined significantly following Apple's 2005 transition to Intel processors. It was the subject of controversy when another team announced the a closed-source emulator, CherryOS, which aimed to do the same thing and was revealed to have used [[source code|code]] stolen from PearPC (violating its license). PearPC lacks a usable interface GUI (all that's available is even the "Change CD" buttonis removed in the most recent builds), so using a frontend may be necessary. Sound is not emulated unless you use a buggy and now outdated fork.

:Known Best known for its presence use as an x86 hypervisor, QEMU also emulates a wide range of CPU architectures. In 2015, a Google Summer of Code event brought PowerPC Macintosh support from a curiosity to a possibility and it now supports [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T0kkk8WpQ-eWBIdxBnXWCfeyClVVLJyXvvF2NED2U6Q/view a specific range of versions] as of 2017. Like PearPC, QEMU is run from a shell. ;Rosetta:Apple's official PowerPC emulator for x86-based Macs included in Tiger (10.4.4). Though it wasn't included in Snow Leopard, it was still possible to transfer it from a previous Leopard install. It was removed entirely in OS X Lion. Rosetta uses QuickTransit technology licensed from Transitive Corporation, and works transparently from the end-user, leading Apple to market it as "the most amazing software you'll never see." Rosetta works best on software that isn't system-intensive, such as office applications; games and other software applications which rely on kexts, libraries or certain instructions may not work properly if at all. A compatibility list is available [https://web.archive.org/web/20060208152806/http://guides.macrumors.com/Rosetta_incompatibilities here].

===x86===;DingusPPC'''No Intel Mac emulators exist.''' However, using [https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker macOS Unlocker for VMware], for example, you can patch VMware products to run macOS Experimental emulator early in a virtual machine. [https://github.com/img2tab/okiomov A script] has also emerged that allows one to install macOS Mojave in VirtualBox. If you want to run modern macOS software without a Mac, those are your two best options outside of doing a Hackintosh/OSx86 setup. There is also the work in progress [[Darling]] [[Compatibility layers|compatibility layer]] for running Intel macOS software on Linux. This project is similar to [[Wine]] but currently only has experimental support for GUI applicationsdevelopment.

*[https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php '''E-Maculation'''] - This links to their wiki, but they also have a forum that's "super busy." They provide setup guides and builds when the emulators themselves don't.* [http://macintoshgarden.org/guides#Selecting_an_Emulator Macintosh Garden] (They feature many abandonware games. This page shows guides with links to installing any of the three covered emulators, two for the 68K line called ''Basilisk II'' & ''Mini vMac''; and one for the PowerPC called ''SheepShaver''.)* [https://www.macintoshrepository.org/ Macintosh Repository] A page with tons of software for the Macintosh and other Apple computers, including games and much more.* [https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/2886439?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0 Pathways into Emulators - A Guide to Pre-Halo Bungie Games] (www.bungie.net forums. Mar 17 2011. Includes guide links for running ''Basilisk II'' on Windows, mac OS and Linux.)* [https://infinitemac.org/ InfiniteMac]/[https://github.com/mihaip/infinite-mac Github] A project based on Basilisk II, SheepShaver and Mini vMac which makes several Macintosh and Early MacOS versions available on any web browser.

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