Mac OS X Emulator?

NinjaTails · #1 16th May 2007, 04:15 PM

Alright, I've got WINE up and running, but I already hate windows enough, I don't need WINE. Is there a Mac OS X emulator out there anywhere for FC6? (Or lower... or higher...)

hiberphoptik · #2 16th May 2007, 06:05 PM

yes, its called PearPC (http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/) I used it on FC4 and it worked but it was not very fast, might be better now its been a few years

NinjaTails · #3 16th May 2007, 07:38 PM

Ugh. I meant a specific Mac OS X emulator, like the one WINE has for windows, where it opens up the .app files, like wine opens the .exe's. I tried PearPC back on windows, but I never really figured it out.

BNiels707 · #4 16th May 2007, 08:10 PM

I don't believe what you are looking for exists.

And for the record, Wine is not an emulator, it is a set of libraries that allows Windows executables to be run somewhat natively within a Linux environment. An emulated version of Windows, or the hardware beneath it, is never created / executed.

PearPC is more of a virtualisation solution, it emulates the Apple hardware so Mac OS X can be installed within the emulator.

NinjaTails · #5 16th May 2007, 08:28 PM

Aah, that makes sense. Are there any guides or anything on how to set up a Mac OS X emulator in PearPC? Because back on windows, I was never able to set up the emulator successfully because of the image file.

BNiels707 · #6 17th May 2007, 03:00 AM

Not really sure.

Looks to me like you'd have to compile PearPC from source (plenty of tutorials available for that). From there you create a disc image (or download one of the blanks provided for you). Finally you would follow their guides for installing the OS.

Doesn't look all the bad, except for possibly the compiling bit.

You should try it and then write the tutorial! At the very least try it out, and ask questions.

NinjaTails · #7 17th May 2007, 03:35 PM

Ack, I've never compiled ANYTHNG before... are there tutorials on that? *sweat drop*

BNiels707 · #8 17th May 2007, 04:39 PM

I'd start here:

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html

NinjaTails · #9 17th May 2007, 07:38 PM

Well from what I read on PearPC it's a PPC emulator, and the only Mac OS X version I have is x86... what aboue the VMware?

Janl · #10 17th May 2007, 09:03 PM

VMWare doesn't support Mac OS X.

paul matthijsse · #11 17th May 2007, 09:26 PM

I'm not very knowledgeable on this Mac/VMware topic, but I did run Mac OS Tiger in a virtual machine (VMPlayer) on Linux, about one or two years ago or so. Unusable slow, but perhaps that was because it was still a PPC-build?

Paul.

cuvtixo · #12 17th May 2007, 10:10 PM

Theoretically, you would want to install X86 OSX as a native OS on your machine, preferably on its own partition, but I believe this might be against the latest Apple license agreement, which I think requires OSX to be installed only on Apple hardware. There are sites on the net which have instructions on how to do this for x86 OS X, which unfortunately has complicated hardware issues as well as questionable legal status. You could also look at sites about putting full OSX on the AppleTV, which would be applicable (and a preferable solution.)
If you are interested in running unix tools on the HFS file systems, you should look into Darwin, and the now defunct OpenDarwin, but you will not be able to run the normal Mac GUI and most all of the commercial Macintosh applications.
Your best bet is to switch to linux entirely. Perhaps you want M$ Office on your machine? Because really OSX has nothing else to offer except perhaps compatibility with other Mac machines. They are essentially a hardware company- (which happens to have great support for their machines)
Good Luck!

NinjaTails · #13 17th May 2007, 11:55 PM

I honestly can't be in the running for the 'nux-Windows-Mac competition, because I need all three. I use windows for my games, linux for programming, and I need the Mac for video editing. (It's a program called Final Cut, it's only for Mac) So VMWare doesn't support the x86 version? Or did I read that incorrectly?

cuvtixo · #14 18th May 2007, 12:15 AM

Your install dvd probably has Universal Binaries for both PowerPC and x86, so PearPC could be a decent solution, although I could be wrong.

I understand you probably can't do this, but for others- alternatives to Final Cut Pro http://www.osalt.com/final-cut-pro
including Avidemux 2.3
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cuvtixo · #15 18th May 2007, 01:47 AM

SOFTPEAR!!!
compatibility software between the IBM PC and the Apple Macintosh architecture.

With Mac OS X, an excellent operating system is available, unfortunately it runs only on Macintosh hardware. Therefore this project seeks to create compatibility layers to run Mac OS X and Mac OS X Software on IBM PC hardware.

We do not develop an emulator for PowerPC Macintosh machines (like "PearPC", or like "Basilisk" or "UAE" for other platforms) and we do not help you in running pirated versions of Mac OS X on your PC! Instead, the project has more similarities to Digital's "FX!32", FreeBSD's "Linux Binary Compatbility" and "WINE".

http://www.softpear.org/wiki/Main_Page