Ideally, you should download it to the Mac that will use the 9.2.2 System Folder, but you can use another Mac that runs Mac OS X (to extract the System Folder) and transfer it to the Mac that will use it. (BEFORE using a procedure that installs a new system, be sure to BACK UP any valuable data on the Mac's hard drive.) Apple has a download called 'NetBoot for Mac OS 9.' It is available here This download contains a complete System Folder for Mac OS 9.2.2. + The download from Apple (linked below) is obviously not intended to be used in this way. + If you need a version of Mac OS 9 that is earlier than 9.2.2 (such as 9.1), this procedure does not help. It does not work for a Mac with no OS (or an earlier OS), unless you have another Mac that runs Mac OS X.
+ You need a Mac that already has some version of Mac OS X installed, to use this procedure. Before going on, here are some limitations of this method. I confirmed that it does work, so I am sharing what I learned (with more detail than I found elsewhere). I did read about a way to get Mac OS 9.2.2, but never tried it before. To make matters worse, Apple's downloads for the (free) Mac OS 9 updaters are currently not working, so even if a Mac OS 9 installation is performed (from an installation disc), there is no readily available way to get it updated to the latest 9.2.2. Finding a Mac OS 9 installation disc is becoming more and more difficult (and probably expensive), and it is often confusing what version/type is appropriate for a particular Mac model.
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This post is about an alternative (free) source for Mac OS 9.2.2, and how to install it.
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