What I need in particular are ways of making Mac OS 8 or 8.1 look and feel like OS X.

I found an app that allows iTunes to be installed on Mac OS 8.6 and was able to use Res-Edit to install it on Mac OS 8.1.

I installed a Control panel that allows Font Smoothing and can use Lucida Grande.

I also have about 7 themes for Kaliedoscope that change the appearance to OS X and I am using them all to make a combined OS X theme with all the bells and whistles.

I heard on ResExcellence that iMovie can be run on Mac OS 8.6, but couldnt find anything on Google.

Even tho i found some articles and files for iTunes, Kaliedoscope, and iMovie, I need more. There HAS to be more.

So, what am I missing?

What I know I need:

1. A way to make the icon text background transparent.
2. Any iApp's that will run on Mac OS 8
3. A working Dock app for OS 8
4. OS X Icons
5. OS X Sound sets
6. OS X Cursors

Please, no Mac OS 8.6 links.

Duckie

P.S. I am running Mac OS 8.1 on my PC as of now with BasiliskII. It has a 40mhz processor, 256 in ram, uses my GeForce2 64meg video, and SB Live! Sound and has NO lag.

Transparent icon text backgrounds can be achieved by a little piece of software called OpColourLight. You can download it from TUCOWS here:

http://allmacintosh.xs4all.nl/preview/204377.html

It makes icon text white (like in OS X) and icon text backgrounds transparent. Works with 68k and PPC, so you should be good to go in Basilisk. And contrary to the TUCOWS blurb, you can change the text color if the white is unreadable with your desktop background: you fiddle with a resource ("CLUT" IIRC) in ResEdit.

As for a Dock-like app, there are many, including DragStrip, Drag Thing, Drop Drawers, Action GoMac, and A-Dock. A-Dock is the most Dock-like of the bunch but I don't know if it'll run under OS8, or with a 68k machine (Basilisk emulates a 68k Mac, yes?).

I'm sure there are OS X system sounds out there for OS 8/9, but I don't know where you'd find them, as I don't have any interest in using system sounds myself.

As for icons, I would imagine your Kaleidoscope schemes patch many standard icons and replace them with OS X-style ones, yes? Another way to get them is to use OS 8/9 _themes_ instead of Kaleidoscope _schemes_. Themes work directly with the OS, making Kaleidoscope unnecessary. To use a theme, you put it in the Themes folder in the Appearance folder (forget where exactly, it differs between OS 8 and 9, and I haven't used either one for 6 months now), then go into the Appearance Control Panel and switch from the Platinum theme to your new one. If you can't find the "Aqua" or "Liquid" theme by searching the Web or elsewhere, let me know; I may be able to email them to you.

Although, come to think of it, I can't remember of theme support was present in 8.1; it might have come only with 8.5. Oh well...

www.resexcellence.com and www.macmonkies.com, among many other places, have lots of custom icons that will work in both OS 8 and OS X.

Finally cursors: there are only two main OS X cursors: the arrow and the spinning rainbow thingie. The former is a little different than OS 8's, but not so's you'd notice. The latter, I don't know where you'd get that -- everyone who uses OS X hates it so much that I don't think there's been any desire to have it show up in OS8/9.

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Wow! That's an interesting project! It almost belongs in the hack forum!

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My set-ups include kaleidescope schemes (appearance window and sound themes on my 6500 along with A-Dock), apple event sounds, a very aqua-frindly, transparent cursor, taskmenubar in lieau of the dock, some icons I re-designed with iconmachine from 32-bit icons (I use the 32-bit ones on my pmacs), a hacked apple calculator, an extension to make the menus transparent, a more OS X like finder browser, OpcolourLight on my 6500, 1400c and emulated 650, and more. Unfortunately, appearance window and sound themes, 32-bit icons and A-Dock only work on PowerMacs and OpcolourLight only runs on 8.0 and higher.

If anyone else is interested, email me for more details and/or sw links on my project.

Railheaddesign did have an aqua that you could drop into your appearance folder ( without dumpy Kaleidoscope ), but the heavies at Apple got wind of it and slapped a "Cease & Desist" order on them. Aka Legal howitzers!
Luckily for me, I downloaded it all B4 the proverbials hit the fan. So maybe you might want a look.
Am trying to code it via Resedit to 68k Mac-aronis.
Cheers
Johnny Appleseed

If anyone wants them, e-mail me. I will arrange something. I'm not about to go public per say. I don't Apple hunting everyone down.

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Someone mentioned a finder patch to make browsing files more like OS X. I'm pretty sure it's Gregs something or other (aren't there a few other Greg Apps?) Anyway it's basically an Applications that gives you one (maybe more) windows that emulate colums view.

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Permanent 68k roommates:
- "PowerMystic" Color Classic, 66MHz PPC601 card, full '040, 36/1.2G/enet, OS 8.1
- "Mystic" Color Classic, full '040, 36/700/enet, OS 8.1
- Q605 overclocked to 33MHz, full '040, 36/1.2G/enet, 8.1, Debian Woody

Aqua 3 is a really good theme, I'm using it on my G4. Will end up loading it on my Duo.

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The problem with computers is they do exactly what you tell them to. Now where's that fuggin 'any' key?

I use Liquid on my PowerMac 5500/275 under Os 9.1 and on my Best friend's Powermac G4/400 under Os 9.2.2 with a lot of pleasure, it works perfectly (better than version v.1.0.2), I mix it with OpColorLight, A-Dock and PowerWindows to make my system look even more Os X-like.
My Best friend is about to buy Os X but for my own computer Os 9.1 is the end of the road...
I hope to be able to buy me a PowerBook G4 soon...
Cheers.
K.

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