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| If you could bring back classic Mac OS software, what would it be? |
Posted by: LaPorta on 2026-02-04 09:13:24
Actually….i wish they had a version of Kaboom! for today’s machines. |
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2026-02-04 13:23:06
Not quite the same. Today’s macOS is a kludge of useless bloat. I prefer the cleaner OS 9 and below interface. Yep, 9.3 with upgraded USB and much larger Disk Partitions would be fabulous, no IOS crappiness.
Buggage free 9.1.1 re-release for older machines that top out at 9.1 would be quite nice as well. |
Posted by: mikes-macs on 2026-02-04 13:40:11
1997 called and you were not home.
When somebody said system bus I went to the bus stop and waited. |
Posted by: SkippRnim on 2026-02-04 14:13:24
Personally I like Aldus SuperPaint better than MacPaint.
And they did try to bring back HyperCard with SuperCard, but it sadly went nowhere. |
Posted by: adespoton on 2026-02-04 14:25:32
Personally I like Aldus SuperPaint better than MacPaint.
And they did try to bring back HyperCard with SuperCard, but it sadly went nowhere. I too preferred SuperPaint. SuperCard was a separate product to HyperCard, and lasted quite a long time -- the last version was 32-bit Intel, so lasted until 2019 as runnable software. It then stayed in support until 2024 when Scott passed away and the site was taken down.
I never ended up spending much time with SuperCard because it didn't have a free runtime in the early days, and then later on, everything it did could be done in a web browser in a cross-platform manner.
Oh, and then there's GraphicConverter by Thornston Lemke -- slightly more recent than SuperPaint, as it was released in 1992, but unlike SuperPaint, it's still being actively developed today (currently on version 12). And as a bonus, Thornston has made all the "classic" versions freely available - you can still download them from lemkesoft.de today, and he's provided registration codes for them.
I find it awesome that he's been able to keep a shareware product going from 1992 right through 2026 and counting. |
Posted by: SkippRnim on 2026-02-04 14:38:12
Oh, and then there's GraphicConverter by Thornston Lemke -- slightly more recent than SuperPaint, as it was released in 1992, but unlike SuperPaint, it's still being actively developed today (currently on version 12). And as a bonus, Thornston has made all the "classic" versions freely available - you can still download them from lemkesoft.de today, and he's provided registration codes for them.
I find it awesome that he's been able to keep a shareware product going from 1992 right through 2026 and counting. I still use GraphicConverter, it still runs well on my M1 MAX. |
Posted by: paws on 2026-02-04 15:07:22
There's an audio editor called SoundMaker that has enough interesting quirks that I keep returning to it. I wish I had the source code for it, or even just the SDK to write plug-ins. There's just something about the interface.
Word 5.1 was also pretty great. |
Posted by: SkippRnim on 2026-02-04 17:55:04
There's an audio editor called SoundMaker that has enough interesting quirks that I keep returning to it. I wish I had the source code for it, or even just the SDK to write plug-ins. There's just something about the interface.
Word 5.1 was also pretty great. I almost became an edm artist because of SoundMaster Pro, and PlayerPro … now thinking back, I wish I had. |
Posted by: nathall on 2026-02-06 19:56:09
MacGolf and Tetris Max |
Posted by: VMSZealot on 2026-02-07 03:38:07
Tetris Max was great. But Wesleyan Tetris was greater! |
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