Article ID = 114
Article Title = Virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server)
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 3rd February 2014
Article Last Updated = 27th March 2019
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?114
Article Brief Description:
Instructions for installing, setting up and virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server) on a modern Mac so you can use Rosetta (PowerPC) based applications.
This article deals with setting up/installing a virtual machine with Mac OS X 10.6 clean/from scratch. If you would like to transfer an existing Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 to a virtual machine, or take a Mac OS X 10.6 bootable storage device/clone/disk image and convert it into a virtual machine please see this article instead.![Mac os x 10.6 3 iso 64-bit Mac os x 10.6 3 iso 64-bit](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/06cAAOSwwbdfb7li/s-l400.jpg)
Article Title = Virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server)
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 3rd February 2014
Article Last Updated = 27th March 2019
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?114
Article Brief Description:
Instructions for installing, setting up and virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server) on a modern Mac so you can use Rosetta (PowerPC) based applications.
Virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server/Rosetta
The ability to virtualise Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is important and very useful as it is the only way to use Rosetta(PowerPC) based applications on a modern Macintosh computer. MacStrategy presents a special guide to doing just this. You mustvirtualise Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server and not the client version. This is a legal requirement by Apple.You are legally allowed to virtualise the server version but not the normal, client version.Shop for apps by category, read user reviews, and buy apps in. OS X 10.6.8 or later Safari 4.0.3 or later More information Download Now. Download Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard OS X 10.6. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the seventh major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 dmg for Mac download free offline setup. A smooth and very interactive operating system with numerous features. We are providing the facility to install the standalone setup of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 full version with a direct link.
This article deals with setting up/installing a virtual machine with Mac OS X 10.6 clean/from scratch. If you would like to transfer an existing Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 to a virtual machine, or take a Mac OS X 10.6 bootable storage device/clone/disk image and convert it into a virtual machine please see this article instead.
Virtualisation Software
- Parallels Desktop [£69.99 inc VAT - 14 day free trial available]
- VMWare Fusion [£70.00 inc VAT - 30 day free trial available]
- Oracle VirtualBox [FREE - Open source under GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2]
Instructions
Some people have reported that if you have a very modern Macintosh computer (one released well after Mac OS X 10.6 existed) it is not easy/possible to install to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server in a virtual environment. We're looking into that and will update this article with more information when we have it. We'll test with other Macs as and when we can and update this article accordingly. For this article we have tested using the following Macs:- MacBook Pro 15' (Early 2011 model - MacBookPro8,2) [released after 10.6.3]
- Mac mini (Late 2012 model - Macmini6,2) [released after 10.6.3]
Preparation
NOTE: You will need a Mac with a physical, optical drive to create an ISO disk image of the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD. This does not need to be the Mac you ultimately install the virtual machine on, you just need a Mac with an optical drive to create the ISO disk image of the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD in the first place.- Obtain your preferred virtualisation software (see list above)
- Obtain the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install disc:
- If you don't have one, it is available by calling the Apple Store (in the UK 0800 048 0408) - you cannot buy it via the Apple online store
- You need part number 'MC588Z/A' which is specifically 'Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Server Unlimited Clients Single Licence International' (£14.00 inc VAT in the UK) - not the normal client edition (part number MC573Z/A)
- Create an ISO disk image of the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD:
- Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
- Insert your Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD
- In Disk Utility, in the top left, click on the icon for the optical drive not the indented line for the disc volume
- Go to File menu > New > Disk Image from device name, where device name is the OS name of your optical drive e.g. disk1
- In the save dialogue box enter a suitable filename e.g. 'Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 ISO.dmg'. Leave Image Format with the default setting of compressed.
- Wait for the image to be created and then eject the original DVD
- Archive/backup the 'Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 ISO.dmg' disc image that you just created
- Purchase/install/update your preferred virtualisation software
- Make sure you have plenty of free hard disk space (a basic 10.6 Server install is about ~8.5GB before your own applications and you'll need at least twice that if you need to clone it for multiple installations), so we recommend at least 25GB of free space
- Make sure your actual, physical Mac has a working internet connection e.g. use a web browser to go to https://www.apple.com and see if you can view a web page
- Create a dedicated folder to share files/documents with the virtual environment e.g. in your Documents folder create a folder titled '106SharedFolder'
Parallels Desktop v9 (or later) Instructions
- Open Parallels
- Go to File menu > New
- Click on 'Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file' and click Continue
- Click on 'Image File'
- Drag your Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD ISO image file to the area in the window
- Click Continue to begin installing Mac OS X
- Name your virtual machine e.g. 'Mac OS X 10.6 Server'
- Tick the 'Customize settings before installation' option
- Choose your required custom settings. We recommend:
- General > CPUs and Memory e.g. 2 CPUs and 4GB RAM)
- Options > Sharing - for best security set 'Share Folders' to 'None', untick 'SmartMount' 'Map mac volumes to virtual Machine and click 'Custom Folders…' and add your dedicated shared folder e.g. in your Documents > '106SharedFolder' (as per the preparation section above)
- Hardware > Video > Video memory - the more memory assigned the higher the resolution available for the virtual environment
- Hardware > Network 1 > Type > Bridged Network: 'Built-in Ethernet' - the virtual environment will use your physical Mac's Ethernet network configuration
- Security > Time Machine > Do not back up virtual machine
- Close settings window and click 'Continue'
- The virtual machine will reboot to the OS X Server install disc (Apple logo + whirling wheel underneath)
- Follow the on screen instructions
- At the Install Mac OS X Server screen, click 'Customize…' in the bottom left and select custom options as required, specifically tick 'Rosetta' and 'QuickTime 7'. Only tick 'Langauge Translations' or 'X11' if you specifically need them otherwise you are just wasting space. No need to tick 'Printer Support' as it's a virtual environment and if drivers are needed OS X will automatically download and install the latest driver versions as required.
- After the installation completes and the virtual machine reboots please be patient, especially with any black screens - everything is slightly slower in a virtual environment
- At the Welcome screen follow the on screen instructions NOTE: If 10.6 Server needs to be installed on multiple Macs using different serial numbers that you have no control over make a copy or clone of the virtual machine before entering the serial number:
- In Parallels 'Shut down' the virtual machine and choose shut down again to force the Mac to shut down if necessary
- In the Finder go to the Parallels virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Parallels)
- Copy/duplicate/archive the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine file (pvm)
- Copy this file to the same place on additional Macs with Parallels as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Parallels)
- In Parallels go to Window menu > Virtual Machines List
- Select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine (don't open it or start it)
- Go to File menu > Clone and make a clone of the virtual machine
- Copy the clone to additional Macs with Parallels as required
- Start up the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine again and complete the initial installation (and enter your serial number)
- Set up as a new server
- If you don't want to register at the registration page click inside the virtual machine and window and press (Apple+q) then click the 'Skip' button
- At the Administrator Account screen untick 'Enable administrators to log in remotely using SSH' and 'Enable administrators to manage this server remotely' and create an admin account
- At the Network screen select Ethernet on the left and on the right set 'Configure IPv4' to 'Using DHCP'
- At the Network Names screen set 'Primary DNS Name' to 'my106server.private' and 'Computer Name' to 'my106server' (use different, identifiable names if you are installing on multiple Macs e.g. 106server01.private / 106server01, then 106server02.private / 106server02, and so on… - these can be changed later if required)
- At the Users and Groups screen choose 'Configure Manually'
- At the Connect to a Directory Server screen untick 'Connect to a Directory Server'
- At the Directory Services screen untick 'Set up an Open Directory master'
- Click 'Setup' and Mac OS X Server will configure itself
- Now the Finder will appear and the Server Admin application will open NOTE: Under Settings >
- General tab you can change the serial number
- Network tab you can change the Computer Name and/or Local Hostname
- Quit Server Admin
- Unmount the 'Mac OS X Server Install Disc'
- Go to Virtual Machine menu > Install Parallels Tools…
- Install Parallels Tools, following the on screen instructions and restart the virtual machine when complete
- Set the screen resolution as required
- Set your Finder > Preferences
- Move or delete the 'Mac OS X Server Next Steps.pdf' from the Desktop - you do not need to do any of this.
- To avoid confusion rename the hard disk from Macintosh HD to something that is different to your current hard disk e.g. '106 Server HD'
- Remove unneeded server administration tools icons from the Dock
- Go to Apple menu > Software Update and install all available updates (there will be quite a lot of updates and the 10.6.8 server update is over 1GB in size so they could take some time to download/install)
- Keep going to Apple menu > Software Update and installing all available updates until there are no more updates to install NOTE: If you are going to install 10.6 Server on multiple Macs and you have control over the serial numbers you can now make a copy or clone of the virtual machine and simply change the serial number on each installation:
- In Parallels 'Shut down' the virtual machine and choose shut down again to force the Mac to shut down if necessary
- In the Finder go to the Parallels virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Parallels)
- Copy/duplicate/archive the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine file (pvm)
- Copy this file to the same place on additional Macs with Parallels as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Parallels) NOTE: On the Mac with a new installation, open Server Admin and go to Settings > General tab to change the serial number
- In Parallels go to Window menu > Virtual Machines List
- Select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine (don't open it or start it)
- Go to File menu > Clone and make a clone of the virtual machine
- Copy the clone to additional Macs with Parallels as required NOTE: On the Mac with a new installation, open Server Admin and go to Settings > General tab to change the serial number
- Install your required Rosetta/PowerPC/10.6 compatible software
- Check the Mac OS X 10.6 Server Notes NOTE: You cannot drag and drop between the Mac OS X virtual environment and your normal Mac/primary OS but you can configure the Virtual Machine to have a shared folder with your primary OS though - go to Parallels, Virtual Machine menu > Configure… > Options > Sharing - for best security set 'Share Folders' to 'None', untick 'SmartMount' 'Map mac volumes to virtual Machine and click 'Custom Folders…' and add shared folder(s) as required e.g. use the dedicated Documents > '106SharedFolder' folder in your primary OS as per the preparation section above
VMWare Fusion
- Open VMWare Fusion
- Go to File menu > New
- At the 'Select the Installation Method' screen click on 'Install from disc or image' and click Continue
- Drag your Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD ISO image file to the area in the window and click Continue
- At the 'Choose Operating System' screen select Apple Mac OS X > Mac OS X Server 10.6 Mac OS X Server 10.6'/>
- At the 'Virtual Machine Summary' click 'Customize Settings'
- Name your virtual machine e.g. 'Mac OS X 10.6 Server'
- Choose your required custom settings
- We recommend:
- Processors & Memory > CPUs and Memory e.g. 2 CPUs and 4GB/4096MB RAM)
- Hard Disk (SATA) > virtual machine drive size of 64GB
- Close the settings window and click 'Finish'
- Click the start button/triangle in the middle of the screen to begin installing Mac OS X
- The virtual machine will reboot to the OS X Server install disc (Apple logo + whirling wheel underneath)
- Follow the on screen instructions
- At the Install Mac OS X Server screen, click 'Customize…' in the bottom left and select custom options as required, specifically tick 'Rosetta' and 'QuickTime 7'. Only tick 'Langauge Translations' or 'X11' if you specifically need them otherwise you are just wasting space. No need to tick 'Printer Support' as it's a virtual environment and if drivers are needed OS X will automatically download and install the latest driver versions as required.
- After the installation completes and the virtual machine reboots please be patient, especially with any black screens - everything is slightly slower in a virtual environment
- At the Welcome screen follow the on screen instructions NOTE: If 10.6 Server needs to be installed on multiple Macs using different serial numbers that you have no control over make a copy or clone of the virtual machine before entering the serial number:
- Go to Virtual Machine menu > Shut down and click the 'Shut Down' button
- Quit VMWare Fusion
- In the Finder go to the Fusion virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Virtual Machines)
- Copy/duplicate/archive the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine file (pvm)
- Copy this file to the same place on additional Macs with Fusion as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Virtual Machines)
- If you have Fusion 'Professional', in Fusion select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine from the Virtual Machine Library (you cannot create clones using the standard version of Fusion - use the copy method above instead)
- Click Virtual Machine and select 'Create Full Clone'
- Type a name for the clone e.g. 'Mac OS X 10.6 Server Clone' and click Save to make a clone of the virtual machine
- The clone file is created in the Fusion Virtual Machines folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Virtual Machines)
- Copy the clone to additional Macs with Fusion as required
- Start up the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine again and complete the initial installation (and enter your serial number)
- Set up as a new server
- If you don't want to register at the registration page click inside the virtual machine and window and press (Apple+q) then click the 'Skip' button
- At the Administrator Account screen untick 'Enable administrators to log in remotely using SSH' and 'Enable administrators to manage this server remotely' and create an admin account
- At the Network screen select Ethernet on the left and on the right set 'Configure IPv4' to 'Using DHCP'
- At the Network Names screen set 'Primary DNS Name' to 'my106server.private' and 'Computer Name' to 'my106server' (use different, identifiable names if you are installing on multiple Macs e.g. 106server01.private / 106server01, then 106server02.private / 106server02, and so on… - these can be changed later if required)
- At the Users and Groups screen choose 'Configure Manually'
- At the Connect to a Directory Server screen untick 'Connect to a Directory Server'
- At the Directory Services screen untick 'Set up an Open Directory master'
- Click 'Setup' and Mac OS X Server will configure itself
- Now the Finder will appear and the Server Admin application will open NOTE: Under Settings >
- General tab you can change the serial number
- Network tab you can change the Computer Name and/or Local Hostname
- Quit Server Admin
- Unmount the 'Mac OS X Server Install Disc'
- Go to Virtual Machine menu > Settings…
- Click on Network Adapter, make sure it is switched on then select 'Autodetect' under 'Bridged Networking'
- Close Settings window
- In your virtual Mac go to Apple menu > Location > Network Preferences
- Enter the same numbers for 'DNS Server:' as those on your actual Mac (Apple menu > Location > Network Preferences in your non-virtual, actual OS that is running)
- In your virtual Mac close Network Preferences
- Go to Virtual Machine menu > Update VMWare Tools
- Install VMWare Tools, following the on screen instructions and restart the virtual machine when complete
- Set the screen resolution as required
- Set your Finder > Preferences
- Move or delete the 'Mac OS X Server Next Steps.pdf' from the Desktop - you do not need to do any of this.
- To avoid confusion rename the hard disk from Macintosh HD to something that is different to your current hard disk e.g. '106 Server HD'
- Remove unneeded server administration tools icons from the Dock
- Go to Apple menu > Software Update and install all available updates (there will be quite a lot of updates and the 10.6.8 server update is over 1GB in size so they could take some time to download/install)
- Keep going to Apple menu > Software Update and installing all available updates until there are no more updates to install NOTE: If you are going to install 10.6 Server on multiple Macs and you have control over the serial numbers you can now make a copy or clone of the virtual machine and simply change the serial number on each installation:
- Go to Virtual Machine menu > Shut down and click the 'Shut Down' button
- Quit VMWare Fusion
- In the Finder go to the Fusion virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Virtual Machines)
- Copy/duplicate/archive the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine file (pvm)
- Copy this file to the same place on additional Macs with Fusion as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Virtual Machines) NOTE: On the Mac with a new installation, open Server Admin and go to Settings > General tab to change the serial number
- If you have Fusion 'Professional', in Fusion select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine from the Virtual Machine Library (you cannot create clones using the standard version of Fusion - use the copy method above instead)
- Click Virtual Machine and select 'Create Full Clone'
- Type a name for the clone e.g. 'Mac OS X 10.6 Server Clone' and click Save to make a clone of the virtual machine
- The clone file is created in the Fusion Virtual Machines folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > Documents > Virtual Machines)
- Copy the clone to additional Macs with Fusion as required NOTE: On the Mac with a new installation, open Server Admin and go to Settings > General tab to change the serial number
- Install your required Rosetta/PowerPC/10.6 compatible software
- Check the Mac OS X 10.6 Server Notes NOTE: Although drag and drop (between the Mac OS X virtual environment and your normal Mac/primary OS) is enabled in the virtual machine settings by default it is not supported with Mac OS X 10.6 Server but you can configure the virtual machine to have a shared folder with your primary OS - go to Fusion, Virtual Machine menu > Settings… > Sharing and add shared folder(s) as required e.g. use the dedicated Documents > '106SharedFolder' folder in your primary OS as per the preparation section above
VirtualBox
- Open VirtualBox
- Go to Machine menu > New
- Click on 'Expert Mode'
- Name your virtual machine e.g. 'Mac OS X 10.6 Server'
- Set 'Type' to 'Mac OS X'
- Set 'Version' to 'Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (64-bit)'
- Choose your required custom settings. We recommend:
- Memory Size > 4096MB (4GB)
- Hard Disk > 'Create a virtual hard disk now'
- Click 'Create'
- Set your virtual disk settings. We recommend:
- File Size > at least 20GB
- Hard disk file type > 'VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)'
- Storage on physical hard disk > 'Dynamically allocated'
- Click 'Create'
- Select the new virtual OS on the left and click 'Settings' at the top
- Set your virtual OS settings. We recommend:
- Display > Screen > Video memory - the more memory assigned the higher the resolution available for the virtual environment e.g. set it to 128MB
- Audio > UNTICK 'Enable Audio' - according to the VirtualBox forums it is best that audio is disabled
- Shared Folders > add your dedicated shared folder e.g. in your Documents > '106SharedFolder' (as per the preparation section above)
- Click 'OK'
- Select your virtual OS on the left and click 'Start' at the top
- Click on the little 'Choose a virtual optical disk file…' yellow folder icon
- Locate your Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD ISO image file and 'Open' it
- Click 'Start'
- The virtual machine will reboot to the OS X Server install disc with lots of text on the screen - be patient until the installer language screen appears
- Follow the on screen instructions
- At the Install Mac OS X Server screen if the virtual hard disk is not present, go to Utilites menu > Disk Utility > select the virtual disk on the left > click 'Partition' on the right > name the drive something different to your main computer's hard disk e.g. '106 Server HD' > and partition the drive
- Quit Disk Utility
- At the Install Mac OS X Server screen, click 'Customize…' in the bottom left and select custom options as required, specifically tick 'Rosetta' and 'QuickTime 7'. Only tick 'Langauge Translations' or 'X11' if you specifically need them otherwise you are just wasting space. No need to tick 'Printer Support' as it's a virtual environment and if drivers are needed OS X will automatically download and install the latest driver versions as required.
- After the installation completes and the virtual machine reboots please be patient, especially with any black screens - everything is slightly slower in a virtual environment
- At the Welcome screen follow the on screen instructions NOTE: If 10.6 Server needs to be installed on multiple Macs using different serial numbers that you have no control over make a copy or clone of the virtual machine before entering the serial number:
- In the VirtualBox virtual OS window click the red circle in the top left and select 'Power off the machine' to force the Mac to shut down
- In the Finder go to the VirtualBox virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > VirtualBox VMs)
- Copy/duplicate/archive the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine folder
- Copy this folder to the same place on additional Macs with VirtualBox as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > VirtualBox VMs)
- In the main VirtualBox window select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine on the left (don't open it or start it)
- Go to Machine menu > Clone… and make a clone of the virtual machine
- Copy the clone to additional Macs with VirtualBox as required
- In the main VirtualBox window select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine on the left and click 'Settings' > System > Motherboard
- Move 'Hard Disk' to the top of the 'Boot Order' list and UNTICK all other options
- Click 'Storage' and right click/control click on the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD ISO image file in the 'Storage Tree' to select 'Remove Attachment'
- Click 'OK'
- Start up the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine again and complete the initial installation (and enter your serial number)
- Set up as a new server
- If you don't want to register at the registration page click inside the virtual machine and window and press (Apple+q) then click the 'Skip' button
- At the Administrator Account screen untick 'Enable administrators to log in remotely using SSH' and 'Enable administrators to manage this server remotely' and create an admin account
- At the Network screen select Ethernet on the left and on the right set 'Configure IPv4' to 'Using DHCP'
- At the Network Names screen set 'Primary DNS Name' to 'my106server.private' and 'Computer Name' to 'my106server' (use different, identifiable names if you are installing on multiple Macs e.g. 106server01.private / 106server01, then 106server02.private / 106server02, and so on… - these can be changed later if required)
- At the Users and Groups screen choose 'Configure Manually'
- At the Connect to a Directory Server screen untick 'Connect to a Directory Server'
- At the Directory Services screen untick 'Set up an Open Directory master'
- Click 'Setup' and Mac OS X Server will configure itself
- Now the Finder will appear and the Server Admin application will open NOTE: Under Settings >
- General tab you can change the serial number
- Network tab you can change the Computer Name and/or Local Hostname
- Quit Server Admin
- If you want to add the virtual optical drive back to the VM in the main VirtualBox window select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine on the left and click 'Settings' > Storage and add Optical Disc to the 'Storage Tree' with the 'Leave Empty' option
- Click 'OK'
- Set your Finder > Preferences
- Move or delete the 'Mac OS X Server Next Steps.pdf' from the Desktop - you do not need to do any of this.
- Remove unneeded server administration tools icons from the Dock
- Go to Apple menu > Software Update and install all available updates (there will be quite a lot of updates and the 10.6.8 server update is over 1GB in size so they could take some time to download/install)
- Keep going to Apple menu > Software Update and installing all available updates until there are no more updates to install NOTE: If you are going to install 10.6 Server on multiple Macs and you have control over the serial numbers you can now make a copy or clone of the virtual machine and simply change the serial number on each installation:
- Select 'Shut Down' from the virtual machine Apple menu
- In the Finder go to the VirtualBox virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > VirtualBox VMs)
- Copy/duplicate/archive the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine folder
- Copy this folder to the same place on additional Macs with VirtualBox as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users >your home directory > VirtualBox VMs)
- In the main VirtualBox window select the Mac OS X 10.6 Server virtual machine on the left (don't open it or start it)
- Go to Machine menu > Clone… and make a clone of the virtual machine
- Copy the clone to additional Macs with VirtualBox as required NOTE: On the Mac with a new installation, open Server Admin and go to Settings > General tab to change the serial number
- Install your required Rosetta/PowerPC/10.6 compatible software
- Check the Mac OS X 10.6 Server Notes NOTE: You cannot drag and drop between the Mac OS X virtual environment and your normal Mac/primary OS but you can configure the Virtual Machine to have a shared folder with your primary OS though - go to Settings > Shared Folders and add shared folder(s) as required e.g. use the dedicated Documents > '106SharedFolder' folder in your primary OS as per the preparation section above
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Mac OS X 10.6 Server Notes
Security Notes
Mac OS X 10.6 is no longer supported with security updates so be sure to follow our recommendations for securing older operating systems, specifically:- Don't use Apple Safari as it is no longer updated and thus it is not secure - use a supported web browser e.g. Roccat or TenFourFox
- Don't use Apple Mail as it is no longer updated and thus it is not secure (unless you are running this virtual Mac specifically to run Eudora use a mail client in your primary OS instead)
- Don't install unsupported web plug-ins and disable old plugins:
- Go to 106 Server HD (or whatever you have named the virtual hard disk) > Library
- If there is no folder named 'Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)', create a new folder named that
- Open the 'Internet Plug-Ins' folder and move all the items in it to the 'Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)' folder NOTE: To move the files you will need to authenticate as an administrator of the computer.
- Restart the virtual machine (go to Apple menu > Restart)
General Notes
- As it is a server installation automatic login is off by default - you can turn it on in Apple menu > System Preferences > Accounts > Login Options > Automatic Login
- There are extra folders on the root of the hard disk titled 'Groups' and 'Shared Items' - this is normal, you don't need to worry about them, but do not delete them.
- There is an extra folder in Applications titled 'Server' - this is normal, you don't need to worry about it - it contains the server administrator software, but do not delete the folder/software.
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Mac OS 10.3.X (Panther) is now being installed on all new Cal Poly faculty/staff Macintosh workstations and the OS only keeps getting better! It has been designed for users who could also be new the Macintosh, users who have only recently upgraded from OS 9 to OS X, or users who simply want to understand more about the good new features available in 10.3 Panther (e.g., Expose’, FileVault, Fast User Switching, the Sidebar, etc.).
This examines desktop, dock, and toolbars; setting system preferences (e.g., personal settings, hardware settings, internet settings, printer preferences, etc.); fixing user accounts; file-sharing; basic troubleshooting techniques and more.
License
Official Installer
Official Installer
File Size
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Version
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Overview of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
OS X is better than OS 9! Why? Because OS X has incorporated the features of multi-tasking, multi-threading, multi-user, protective memory, and a slew of other features. Apple created OS X because they weren’t ready to incorporate these important features in the previous codebase.
Apple attempted to try to to it with OS 9 during a project called “Copeland” but it failed Apple realized they were getting to need to create a completely new operating system; thus, OS X was born! the great news is that applications coexist with each other more nicely in OS X.
Users have the advantage of multitasking, which allows for multiple applications to be open at the same time without one application hogging all the CPU power. Multi-threading allows a multiprocessor computer to utilize both processors to their fullest capacity, which ends up in much more POWER and speed! The multi-user feature of OS X allows all the files to be assigned privileges in order that multiple people can use one computer and have their Desktop and applications personally customized.
Although it’s going to not sound like much, protective memory is useful for the rare incidence when an application crashes because the crash of 1 program doesn’t affect the opposite open applications or crash the OS of the PC – this is why some people claim that they haven’t had to reboot their computers for months or maybe years after installing OS X! Goodbye, unstable environment!
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OS X Desktop and Dock
Most of what you are doing on your Mac begins on the Desktop. The Desktop allows you to manage files, store documents, launch programs, adjust the way your Mac works, and far more! The first icon you’ll probably notice on your Desktop is that the disk drive icon (usually labeled as Macintosh HD, iMac HD, or something like that). The disk drive icon resides within the upper-right corner of your Desktop and by double-clicking upon it, you’ll view the files and applications on your disk drive.
At rock bottom of the OS X Desktop, you’ll see a row of icons. These icons comprise the “Dock.” Single-clicking a dock icon allows you to either-
- Open applications, files, or folders; or
- Bring an open application, file, or folder to the front of all the others.
Whenever you launch a program, Mac OS X puts its icon within the Dock – marked with a touch black triangle. As soon as you quit the program, its icon disappears from the Dock unless you had placed the application within the Dock permanently. If you realize the appliance is one that you simply use tons and would like to stay it within the Dock permanently, simply press and hold down your mouse on the Dock icon and choose “Keep in Dock” and alias are going to be made.
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Pressing and holding your mouse (or Control-Clicking or Right-clicking if you’ve got a right mouse button) on a folder that resides within the Dock allows you to ascertain the contents of a whole folder also as other folders embedded in the folder. You’ll also put away files by dragging them directly into the Dock’s folder icons even as if it were a daily folder on the disk drive.
Menu Commands
An examination of the Finder File Menu will reveal a couple of changes from OS 9. for instance, the keyboard command to form an alias is not any longer Command + M; the command has been changed to Command + L. To maneuver an item to the trash, select the item (i.e., click once on a document you would like to trash so its icon is highlighted) and use the keyboard command of Command + Delete (Backspace).
Note: you’ll later empty the trash by selecting Shift + Command + Delete (if you’re within the Finder at the time) otherwise you can also simply choose Empty Trash from the Finder menu. Another way is to click once and hold down the mouse on the Trash icon in the Dock and choose Empty Trash. Press the choice key once you choose Empty Trash to stop the warning message from appearing.
System Requirements for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
- Require PowerPC G3 processors
- Require 128 MB RAM Size
- Require 2GB Hard Drive Space
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