Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Everything is terrible now in tech. So I'm here to contradict myself.
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![Apple Silicon can run Mac OS 9.2 and PowerPC OS X 10 and heres how I did it on my MacBook Air M1
/edit: Some of the info here is a bit dated since QEMU has a native M1 port now which should remove the part about going Apple Silicon to X86 to PPC and now just Apple Silicon to PPC, and improve performance. See https://youtu.be/lZsjWuHgngI
Did I ever end up deep in the woods... For another video Im working on I wanted to record video of previous versions of OS X which lead me to getting all the way to 10.5 before I hit Intel territory on my Mac Pro. I installed QEMU, and went to work. I wasnt really thinking about it but I started on my M1 being new to QEMU and ended up virtualizing Mac OS 9.2.1 and I havent seen anyone else do this before on Apple Silicon.
I wrote a blog post about it and now heres the video.
Running Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.0 - 10.4 on Apple Silicon (M1) & Intel via QEMU
http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2021/01/13/install-powerpc-macos-osx-on-apple-silicon-m1-and-x86-intel.html
Ive noticed a few people on MacProUpgrade ask Why? or Whats the point? which is surprising to me but it is a valid question. Theres quite a bit of legacy software people may need to run for some reason or another, be it open an old document that from a defunct application, or to play a game that was never ported to a modern OS.
MacRumors: [SUCCESS] Virtualize Windows 10 for ARM on M1 with Alexander Grafs qemu hypervisor patch
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/success-virtualize-windows-10-for-arm-on-m1-with-alexander-grafs-qemu-hypervisor-patch.2272354/
Edit: Looks like another dev did long before me, full month+ before I got my MacBook Air. No surprises there as I even mentioned I was a bit surprised no one else had done it yet. :) Im not on twitter so I didnt think to check it but found this.
https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/1329565888320843779 Apple Silicon can run Mac OS 9.2 and PowerPC OS X 10 and heres how I did it on my MacBook Air M1](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aeSx4pm4MwY/mqdefault.jpg)







