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Extensions in Classic
Authored by: reverie on Nov 03, '01 09:45:53PM

I still haven't figured out how to run update_prebinding properly (there's no command called xoptimize in my path, so I have no idea what that means), but I've managed to speed up classic *considerably* by turning off almost all extensions. If you go into the extensions manager, you can select "as Packages" from the View menu. I started by turning off everything except for the ones listed in "Classic Compatibility Environment", and then turning on a few extensions at a time until all my applications worked.

My final list (other than application-specific extensions) includes everything in the Mac OS 9.2.1 section that has an icon like two hands holding a book (that's the shared library icon) or a gear icon (that's InputSprockets, which you only need if you're playing games in classic), USB Device Extension, ProxyApp (looks important), and Quicktime (because IE complains about it not being there). I have a Lexmark printer which won't work at all while Classic is running, so you may need some additional extensions to get printing to work.

I added in Kaleidoscope with the Aqua III scheme, Power Windows for live window dragging, and the Classihack for window buffering, and now Classic is almost indistinguishable from OS X, plus it's fast as hell! The only problem I've run into is that I have to force quit classic, as it won't shut down nicely from System Preferences.



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Extensions in Classic - xoptimise or update_prebinding
Authored by: salty on Feb 10, '02 08:22:57AM

I just typed 'update_prebinding -root /' and that seemed to work, repeat with 'update_prebinding -root /volumes/[name of other hard disk]' for any other hard disks or partitions you have that contain applications. for instance I have a secondary drive called c-3po so I type 'update_prebinding -root /volumes/c-3po'



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Download xoptimizer here
Authored by: macupdate on May 18, '02 10:10:54PM

Xoptimizer can be downloaded from MacUpdate at:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6637

There are also two other utilities that perform the prebinding task at:

http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=prebinding

-Joel Mueller
www.macupdate.com



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