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Mac OS 9.1 arrives! What's new?

Mac OS 9.1 arrives Mac OS 9.1 is now available as a free multi-part download. You can try to access it from this link.

Previous problems with the link not working, or being unable to get through, have been resolved. Apple requests that you start by going to this page. From here, click the Download Mac OS 9.1 button and you will eventually be taken to the page from which you can initiate the download. All of the 15 file segments now are served by Akamai, rather than Apple's ftp site. Readers reports that download speeds are now quite fast.

The complete download requires 15 parts for a total of over 70MB. A 71MB single part download is also available (preferable for those with cable/DSL modems or equally fast connections).

Finally, if you have any version of Mac OS 9, you can upgrade to Mac OS 9.1 using the full install CD for $19.95. Or you can purchase the "full" version of Mac OS 9.1 from the Apple Store for $99. [Go to this page for info.]

Several readers have informed us that the Mac OS 9.1 CD, that they ordered from Apple when the Update was first released, has now arrived.

What's new in Mac OS 9.1? Here is a list of the some of the new features in Mac OS 9.1:

AppleScript 1.5.5
AppleShare Client 3.8.8
Apple File Security 2.2 (now supports 128-bit encryption)
CarbonLib 1.1.1 will be supported on Mac OS 8.6, 9.0 and up, and Mac OS X.
ColorSync 3.0.3 (only in the full upgrade)
Desktop Printer Utility 1.3
English Speech Recognition 2.0.4
File Exchange 3.0.4 (although one user reports that it is still at File Exchange 2.2.1)
Finder 9.1 includes some refinements to Get Info window
FireWire Support 2.7 (new devices, including a default driver for more devices)
General Controls 8.0 is a new version of the control panel, rewritten as a PowerPC-native and supporting Multiple Users.
Help 4.0
Language Encodings 1.6
Language Kits 1.1: Most of the fonts which were in CD Extras for Mac OS 9.0 are now installed as part of Language Kits. Components (input methods and fonts) have been updated to newer versions. Unicode script bundle and keyboards are no longer installed; they are now in the Unicode folder in CD Extras.
Multipule Users 1.3.1 offers better support for networking environments, has KidSafe support and several bug fixes.
Network Assistant Security 4.0.2
Open Transport 2.7.4
Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5
Remote Access 4.0 has an extensible authentication protocol and improvements that make it easier to develop PPPoE implementations.
Text Encoding Converter 1.6
URL Access 2.2.1 includes SSL Ref v3, 128-bit encryption. It now supports root certificates.
USB Printer Sharing 1.0.1 allows users to share their USB printers over TCP/IP (physical or wireless).
Apple File Security now supports 128-bit encryption.
USB Support 1.4.6

Systems supported

Mac OS 9.1 will run on any Mac capable of running Mac OS 8.5 through Mac OS 9.0.4.
Mac OS 9.1 IS NOT compatible with Mac OS X Public Beta.

Mac OS 9.1 also adds full support for all the keys on the Apple Pro keyboard when used with pre Summer-2000 Macs.

Mac OS 9.1 Tips and information

Mac OS 9.1 Update is designed to support today's Mac OS 9 customers and ease the transition for tomorrow's Mac OS X customers. The Mac OS 9.1 update delivers additional support for Multiple Users and iTools services, and Sherlock 2 has a new channel Entertainment, making it easy to find movie reviews or your favorite song.

The Mac OS X Public Beta and Mac OS 9.1 are not compatible. If you install Mac OS 9.1, the Classic environment in the Mac OS X Public Beta will no longer function.

If you use a Language Kit, the full install CD is required to upgrade your language kit at the same time as you are upgrading to Mac OS 9.1.

The following Macs must order the update CD to install 9.1: PowerMac series :6100, 7100, 8100, 8115 and WorkGroup Servers 6150, 8150, 9150.

Downloadable Update Versus Mac OS 9.1 Disc

The downloadable Mac OS 9.1 Update contains fewer updates and extras than the Mac OS 9.1 CD-ROM disc. This reduces the amount of data that must be downloaded at once.

The downloadable update contains core system software updates, Apple Remote Access (ARA) Client Server 4.0, and QuickTime 4.1.3. The Mac OS 9.1 download may only be used to update a computer that has Mac OS 9.0.x installed.
It is available at Apple Software Updates (http://www.apple.com/swupdates/).

Note: If you use Apple language kits, the disc is required to update to Mac OS 9.1.
Mac OS 9.1 Disc

The Mac OS 9.1 disc includes additional updates to Mac OS that are not a part of the downloadable Mac OS 9.1 Update. Some of these additional items are available separately at Apple Software Updates or from third-party Web sites (non-Apple software). The disc may be used for full installation or clean installation. If you already use Mac OS 9, you may qualify to purchase a Mac OS 9.1 disc at reduced cost. To get details, visit the Software section at http://www.apple.com/. Be sure to choose your geographic region from the pop-up menu on the front page at http://www.apple.com/.

Items included on the Mac OS 9.1 Disc
AirPort 1.2
Aladdin Software 5.5
Apple DVD Software 2.3
Apple Internet Access 1.5.1
ARA Client Server 4.0
ColorSync 3.0.3
English Speech Recognition 2.0.4
English Text-to-Speech 2.0
Language Kits updates
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0.2
Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) 2.2.3
Netscape Communicator 4.75
Network Assistant Client 4.0.2
Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5
QuickTime 4.1.3
System software

Items in the CD Extras folder
Additional Desktop Patterns
Additional Desktop Pictures
Additional Modem Scripts
Apple LDAP Changes
Apple Printer Utility
AppleScript CD Extras
ColorSync CD Extras
CSW 4000 Install (Color StyleWriter)
Eric's Solitaire Sampler
File Sharing Extras
FirmWare Updates
HyperCard Player
HyperCard Update

Language Kits CD Extras
Mex. Spanish Text-to-Speech
Network Extras
Palm Desktop
Pointer Mode
QuickTime Samples
Unicode
Universal Access
VideoMirroringApp
WhatRoute Folder
WorldText

Items in the Adobe Software folder
Adobe Acrobat Reader (4.05)
Adobe Type Manager / ATM (4.6)

Third party updates needed for OS 9.1 compatibility

Commercial software
Alpha Centauri 1.5.2 - Update for the strategy game
Alsoft PlusOptimizer 1.3 - HFS+ disk optimizer
Alsoft DiskWarrior Extension 2.0.5 - updates for version 2.0.x
ComicBase 5.0.2 - comic book reference and collection management software
FAXstf 6.0.5 - (previously FAXstf PRO) FAX communication software
Kensington MouseWorks 5.6 - Drivers for their mice & trackballs
MacDopplerPro 1.6.1 - amateur radio app: satellite track, doppler correction, etc.
ProJPEG 5.1 - Adobe Photoshop plugin for web graphics
REALbasic 3.0 - object oriented visual programming environment
Rewind 1.1 - recover lost or damaged files or from system problems
Thursby DAVE update - patch for OS 9.1 compatibility
Timbuktu Pro 5.2.4 - remote control & file exchange system
Vicomsoft Internet Gateway 6.8.1 - Network access management tool
Vicomsoft SurfDoubler 6.8.1 - Allows Macs to share the same net connection
VirusBarrier 1.5 - antivirus solution
VST Flash Media Reader 1.0.1 - driver for the SmartMedia & CompactFlash reader
VST USB Floppy Drive 2.1.6 - driver update for the USB floppy drive

Mac OS 9.1 and DVD Player 2.2
Regarding the incombatibility of DVD Player 2.2 and 9.1, after much heartache and tearing out of hair I restored my software (OS 9 cd, saving old items) and updated to 9.0.4, then installed DVD Player 2.2, and then updated again to 9.1.

Comparing the Extensions in the new install to those in my saved items folder, I found that most of the ATI drivers were different. It seems that when I installed 9.1 originally the drivers weren't replaced. Don't ask me...

I copied all the new drivers into my old Extensions folder, moved everything back how it was, presto, worked like a charm.

The Extensions I had to replace were:
ATI 3D Accelerator 4.9.3
ATI Graphics Accelerator 4.7.3
ATI Rage 128 3D Accelerator 5.6.9
ATI Resource Manager 2.1.5
ATI Video Accelerator 4.3.3

In short, if you can't run DVD Player 2.2 under OS 9.1, do a Get Info on the above Extensions. If the version numbers match those above, you gotta replace them with the ones specific to OS 9.1. You can tell the new ones by OS Z - 9.1 at the top of the Get Info box.

Try re-installing 9.1, but don't count your chickens, she's a capricious creature who only seems to install the smallest amount she can get away with. I sometimes wonder what it is I pay her for.

Epson USB printing and 9.x
If you are having the trouble with Epson printing might want to try this advice: When using Mac OS 9.0 or later, the following extensions should be removed from the Macintosh active extensions folder:

-Epson USBPrintClass 1
-Epson USBPrintClass 2
-Epson USBPrintClass 3
-Epson USBPrintClass A

Mac OS 9.1: Downloadable Update Versus Mac OS 9.1 Disc TIL: Article #106101 notes: "The downloadable Mac OS 9.1 Update contains fewer updates and extras than the Mac OS 9.1 CD-ROM disc." The article lists what all the differences are.

Keyboard shortcuts for the new Finder Window menu: The menu lists all the open Finder windows, including tabbed windows on the bottom of the screen. There are several keyboard shortcuts associated with the new menu.

Command: close window
Command + Shift: put away a popup window
Control: Expand the selection and minimize all other open windows
Control + Option: Make the selection active and expand all open windows

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