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  • 1.  Could Fusion create an old MacOS VM to mount HFS or HFS+ disks and media?

    Posted Dec 11, 2024 07:17 PM

    Hi there,

    Title says it all really, can Fusion create/run older MacOS VMs (10.4 or os9) to mount unsupported MacOS file formats like HFS and HFS+ disks, CDs, DVDs, BlueRay etc?

    I have an Apple CD/DVD drive and an ASUS BlueRay drive.

    Any pointers in the right direction much appreciated.

    Cheers, Ben



  • 2.  RE: Could Fusion create an old MacOS VM to mount HFS or HFS+ disks and media?

    Posted Dec 11, 2024 08:26 PM

    First, stop right here if you have an Apple Silicon Mac. Fusion won't run any macOS VM on Apple Silicon.

    It might be possible on an Intel Mac to have a suitably old macOS guest that still supports HFS media to mount that CD. I performed an experiment on an HFS CD that wouldn't mount on macOS 15.1.1. I assigned to a Linux VM, and while the drive couldn't be mounted, I could poke around it with other utilities that showed that there was data out there.

    Mojave was the last macOS version that had the ability to read an HFS formatted drive.

    You'd need an emulator in order to run "classic" OS 9 or earlier on an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac. Fusion won't run it. 



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  • 3.  RE: Could Fusion create an old MacOS VM to mount HFS or HFS+ disks and media?

    Posted Dec 12, 2024 12:59 AM

    Absolutely. i run Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, 10.11 El Capitan and 10.14 Mojave on my Ventura iMac.

    I think I had to use Snow Leopard to copy old Cds but I copied OS 7.5.5, 8.6 and 9.2 fine.

    bob



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  • 4.  RE: Could Fusion create an old MacOS VM to mount HFS or HFS+ disks and media?

    Posted Dec 12, 2024 01:03 AM

    Addendum to the above. if you want Snow Leopard you need to buy Snow Leopard Server. Also as Technogeezer said, you can't run OS 9 because you need 10.4 or earlier and Fusion won't run anything earlier than 10.6, so to run OS 9 you need and old Mac



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  • 5.  RE: Could Fusion create an old MacOS VM to mount HFS or HFS+ disks and media?

    Posted Dec 12, 2024 11:43 AM
    Edited by 2029 Dec 12, 2024 11:44 AM

    @Technogeezer, @Bob Shaw, Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

    Thanks for the heads-up regarding Apple Silicon, I didn't realise that.

    Incase anyone else is also looking to read HFS disks, it appears MacOS 10.14 could read disks, just not format or write to them. I might have to find a second-hand Intel MacMini that's compatible with 10.14 and use it to copy off all the data.

    Thanks again for the info/suggestions. Cheers, Ben 


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