Your complete guide to Apple software, and apps designed for Apple users. Learn about the best Mac apps, iOS apps, Watch apps, and utilities. It allowed Mac OS X to run Mac OS 9 applications that weren't updated to run natively on OS X (known as carbonization based on the Carbon API). However, some applications and extensions won't work under Classic. One example is Final Cut Pro 2. Yet, 99% of the time, Classic was perfectly capable of running most OS 9 apps.
Apple introduced the Mac Pro as a fully customizable quad-core computer. The buyer can choose from two dual-core Intel Xeon Woodcrest at 2.0, 2.66, or 3.0 GHz. As little as 1 GB of RAM or as much as 16 GB. 160, 250, or 500 GB in drive bay one, and optionally 500 GB in bays 2-4.
WARNING: If you have updated boot.efi on a MacPro1,1 or MacPro2,1 so you can run Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, DO NOT INSTALL SECURITY UPDATE 2018-001 or later. According to Greg Hrutkay of Hrutkay Mods (see warning video), it breaks boot.efi on the 2006 and 2007 Mac Pros that have been thus updated.
For graphics, Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT is the default, and you can add one, two, or three more. Or choose an ATI Radeon X1900 XT or Nvidia’s top-end Quadro FX 4500.
If one SuperDrive isn’t enough, put in a second one for US$100 more. And you can upgrade from Apple’s regular wired keyboard and Mighty Mouse to the wireless (Bluetooth) version.
A headphone jack, two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 400 port, and a FireWire 800 port are located on the front of the Mac Pro for easy access.
Oh, and did we mention this was the first 64-bit Intel Mac? Unfortunately, it has a 32-bit EFI – but Modernizing the 2006 and 2007 Mac Pro to Go Beyond OS X Lion by Robert Bryant explains how to change the boot.efi file so it can run OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and later.
It is possible to install 64 GB of memory after installing the firmware update. However, the 2006 Mac Pro will only boot with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or newer. Earlier versions will only boot with 32 GB of less. See Install 64 GB of RAM in Your Mac Pro 1,1 or 2,1.
The AC power coming into your home or office is a sine wave, but some UPSes generate a square wave when you are operating from battery power. This is not good for the Mac Pro. Be sure you only use a UPS with sine wave output to avoid reducing the life of your Mac Pro.
If you want to go beyond OS X 10.7 Lion, the first thing you should do is apply the EFI update mentioned directly above.
If you are running any PowerPC-only software, think long and hard before going beyond OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the last version of OS X to include Rosetta support for PowerPC apps. If you have Office v.X, Office 2004, AppleWorks, etc., it may make good economic sense to stick with Snow Leopard rather and have to replace Office or whatever. (AppleWorks has no replacement.)
If your 2006 Mac Pro has just 1 GB of system memory, upgrade immediately. You will get okay performance from OS X 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard with 1 GB, but 2 GB is better – and RAM must be upgraded in matched pairs. As of August 2014, you can get 2 GB from Other World Computing for $58 or 4 GB for $85. For low-end users this should be plenty, but power users can go as high as 32 GB.
A 250 GB SATA Rev. 2 hard drive seemed like a lot in 2006, but newer drives will often provide much snappier performance due to larger data buffers. 1 TB drives start at $60 these days (August 2014), and for a serious speed boost – like starting up twice as fast – Other World Computing offers a 44 GB solid state drive (SSD) for just $50 plus $15 for a mounting kit, although you’ll probably want more more capacity than that.
Finally, you can upgrade to a faster, more powerful Socket 771 CPU, but that goes way beyond the scope of this page.
Intel-based Macs use a partitioning scheme known as GPT. Only Macintel models can boot from GPT hard drives. Both PowerPC and Intel Macs can boot from APM (Apple’s old partitioning scheme) hard drives, which is the format you must use to create a universal boot drive in Leopard. Power PC Macs running any version of the Mac OS prior to 10.4.2 cannot mount GPT volumes. PowerPC Macs won’t let you install OS X to a USB drive or choose it as your startup volume, although there is a work around for that.
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You can download legacy versions of our software from this page for use on older operating systems. Please note, these legacy versions are not supported.
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MacOS 10.12: ↓ 5.9.1
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 5.8.6
Mac OS X 10.10:↓ 5.8.2
Mac OS X 10.9:↓ 5.6.0
Note: Airfoil for Mac 5 is the current version of the software. Users of older versions are eligible to upgrade to version 5 at a substantial discount.
Final Version 4 (Mac OS X 10.11, 10.10, 10.9):↓ 4.9.2
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7:↓ 4.8.14
Mac OS X 10.6:↓ 4.7.6
Note: The code portion of Airfoil for Mac 4 license keys begins with KUTA-. If you have an Airfoil for Mac 4 license key, you can upgrade now.
Final Version 3 (Mac OS X 10.6, 10.5): ↓ 3.5.7
Mac OS X 10.4: ↓ 3.3.2
Note: The code portion of Airfoil for Mac 3 license keys begins with TX40-. If you have an Airfoil for Mac 3 license key, you can upgrade now.
Final Version 2 (Mac OS X 10.5, 10.4): ↓ 2.1.1
Mac OS X 10.3: ↓ 2.0.8
Mac OS X 10.2: ↓ 1.0.6
Note: The code portion of Airfoil for Mac 2 (and 1) license keys begins with SSME-. If you have an Airfoil for Mac 2/1 license key, you can upgrade now.
MacOS 10.12: ↓ 5.9.1
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 5.8.6
Mac OS X 10.10: ↓ 5.8.2
Mac OS X 10.9: ↓ 5.6.0
Note: Airfoil Satellite for Mac is the current receiving and remote control application for Airfoil. It replaces the older Airfoil Speakers for Mac.
Final Version (MacOS 10.11, 10.10, 10.9): ↓ 4.9.2
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7: ↓ 4.8.14
Mac OS X 10.6: ↓ 4.7.6
Mac OS X 10.5: ↓ 3.5.7
Mac OS X 10.4: ↓ 3.3.2
Note: Airfoil Speakers for Mac has been superseded by Airfoil Satellite for Mac on Mac OS X 10.9 and higher.
Because Airfoil Satellite for Windows 5 has not removed support for any OS versions, no Legacy versions of the app are needed at this time.
Note: Airfoil Satellite for Windows is the current receiving and remote control application for Airfoil. It replaces the older Airfoil Speakers for Windows.
Final Version (Windows 10, Windows 8.1/8, Windows 7, Windows Vista): ↓ 3.6.7
Windows XP: ↓ 3.5
Note: Airfoil Speakers for Windows has been superseded by Airfoil Satellite for Windows on Windows 7 and higher.
Because Airfoil Satellite for iOS has not removed support for any OS versions, no Legacy versions are needed at this time.
Note: Airfoil Satellite for iOS is the current receiving and remote control application for Airfoil. It replaces the older Airfoil Speakers Touch.
Users running iOS 4 through iOS 6 can still download “Airfoil Speakers Touch” by searching for it in the iOS App Store.
Note: Airfoil Speakers Touch has been superseded by Airfoil Satellite for iOS on iOS 7 and higher.
Because Airfoil Satellite for Android has not removed support for any OS versions, no Legacy versions are needed at this time.
Note: Airfoil Satellite for Android is the current receiving and remote control application for Airfoil. It replaces the older Airfoil Speakers for Android.
Final Version (Android 2.3 - 5.1.1): ↓ 1.0.3
Note: Airfoil Speakers for Android has been superseded by Airfoil Satellite for Android on Android 6 and higher.
MacOS 10.12: ↓ 3.7.2
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 3.5.7
Mac OS X 10.10: ↓ 3.5.3
Mac OS X 10.9: ↓ 3.3.4
Note: Audio Hijack 3 is the latest version of the software. Users of any older version of Audio Hijack, including Audio Hijack Pro, are eligible to upgrade to version 3 at a substantial discount.
Final Version 2 (Mac OS X 10.11, 10.10, 10.9): ↓ 2.11.6
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7: ↓ 2.11.4
Mac OS X 10.6: ↓ 2.10.7
Mac OS X 10.5: ↓ 2.9.9a
Mac OS X 10.4: ↓ 2.9.2
Mac OS X 10.3: ↓ 2.7.3
Mac OS X 10.2: ↓ 2.1.1
Note: The code portion of Audio Hijack Pro 2 license keys begins with IPRT3-. If you have an Audio Hijack Pro 2 license key, you can upgrade now.
↓ 1.3.2 (PowerPC only)
Note: The code portion of Audio Hijack Pro 1 license keys begins with IPRT2-. If you have an Audio Hijack Pro 1 license key, you can upgrade now.
Final Version 2 (Mac OS X 10.6, 10.5, 10.4):↓ 2.2.6
Mac OS X 10.3:↓ 2.2.5
Mac OS X 10.2:↓ 2.2
Note: The code portion of Audio Hijack 2 license keys begins with IPRT-. If you have an Audio Hijack 2 license key, you can upgrade now.
MacOS 10.12: ↓ 1.5.2
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 1.2.6
Mac OS X 10.10: ↓ 1.2.1
MacOS 10.12: ↓ 2.5.0
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 2.4.5
Mac OS X 10.10: ↓ 2.4.3
Mac OS X 10.9: ↓ 2.3.1
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7: ↓ 2.2.4
Mac OS X 10.6: ↓ 2.1.3
Note: Fission 2 is the current version of the software. Users of older versions are eligible to upgrade to version 2 at a substantial discount.
Final Version 1 (Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7, 10.6):↓ 1.6.12
Mac OS X 10.5:↓ 1.6.10
Mac OS X 10.4:↓ 1.6.8
Note: The code portion of Fission 1 license keys begins with KRBA-. If you have a Fission 1 license key, you can upgrade now.
MacOS 10.12: ↓ 2.1.4
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 2.0.1
Note: Loopback 2 is the current version of the software. Users of older versions are eligible to upgrade to version 2 at a substantial discount.
Final Version 1 (MacOS 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11):↓ 1.2.1
Mac OS X 10.10: ↓ 1.2.0
Mac OS X 10.9: ↓ 1.1.2
Note: The code portion of Loopback 1 license keys begins with CIRC-. If you have a Loopback 1 license key, you can upgrade now.
MacOS 10.12:↓ 1.6.5
Mac OS X 10.11:↓ 1.6.0
Mac OS X 10.10:↓ 1.5.9
Mac OS X 10.9:↓ 1.5.2
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7:↓ 1.2.8
Mac OS X 10.6: ↓ 1.2.2
Note: Piezo is no longer distributed through the Mac App Store. Users who purchased via the Mac App Store can transition to the direct version free of charge.
SoundSource 5 currently supports MacOS 11, 10.15, 10.14, and 10.13. It has not removed support for any versions of MacOS.
Note: SoundSource 5 is the current version of the software. Users of SoundSource 4 are eligible to upgrade to version 5 at a substantial discount.
Last Planned Version 4 (MacOS 11, 10.15, 10.14, 10.13):↓ 4.3.1
MacOS 10.12: ↓ 4.2.8
Mac OS X 10.11: ↓ 4.1.2
Final Version 3 (MacOS 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11):↓ 3.1.2
Mac OS X 10.10: ↓ 3.1.0
Final Version 2 (Mac OS X 10.7, 10.6):↓ 2.5.1
Mac OS X 10.5:↓ 2.5.0
Mac OS X 10.4:↓ 2.0.0
Mac OS X 10.3:↓ 1.3.0
Mac OS X 10.2:↓ 1.0.5
The following applications have been permanently retired. They are no longer for sale, and are provided solely for customers who purchased them while they were still in development. You can learn more about these applications here.
Final Version (Windows 10, 8/8.1, 7):↓ 5.7.0
Final Version of Airfoil for Windows 3 (Windows 10, Windows 8.1/8, Windows 7, Windows Vista): ↓ 3.6.7
Windows XP:↓ 3.5
Windows 2000:↓ 2.5.1
Note:Airfoil Satellite for Windows remains in development, and enables Windows machines to receive audio transmitted by Airfoil for Mac.
Airfoil Remote is no longer for sale. Previous purchasers can still download it from the “Purchased” section of the Updates tab in the iOS App Store app.
Note: Airfoil Remote has been superseded by Airfoil Satellite for iOS.
Final Version (Mac OS X 10.11, 10.10, 10.9): ↓ 4.9.2
Final Version (Mac OS X 10.3): ↓ 1.5.5
Mac OS X 10.2: ↓ 1.5.3
(PowerPC only)
Final Version (Mac OS X 10.11, 10.10, and 10.9): ↓ 1.1.5
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7: ↓ 1.1.3
Final Version (MacOS 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7):↓ 2.3
Mac OS X 10.6:↓ 2.1.1
Mac OS X 10.5, 10.4:↓ 2.0.3
Mac OS X 10.3:↓ 2.0.2
Note: LineIn's play-thru functionality can best be replicated with Audio Hijack.
Final Version (MacOS 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7):↓ 1.3.5
Mac OS X 10.6, 10.5:↓ 1.3.3
Mac OS X 10.4:↓ 1.3.2
Mac OS X 10.5, 10.4:↓ 2.1
Mac OS X 10.3:↓ 2.0.1
Final Version (MacOS 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10):↓ 1.11.13
Mac OS X 10.9: ↓ 1.11.11
Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7: ↓ 1.11.5
Mac OS X 10.6: ↓ 1.10.8
Mac OS X 10.5: ↓ 1.9.12a
Mac OS X 10.4: ↓ 1.9.7
Mac OS X 10.3: ↓ 1.8.6
Mac OS X 10.2: ↓ 1.6.1
Final Version (MacOS 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7):↓ 2.1.1
Mac OS X 10.6:↓ 2.0.0
Mac OS X 10.5, 10.4, 10.3:↓ 1.1.1
Note: For those interested still interested in PongSaver, former Rogue Amoeba employee and original developer Mike Ash has taken over upkeep.
Final Version (Mac OS X 10.8, 10.7, 10.6):↓ 2.3.4
Note: Because Pulsar relied on third-party web services which are now deprecated, it will no longer function at all at this point.
Final Version (Mac OS X 10.7, 10.6):↓ 1.6.8
Mac OS X 10.5:↓ 1.6.4
Mac OS X 10.4:↓ 1.1.4
Note: Because Radioshift relied on third-party web services which are now deprecated, it will no longer function at all at this point.
Radioshift Touch is no longer for sale. Previous purchasers can still download it from the “Purchased” section of the Updates tab in the iOS App Store app.
Note: Because Radioshift Touch relied on third-party web services which are now deprecated, it will no longer function at all at this point.