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Why won't Diablo II install on my Macbook?
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1004507" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>It's because your copy of Diablo was designed to run on the "classic" Mac OS. Mac OS went through a complete transformation back in 2001, when the underpinnings of the OS were converted to a UNIX-like platform, hence the name "Mac OS <strong>X</strong>". </p><p></p><p>Older PPC-powered Macs could use "classic mode" to run older software like this, but since you have a newer Intel-powered Mac, classic mode is simply not compatible.</p><p></p><p>So, long story made short - just as some games that were made for Windows 95/98 won't work on Windows XP and newer, this ancient game simply won't work on a modern Mac. </p><p></p><p>But since the game has both Mac and Windows versions, you may be able to get away with running it via DOSbox or similar forms of emulation. Honestly though, I have very little experience with doing this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1004507, member: 24098"] It's because your copy of Diablo was designed to run on the "classic" Mac OS. Mac OS went through a complete transformation back in 2001, when the underpinnings of the OS were converted to a UNIX-like platform, hence the name "Mac OS [B]X[/B]". Older PPC-powered Macs could use "classic mode" to run older software like this, but since you have a newer Intel-powered Mac, classic mode is simply not compatible. So, long story made short - just as some games that were made for Windows 95/98 won't work on Windows XP and newer, this ancient game simply won't work on a modern Mac. But since the game has both Mac and Windows versions, you may be able to get away with running it via DOSbox or similar forms of emulation. Honestly though, I have very little experience with doing this. [/QUOTE]
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