Classic Spy installs an icon in the menu bar which indicates whether the Classic Environment is running or not. It includes a menu to easily start and stop Classic.

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Binary type

PowerPC only

License

GNU GPL

System requirements

• Mac OS X (version 10.1 or later);
• either Menu Cracker or Menu Extra Enabler is required for Mac OS 10.2 or later;
• at least 200 KB of free hard disk drive space;
• at least 1 MB of free RAM.

Version history

2.1.2

• Jaguar compatibility fixed.

2.1

• if SystemUIServer crashes, Classic Spy no longer leaves an obsolete copy of its daemon running;
• an option is added to terminate Classic;
• the menu icon is now inverted correctly when selected;
• more localization packages supplied.

2.0

• the GUI is no longer a standalone application, it is a menu extra (SystemUIServer plug-in);
• the daemon is a faceless Carbon tool which sends NSNotifications to the main plug-in;
• it is now possible to shut down Classic;
• Classic Spy 2.0 features a monochrome Apple-style icon and is distributed under the terms of GNU GPL.

1.1

• the daemon now calls sysctl() and can be run without set-uid tricks;
• fixed a bug on dual-processor machines;
• the installer is no longer necessary.

1.0

• initial release.