Method for providing an operating system (B) of a machine control system for an injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ) for processing plastics and other plasticisable masses characterised in that the provision of information relating to the operating system (B) takes place on a target system (Z) with a processor (P), said target system being independent of the injection moulding machine, and has the following steps: (a) providing information relating to an operating system (B) of a machine control system (MS) of a first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), said operating system being configurable or adaptable by means of configuration data of a first machine configuration (MK 1 ) to the properties of the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), (b) providing a hardware-independent app for the operating system (B) of the machine control system (MS), (c) installing the operating system (B) for the machine control system (MS) with all the configuration data as a digital twin on the target system (Z) using the hardware-independent app for converting the information relating to the operating system (B) of the machine control system (MS) to the target system (Z), wherein a configuration file of the machine control system is adapted bidirectionally converted to the target system for offline creation or modification of settings datasets, (d) creating at least one new, or modifying at least one existing, settings dataset (ED l ) on the target system (Z) for producing injection moulded parts, which is executable on the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), (e) transferring a further settings dataset (ED w ) created or modified on the target system (Z) to the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), (f) operating the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ) with the further settings dataset (ED w ). (a) providing information relating to an operating system (B) of a machine control system (MS) of a first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), said operating system being configurable or adaptable by means of configuration data of a first machine configuration (MK 1 ) to the properties of the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), (b) providing a hardware-independent app for the operating system (B) of the machine control system (MS), (c) installing the operating system (B) for the machine control system (MS) with all the configuration data as a digital twin on the target system (Z) using the hardware-independent app for converting the information relating to the operating system (B) of the machine control system (MS) to the target system (Z), wherein a configuration file of the machine control system is adapted bidirectionally converted to the target system for offline creation or modification of settings datasets, (d) creating at least one new, or modifying at least one existing, settings dataset (ED l ) on the target system (Z) for producing injection moulded parts, which is executable on the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), (e) transferring a further settings dataset (ED w ) created or modified on the target system (Z) to the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ), (f) operating the first injection moulding machine (SGM, SGM 1 ) with the further settings dataset (ED w ). <EOS>