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MacOS 9/Classic Support Q&A - Revised October 27, 2007
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This Mac OS 9.2.2 universal boot CD was compiled in 2013 and includes the most recent updates and nVidia / ATI graphics drivers for Mac OS 9. It contains CPU version 5.9, Mac ROM 10.2.1 and is supposed to support all G3 and G4 models. Petition: Release Mac OS 8.1 and 8.5.1, Steve Godun, Petition Online. If you’d like to see Apple make OS 8.1 and 8.5.1 free to all, as they did with System 7.5.3, please sign this petition. Classic Mac OS Updates. Mac OS X updates are readily handled through Software Update, but pre-X updates can be difficult to locate.
Where can you purchase MacOS 9?
Site sponsor Operator Headgap Systems sells MacOS 9 and other vintage software at reasonable prices.
From time-to-time MacOS 9 install CD-ROMs also will appear for sale on a variety of online auction sites as well from vendors of varying quality.
Where can you download software updates for MacOS 9?
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Apple's Knowledge Base provides a handy summary of the available updates for MacOS 9. Of particular interest, this support document notes that you 'must install all prerequisite software before installing any update'.
For example, to update a Mac with MacOS 9.0 to MacOS 9.2.2, you must download and install updates in this order:
Pre-G3 based Macs that are capable of booting MacOS 9 only officially support MacOS 9.1 although hacks are available that make it possible to install MacOS 9.2.2 on some with pre-'NewWorld' ROMs. Apple recommends that you install the last version that your Mac will officially support.
Other Apple Knowledge Base articles also note that there are some differences between the downloadable update of MacOS 9.1 and the MacOS 9.1 install CD and that MacOS 9.2.2 provides improved compatiblity with MacOS X.
How do you install the MacOS 9 'Classic Environment' on a PowerPC-based Mac?
Apple's Knowledge Base provides brief instructions on how to 'Install MacOS 9 to use Classic Applications' on PowerPC-based Macs that did not ship with the MacOS 9 'Classic Environment' pre-installed. Please note that the 'Classic Environment' is not supported on PowerPC-based Macs running MacOS X 10.5 'Leopard.'
For other scenarios, the process of installing the MacOS 9 'Classic Environment' or a 'bootable' MacOS 9 'over' a current MacOS X installation may be a bit more involved. An archived blog posting from the now defunct MacFixIt blog has detailed tips and instructions that you may find to be useful.
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Need a copy of System 6.0.8, 7.0.1, or a newer version of the Classic Mac OS for your vintage Mac? You can dig through apple.com and try to find them – or you can download them using the updated links on this page. (Apple does rearrange things, making it more difficult to find things.) All versions of the Mac OS linked here are copyrighted by Apple Computer and free to Macintosh owners. System 7.1.x as well as 7.6.x and later are not free products and must be purchased.
Making Floppies
Software is stuffed and requires an expander, such as StuffIt Expander (which was traditionally bundled with early Mac web browsers). Mounting disk images or making floppies from them requires Disk Copy (download Disk Copy) or MountImage.
You will need a 400K or 800K floppy drive to produce single-sided disks for use with the Mac 128K and 512K Fat Mac. Apple’s high density floppy drives cannot format single-sided floppies.
You cannot use a USB floppy drive to create 800K floppy disks; they can only be formatted and written to using an Apple 800K or 1.4M HD floppy drive.
You should have no trouble formatting and writing to high density floppies using a USB floppy drive.
Drive Prep
Whenever possible, Apple branded hard drives should be formatted or updated with HD SC Setup 7.3.5 or later before installing a new version of the OS. (Exception: If the hard drive of a Mac Portable is formatted with any version newer than 7.3.1, it will crash instead of waking from sleep mode.)
For an interesting overview of Mac OS history, read Evolution v. Revolution on MacKiDo. And for tips on choosing a version of the Mac OS, read What’s the Best System Version?
Pre System 6
- Several older versions of the Mac OS were available for download through links on The Mac 512, including 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.2, and 4.2. However, Apple forced them and other sites to stop distributing older versions of the Mac OS. Gamba’s page may still work.
- Introduction to Mac OS 1 through 5 on MacKiDo provides a quick overview of every version of the Mac OS from System 1.0/Finder 1.0 to System Software 5.1. (Note: Many download links no longer work.)
System 6
- System 6.0.x from System 6 Heaven
- Hardware Requirements for System 6.0.8 to 7.6, Gamba
- For more on System 6, visit System 6 Heaven and see The Joy of Six: Apple’s Fast, Svelte, Reliable, and Still Useful System 6
System 7
- System 7.1 and Update 3.0 are available for download from the University of Calgary.
- Apple has made available System 7.5.3 for free download (19 image files!) but no longer hosts the files. Data files require System 7.0.1 or later. (Don’t forget the System 7.5.5 update.) Try these links:
- For international users, first go to Apple’s software updates page, then choose the language you want, then select Macintosh, then click on System, and then choose System 7.5 Update 2.0.
- Hardware requirements for System 6.0.8 to 7.6, Gamba
- Newer versions of the system must be purchased (see below).
Mac OS 8
- Petition: Release Mac OS 8.1 and 8.5.1, Steve Godun, Petition Online. If you’d like to see Apple make OS 8.1 and 8.5.1 free to all, as they did with System 7.5.3, please sign this petition.
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Classic Mac OS Updates
Mac OS X updates are readily handled through Software Update, but pre-X updates can be difficult to locate. Links are to English language version of the Mac OS.
- System 7.5.3 update (from 7.5.x)
- System 7.5.5 update (only from 7.5.3)
- Mac OS 7.6.1 update (only from 7.6)
- For more on Mac OS 7.x, visit System 7 Today and see System 7: Bigger, Better, More Expandable, and a Bit Slower than System 6 and System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6: The Beginning and End of an Era
- Mac OS 8.1 update (only from 8.0, adds HFS+ support, last to support any 680×0 Macs, and 680×0 Macs cannot boot from HFS+ volumes, first version of Mac OS to support Carbon apps)
- Mac OS 8.6 update (from 8.5 or 8.5.1, PowerPC only, new nanokernel supports Multiprocessing Services 2.0)
- For more on Mac OS 8.x, see Mac OS 8 and 8.1: Maximum Size, Maximum Convenience
- Mac OS 9.1 update (from 9.0.x)
- Mac OS 9.2.1 update (from 9.1 or 9.2)
- Mac OS 9.2.2 update (only from 9.2.1)
- For more on Mac OS 9, visit Mac OS 9 Lives
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Where to Buy the Classic Mac OS
You may be able to purchase system software from Apple or dealers with old stock.
- System 6.0.8, $15
- System 7.1 + Update 3.0, $25
- System 7.5.3 + Update to 7.5.5, $25
Mac OS 7.6 and later are usually available through dealers, eBay, and LEM Swap. Mac OS 7.6 requires a 32-bit clean Mac, a 68030 or later CPU, 8 MB of RAM (16 MB recommended), and at least 70 MB of available drive space (120 MB if you wish to install all the options).
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