Mac System 4.x

Author: Apple
Publisher: Apple
Type: System
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Shared by: MR
On: 2014-08-13 06:13:05
Updated by: Amid
On: 2025-03-25 12:06:05
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Year: 1987

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  • System 4.1: System Tools 
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What is Mac System 4.x?

Macintosh System 4 a.k.a. System Software 2.0 (for 4.0) & 2.0.1 (for 4.1)

What's new in System 4?

  • Support for Macintosh II hardware
  • Support for 68020 CPU's
  • Appleshare development is complete

This archive contains:

  • System 4.0 Finder 5.4 a.k.a. SSW 2.0 (1 x 400K MFS disk image)
  • System 4.1 Finder 5.5 a.k.a. SSW 2.0.1 (3 x 800K HFS disk images: System Tools, Utilities 1, Utilities 2)
  • System 4.2 Finder 6.0 a.k.a. SSW 5.0 (4 x 800K HFS disk images: System Tools 1, System Tools 2, Utilities 1, Utilities 2)
  • System 4.3 Finder 6.0 a.k.a. SSW 5.1 (2 x 800K HFS disk images: System Tools 1, System Tools 2)

See the Mac System 5.x page for the same exact System 4.2 & 4.3 files.

 


Download Mac System 4.x for Mac

System_4.sit
(3.39 MiB / 3.56 MB)
SSW 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 / ShrinkWrap disk images / compressed w/ Stuffit
701 / 2017-11-12 / 2019-02-13 / fc59d4bc1a148cfe728db81b81ac80191dd4167e / /
System_4.x.sit
(3.07 MiB / 3.22 MB)
(same as above?) / compressed w/ Stuffit
160 / 2015-08-13 / 2019-02-13 / 6fedb223649c5f102f2a334e6636703521931eb2 / /
System-Tools-S4-0F5-3.zip
(302.93 KiB / 310.2 KB)
SSW 4.0 (S:4.0/F:5.3) v1.0 (87-02-13) dev release / DSK image / Zipped
188 / 2019-02-13 / 23e81bc76e1413bb572418fc4b37cf5fd8ab3431 / /
OS-4-1-v2-0-87-03-Paris-Beta-4.zip
(825.44 KiB / 845.25 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.4) v2.0 (87-03-04) "Paris" beta 4 on 2x 800KB floppies / DSK image / Zipped
54 / 2019-02-13 / 848ce8281f47eeb35599475853273e8e8f4909b1 / /
OS-4-1-v2-0-87-04-14.zip
(852.5 KiB / 872.96 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) v2.0 (87-04-14) on 2x 800KB floppies / DSK image / Zipped
258 / 2019-02-13 / 080393d03ea13edb4d68c877e26bbda1bf19d4e7 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-4-0-Finder-5-4---Utilities-1-0---Jan-1987---3.5-800k-.zip
(413.84 KiB / 423.77 KB)
SSW 4.0 (S:4.0/F:5.4) v1.0 (Jan. 1987) on 1x 800KB floppy / IMG image / Zipped
107 / 2022-06-21 / 2025-03-25 / 08ca207909b4a7ab1cd12d4e87b217b5e8a70997 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-4-1-Finder-5-5---System-Tools-2-0---Apr-1987---3.5-800k-.zip
(850.65 KiB / 871.07 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) v2.0 (Apr. 1987) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
66 / 2022-06-21 / 2025-03-25 / 8a35fcfdafc67dbfc3b6405d20a0e27830010504 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-4-1-Finder-5-5---System-Tools-2-0-1---Aug-1987---3.5-800k-.zip
(1.02 MiB / 1.07 MB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) v2.0.1 (Aug. 1987) on 3x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
96 / 2022-06-21 / 2025-03-25 / e3f4375073f5e9ab51f467a7826f46fd00eb5cda / /
System_4-1_Finder_5-5-System_Tools_YU-2-0-Jul_1989--Yugoslavian--3.5-800k.zip
(822.76 KiB / 842.51 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) Yugoslavian v2.0 (Jul. 1989) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-25 / 2025-03-25 / 23cc8253f513de385efb189e27846b5cd1612b5e / /
System_4-1_Finder_5-5-System_Tools_T-1-0-Nov_1987--Turkish--3.5-800k.zip
(749.2 KiB / 767.19 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) Turkish v1.0 (Nov. 1987) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-25 / 2025-03-25 / 057e0076482cf48c8808127454b98a0e3b6f9ce0 / /
System_4-1_Finder_5-5-System_Tools_J-2-0-Dec_1987--Japanese-Kanji--3.5-800k.zip
(908.45 KiB / 930.25 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) Japanese-Kanji v2.0 (Dec. 1987) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-25 / 2025-03-25 / 9f8cd84f703b1991a09ee397f9381549f91a0fcc / /
System_4-1_Finder_5-5-System_Tools_KH-1-0-Jan_1988--Korean-Hangul--3.5-800k.zip
(824.11 KiB / 843.89 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) Korean-Hangul v1.0 (Jan. 1988) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-25 / d3f8c972c3dc464ead2552841999d0e50450348d / /
System_4-1_Finder_5-5-System_Tools_HB-2-0-Mar_1988--Hebrew--3.5-800k.zip
(772.63 KiB / 791.17 KB)
SSW 4.1 (S:4.1/F:5.5) Hebrew v2.0 (Mar. 1988) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-25 / f1ee789fad106516aed9c68257228ee5f3f8d7d5 / /
System_4-1-1_Finder-5-5-System_Tools_AV-2-0-Feb_1988--Arabic--3.5-800k.zip
(810.07 KiB / 829.51 KB)
SSW 4.1.1 (S:4.1.1/F:5.5) Arabic v2.0 (Feb. 1988) on 2x 800KB floppies / IMG image / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-25 / 0352a0573abb24333d09dfd86bd28ab6ca54bd41 / /
S4.2-S4.3-Patched_1.sit
(457.96 KiB / 468.95 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
3 / 2024-11-25 / 2025-03-25 / 977b764ce0c09f427e12b9030238304dfa1effa6 / /


Architecture


Motorola 68K



System Requirements

From Mac OS 4.0 up to Mac OS 5.1





Compatibility notes


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