Mac OS 8.7 - 9.0 Betas

Author: Apple
Publisher: Apple
Type: System
Shared by: MR
On: 2014-04-14 23:11:48
Updated by: Amid
On: 2024-01-05 23:37:44
Other contributors: ZGOnAMac , that-ben
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What is Mac OS 8.7 - 9.0 Betas?

MacOS 8.7 is supposedly a cancelled MacOS 8.x update, that became MacOS 9 for PPC. As shown by Action Retro, it can be run on a PowerBook 540c that has a PPC upgrade inside, however, at least for him, the wallpaper becomes the "starting up" screen. It is annoying, but can be fixed until you restart again. 8.7 is very usable, but can be a struggle on PPC-upgraded 540c PowerBooks. It comes with lots of software (supposedly), and is great for people looking for the unreleased true final version of MacOS 8.


Download Mac OS 8.7 - 9.0 Betas for Mac

(214.9 MiB / 225.34 MB)
Beta 8.7a4c2 "Scruffy" / compressed w/ Stuffit
4 / 2023-01-07 / 2024-01-05 / 938934a9389693edcf29d90f56fd9e137aab27a5 / /
(151.57 MiB / 158.93 MB)
Beta 8.7a6c2 "Sarah" / compressed w/ Stuffit
118 / 2014-04-14 / 2024-01-05 / 05d74f3a333da75ba9c5a7172846965bc8b17d4d / /
(157.7 MiB / 165.36 MB)
Beta 8.7a6c3 "Sarah" / compressed w/ Stuffit
8 / 2018-09-14 / 2024-01-05 / 060bb676957c9822d01d7ef3d122341296845cc7 / /
(157.69 MiB / 165.35 MB)
Beta 8.7b3c3 "Signed" / compressed w/ Stuffit
10 / 2018-09-14 / 2024-01-05 / a2b3008b68826f5f42b1aa9b33f2c677b977df59 / /
(292.74 MiB / 306.96 MB)
Beta 8.7Jb2 (Japanese) / DiskCopy image, compressed w/ Stuffit
17 / 2018-09-14 / 2024-01-05 / 2f6c5a11cacf3eef707bfb39ad4d1257769287f5 / /
(215.47 MiB / 225.94 MB)
Beta 9.0b7c4 / compressed w/ Stuffit
1 / 2023-01-07 / 2024-01-05 / a1128bc5658782d92f9a395f809a76305295395b / /
(207.37 MiB / 217.45 MB)
Beta 9.0f4 / compressed w/ Stuffit
2 / 2023-01-07 / 2024-01-05 / 3eaa2ab149410d97f8acc9ea66e97e64dd35aab1 / /


Architecture


IBM PowerPC



System Requirements

From Mac OS 8.7 up to Mac OS 9.0





Compatibility notes


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