Mac System 3.x

Author: Apple
Publisher: Apple
Type: System
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Updated by: Amid
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Year: 1986

  • System 3.2 
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  • Sys 3.0 &3.2 HD20SC disks 
  • Sys 3.0 &3.2 HD20SC disks, rear 
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What is Mac System 3.x?

Macintosh System 3 a.k.a. System Software 0.7 to 1.1

Warning: Mac System 3.1 was a disastrous release that was full of bugs, including one allowing for DATA corruption.  It's only here for historical purposes.  Do NOT use it along with your own files.

What's new in System 3?

  • Support for SCSI hard drives
  • Introduced HFS partition format
  • Introduced AppleShare Work Station

This archive contains:

  • System 3.0 Finder 5.1 a.k.a. SSW 0.7 (1 x 400K MFS disk image)
  • System 3.1.1 Finder 5.2 a.k.a. SSW 1.0 or Guided Tour 512Ke (1 x 800K HFS disk image)
  • System 3.2 Finder 5.3 a.k.a. SSW 1.1 (1 x 800K HFS disk image)
  • System 3.3 Finder 5.4 a.k.a. SSW 1.1 AppleShare Work Station 1.0 (1 x 800K HFS disk image)
  • System 3.3 Finder 5.5 a.k.a. SSW 1.1 AppleShare Work Station 1.1 (1 x 400K MFS disk image)
  • System 3.4 Finder 6.1 a.k.a. SSW 1.1 AppleShare Work Station 2.0 (1 x 800K HFS disk image)
  • HD 20 Startup disk (1 x 400K MFS disk image)


Download Mac System 3.x for Mac

System-3.x.zip
(915.37 KiB / 937.34 KB)
System 3.0, 3.2, 3.3, HD 20 Startup disk / DiskCopy images [repacked from .sit, stats merged] / Zipped
752 / 2023-05-23 / 2023-05-23 / 6d2ee6027a1aebc639b3636227470e1385124e3e / /
System-3-1-1.sit
(372.58 KiB / 381.52 KB)
System 3.1.1 (Guided Tour 512Ke) / DiskCopy image / compressed w/ Stuffit
119 / 2017-11-12 / 92609eb2d513911f37c022f4a06041d8cf988e29 / /
S3-2-F5-3---SysTools.dsk
(818.83 KiB / 838.48 KB)
System 3.2 Finder 5.3 System Tools disk / DSK image
184 / 2017-11-14 / a5493bb916b5c2d58a11c38f25ee2569cdecc0c8 / /
S3-3-F5-4---Utilities.dsk
(818.83 KiB / 838.48 KB)
System 3.3 Finder 5.4 Utilities disk / DSK image
115 / 2017-11-14 / 2017-11-14 / 2d60b935cdcb62245d55515b367018cf8af85b2d / /
Printer-Installation.dsk
(409.46 KiB / 419.28 KB)
System 3.2 Finder 5.3 (86-06-04) Printer Installation disk / DSK image
37 / 2019-02-13 / afd6ba5658a1a71390da33eb8cbe952bc71435c9 / /
Printer-Installation.dsk
(409.46 KiB / 419.28 KB)
System 3.1 Finder 5.3 (86-02-28) Printer Installation disk / DSK image
40 / 2019-02-13 / bb4b39f892f9c9840941f762c56a25bffb2c7a59 / /
aSWS-2-0-1-512Ke.image.hqx
(730.64 KiB / 748.17 KB)
System 3.4 and Finder 6.1 - AppleShare Workstation 2.0 for the 512Ke / BinHex'd, use Stuffit Expander
78 / 2020-10-06 / 2815421a7c2cefea9f97cc121c00ec3276772592 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-3-0-Finder-5-1---System-Tools-1-0-Mac-Plus---Jan-1986---3.5-800k-.zip
(407.22 KiB / 417 KB)
/ Zipped
51 / 2022-06-21 / 2024-01-05 / 044fb38aa98f60e90c1d85805a6153a4703e8270 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-3-1-1-Finder-5-2---Guided-Tour-512Ke---Feb-1986---3-1.5-800k-.zip
(362.93 KiB / 371.64 KB)
/ Zipped
17 / 2022-06-21 / 2024-01-05 / 48bfa4e71aa668fa97d48983c10200f2d04547af / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-3-2-Finder-5-3---Hard-Disk-20---Jun-1986---3.5-400k-.zip
(432.47 KiB / 442.85 KB)
/ Zipped
67 / 2022-06-21 / 2024-01-05 / 910aa9fd309b296efbc27c4ad7bf41a9ea72f652 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-3-1-1-Finder-5-2---Guided-Tour-512Ke---Feb-1986---3.5-800k-.zip
(362.9 KiB / 371.61 KB)
/ Zipped
15 / 2022-06-21 / 2024-01-05 / fa2e7e945b47e3e79eb18f78647118610dfc1f24 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-3-3-Finder-5-5---AppleShare-Workstation-1-1---Apr-1987---3.5-400k-.zip
(241.03 KiB / 246.82 KB)
/ Zipped
51 / 2022-06-21 / 2024-01-05 / be5af1f09f137805b411f8155ccc04b4678e5ca6 / /
Apple-Mac-OS--System-3-2-Finder-5-3---System-Tools-1-0-512Ke---Jun-1986---3.5-800k-.zip
(770.87 KiB / 789.37 KB)
/ Zipped
40 / 2022-06-21 / 2024-01-05 / 488113cb3bb754ee9d8a0b4f1e7ce130e914c03a / /
Disks_800k_HD20SC-Sampler-Tour.zip
(1.13 MiB / 1.18 MB)
HD20SC disk (800k) S3.2/F5.3 June 1986, Software Sampler (800k) S3.0/F5.1 January 1986, Guided Tour (800k) S?/F?(likely S3/F5.1) January 1986 / Zipped
17 / 2023-11-26 / 2024-01-05 / bbde55b0d636bbe708ff171a4080a25ce688ef13 / 800k images (DiskDup+) .dsk (.img) files. Mountable/Duplicable / /
System_3-0_Finder_5-1-Jan_1986--French--3.5-400k.zip
(189.62 KiB / 194.18 KB)
System 3.0 Finder 5.1 French (Jan. 1986) 3.5-400k / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-29 / ecbfd3a51cb95ce988a6729acc5d950a51205256 / /
System_3-2_Finder_5-3-Jun_1986--French--3.5-800k.zip
(506.09 KiB / 518.23 KB)
System 3.2 Finder 5.3 French (Jun. 1986) 3.5-800k / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-29 / b84682b95423d1732fc36105eddb753b2b22954b / /
System_3-2_Finder_5-3-Jun_1986--German--3.5-800k.zip
(196.9 KiB / 201.63 KB)
System 3.2 Finder 5.3 German (Jun. 1986) 3.5-800k / Zipped
0 / 2025-03-29 / c06c5520189876219c51a8933948d4a1820295bc / /
System_3-1_Finder_5-2-Macintosh_System_Disk-Apr_1986--Japanese-Kanji--3.5-800k.zip
(632.15 KiB / 647.32 KB)
System 3.1 Finder 5.2 Japanese-Kanji Macintosh System Disk (Apr. 1986) 3.5-800k / Zipped
3 / 2025-03-29 / d160a21cc5a2d568ea17f46300f7628ea03d877f / /


Architecture


Motorola 68K



System Requirements

From Mac OS 3.0 up to Mac OS 3.4





Compatibility notes

Architecture: 68K


Emulating this? It could probably run under: Mini vMac




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