Mac OS Install CD Library : MacOS 7, MacOS 8, MacOS 9

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Publisher: Apple Inc.
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Year: 1993

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What is Mac OS Install CD Library : MacOS 7, MacOS 8, MacOS 9?

Here's a decade of Mac OS releases ranging from 7.0 to 9.2.2, information from Wikipedia:

(Note that this page is a WIP, please improve if you can spare a minute or two!)

Version Release date Changes Codename
7.0 May 13, 1991 Initial release Big Bang
7.0.1 October 21, 1991
  • Portable and Brightness control panels, caps lock extension
  • Memory optimizations for 68040 systems
 Road Warrior
7.1 August 28, 1992
  • Introduced Fonts folder
  • First version to support System Enablers
 Cube-E
7.0.1P September 14, 1992 Bundled w/ software -
7.1P October 19, 1992 Bundled w/ software -
7.1P2 April 12, 1993 Bundled w/ software -
7.1P3 October 18, 1993 Bundled w/ software -
7.1.1 October 21, 1993
  • Bundled w/ AppleScript tools
  • Bundled w/ QuickTime
  • Bundled w/ Apple Open Collaboration Environment (AOCE)
 System 7 Pro
7.1P5 December 1, 1993 Bundled w/ software -
7.1P6 February 1, 1994 Bundled w/ software -
7.1.2 March 14, 1994 First release to support PowerPC -
7.1.2P July 18, 1994 Bundled w/ Performa 630, LC 630 and Quadra 630 -
7.5 September 12, 1994
  • Startup screen w/ progress bar
  • Apple Guide
  • Clock in menu bar
  • Stickies
  • WindowShade
  • MacTCP
  • Control Strip
  • Desktop Patterns
  • Extensions Manager
  • PowerTalk
  • Launcher
  • Hierarchical Apple menu
  • System-wide clippings drag and drop
  • Scriptable Finder
  • QuickDraw GX
  • OpenDoc
 Capone
7.5.1 March 23, 1995
  • New startup screen displaying Mac OS logo
  • Bug fixes
 Danook
7.5.2 June 19, 1995
  • Support for PCI bus
  • Open Transport
 Marconi
7.5.3 January 1, 1996
  • Shared memory multiprocessing support
  • Bug fixes
 Unity
7.5.3 Rev 2 May 1, 1996 Improved speed Buster
7.5.3 Rev 2.1 August 7, 1996 Bundled w/ Performa 6400/180 and 6400/200 Son of Buster
7.5.3 Rev 2.2
7.5.5 September 27, 1996
  • Improved speed
  • Improved stability
  • Memory related bug fixes
  • Last release to support 68000 and 68020 Macs
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7.6 January 7, 1997
  • First release to be named "Mac OS" instead of Mac "System"
  • Improved stability
 Harmony
7.6.1 April 7, 1997 Improved stability -
8.0 July 26, 1997 Initial release Tempo
8.1 January 19, 1998
  • HFS+ file system
  • Last release to support 68030 and 68040 Macs
  • Introduced support for USB (on PowerPC)
 Bride of Buster
8.5 October 17, 1998
  • PowerPC required, Sherlock, Themes, 32-bit icons
  • Shipped w/ Stuffit 4.5
 Allegro
8.5.1 December 7, 1998 Crash, memory leaks and data corruption fixes The Ric Ford (of Macintouch) Release
8.6 May 10, 1999
  • New nanokernel to support Multiprocessing Services 2.0
  • Battery life improvement
  • Shipped w/ Stuffit 5.1
 Veronica
9.0 October 23, 1999

Initial release

 Sonata
9.0.2 February 2000

(Shipped with Macs)

Bug fixes

 -
9.0.3 March 2000

(Shipped with Macs)

Bug fixes

 -
9.0.4 April 4, 2000
  • Improved USB and FireWire support
  • Other bug fixes
 Minuet
9.1 January 9, 2001
  • Memory management unit required
  • Integrated Disc Burning within Finder
  • Implementation of Finder 'Window' menu
  • Improved stability
 Fortissimo
9.2 June 18, 2001

(Shipped with Macs)
  • G3 processor as minimum system requirement
  • Improved speed
  • Improved Classic Environment support
 Moonlight
9.2.1 August 21, 2001

Minor bug fixes

 Limelight
9.2.2 December 5, 2001
  • Bug fixes relating to Classic Environment
  • Shipped w/ Stuffit 6.0
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Download Mac OS Install CD Library : MacOS 7, MacOS 8, MacOS 9 for Mac

MacOS_75.toast_.sit
(162.92 MiB / 170.84 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
299 / 2014-07-08 / f5236b6cef86f611a8726db375ccc32856d0a25c / /
MacOS_71.toast_.sit
(37.67 MiB / 39.5 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
275 / 2014-07-08 / 5fafed52ea9a224eaa7c17cb6d2fa781f3b12832 / /
MacOS_761.toast_.sit
(136.08 MiB / 142.69 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
319 / 2014-07-08 / d0ce194501a031c5d417bed52b7b995331f50e0e / /
MacOS_7.6.1_Update.sit
(4.65 MiB / 4.87 MB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
112 / 2014-08-23 / 2491a31ed817716195f106c5fa2c4f2c3b808434 / /
MacOS_8.toast_.sit
(215.85 MiB / 226.34 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
294 / 2014-07-08 / c1cc184d8841000d38b3991409c4bfc181b68dd1 / /
MacOS_81.toast_.sit
(259.47 MiB / 272.07 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
365 / 2014-07-08 / 16c0b3658556e1812fcac6c0c27e9dd1c2d415a4 / /
Apple-Mac-OS-8.1--iso-.7z
(193.41 MiB / 202.81 MB)
113 / 2022-10-15 / 2022-11-21 / 05b3acad02a28fe21f6ef968fbea6d1df18225f8 / /
Mac_OS_8.1_Update.smi_.bin_.sit
(14.08 MiB / 14.76 MB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
120 / 2014-08-23 / cf048e611a8095ffb4963f2d2f63dcdf7d87fc21 / /
MacOS_85.toast_.sit
(354.79 MiB / 372.02 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
142 / 2014-07-08 / a7a5181ed30bb6f7eed29fd05441b46be3a1fa30 / /
MacOS_86.toast_.sit
(367.02 MiB / 384.85 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
396 / 2014-08-08 / ecce46bc7eac56f002a4234327e838b0050770f5 / /
Mac_OS_8.6_Update.smi_.bin_.sit
(31.2 MiB / 32.71 MB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
91 / 2014-08-23 / 5ca7705af33613ea22a044f3f76b490c3c12855f / /
MacOS_90.toast_.sit
(453.44 MiB / 475.47 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
275 / 2014-09-09 / ccb6407de6b34afb7e31e39ff0835c15deab208e / /
MacOS_904.toast_.sit
(457.35 MiB / 479.57 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
377 / 2014-07-08 / 1e03df83c71f1db114fb6198b9835fc63afa2012 / /
Mac_OS_9.1_Update.smi_.sit
(67.89 MiB / 71.19 MB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
155 / 2014-08-23 / 56c8faed5b4e5c8d75fdf1700377adb91300374d / /
MacOS_9_2_1.toast_.sit
(445.66 MiB / 467.31 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
459 / 2014-07-08 / 40749402b175d243889d0c13762907e528de39d4 / /
Mac_OS_9.2.2_Update.smi_.bin_.sit
(20.09 MiB / 21.06 MB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
184 / 2014-08-23 / 99b7cff2fa7b9b9a3c768bfad609a8235bf703f4 / /
NetBoot9.dmg_.zip
(508.73 MiB / 533.44 MB)
/ DMG image, zipped
53 / 2014-11-14 / c4c1bb68f34193cfcf227e05f3ffd5c28b44887c / /
eMac_Install_V1.toast_.sit
(454.41 MiB / 476.48 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
26 / 2014-09-19 / 89f212485b35dc205d0c0297f6275a887670d732 / /
eMac_Install_V2.toast_.sit
(272.53 MiB / 285.77 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
24 / 2014-09-19 / c0f1646ff4efade71913fc1b85e184f09b6982be / /
iMac_Install.toast_.sit
(425.82 MiB / 446.5 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
55 / 2014-07-08 / ef90547472f93b56b2c3009b0ef2ea8dfacd2acb / /
iBook_922_Install_CD.dmg_.zip
(455.4 MiB / 477.52 MB)
/ DMG image, zipped
96 / 2014-09-20 / 1ddc6d72b78171672feb2bff6174ea3670b04e99 / /
PBG3_81.toast_.sit
(312.69 MiB / 327.88 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
24 / 2014-07-19 / f5bf09b6d3fc55b07587ff0419f76f50fea0469f / /
PBG3_85.toast_.sit
(476 MiB / 499.12 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
19 / 2014-07-19 / cab6fa7619ac04ee840e129707fafa287afd95d3 / /
PBG3_86.toast_.sit
(436.31 MiB / 457.5 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
26 / 2014-07-19 / a98a0730264f2152e21f34cd549d0b61e6dd3e96 / /
PBG3_904.sit
(504.35 MiB / 528.85 MB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
40 / 2014-07-19 / e69dcec8e7456b0f349c7554d21b0297a7506dd5 / /
PM_G3_81.toast_.sit
(287.11 MiB / 301.06 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
20 / 2014-08-08 / 5cc2e049228919d24a9a3679f7e0f9f133371ff8 / /
PM_G3_Modem_Software.toast_.sit
(2.05 MiB / 2.15 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
15 / 2014-08-08 / 8f08b24c0eee80c289aace624438fa35e2a8c394 / /
PMG3_851.toast_.sit
(415.92 MiB / 436.13 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
20 / 2014-07-20 / 6307cdfe9b97d62ea63a3a888d1a324432e4003f / /
PMG3_86.toast_.sit
(434.37 MiB / 455.47 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
37 / 2014-07-20 / d1dbd6952577cfae9688aabe51f298d2a48ca4c8 / /
iMac_904_restore.toast_.sit
(525.78 MiB / 551.32 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
39 / 2014-07-20 / b45b3a5a545bd0d5c9242e15e322fdb3636f383b / /
iBook_Restore_1.toast_.sit
(468.59 MiB / 491.35 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
24 / 2014-07-20 / 3ca487c808d6f68b052157c0fca859110ac28adf / /
iBook_Restore_2.toast_.sit
(568.51 MiB / 596.12 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
19 / 2014-07-21 / 5fb2463fe0b9453784a89b57612f45ddacfce740 / /
iBook_Restore_3.toast_.sit
(605.3 MiB / 634.7 MB)
/ Toast image, compressed w/ Stuffit
21 / 2014-07-21 / a6f83e938d83947852a73efc109122198c601bcb / /
Power_Mac_G4_Install_904.toast_.zip
(317.57 MiB / 333 MB)
/ Toast image, zipped
67 / 2018-09-14 / accb8b34e1d49bcc31ffab089aa197bca26073bd / /


Architecture


IBM PowerPC



Compatibility notes

Architecture: 68K or PPC (depends on the release, but PPC is required starting from Mac OS 8.5)

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