- As mistakes, bugs or incompatibilities are
discovered, updates to the operating system are issued.
To achieve stability, these updates can be crucial.
Mac OS 8.5/8.6 - Mac OS 8.1 -
Mac OS 7.6.x - Mac OS
7.5.x
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- Mac OS 8.5/8.6 Updates
- Newer versions for items included with OS 8.6
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- Mac OS 8.6 update - For OS 8.5 or 8.5.1 users
or order the bootable 8.6 CD
- QuickTime 4.0.3 - use your 'QuickTime Updater'
if installed or download the full install
- MRJ 2.1.4 - Mac OS Runtime for Java, Apple's
implementation of the Java Virtual Machine
- Font Manager Update 1.0 - fixes some font
related problems
- ATI Video Software Update 1.0 - For the ATI
RAGE 128 video card or built-in RAGE Pro chip
- Drive Setup 1.7.3 - drive utility to update
driver, initialize or test a hard drive
- USB Mass Storage Support 1.3.5 - drivers for
USB storage media of this class
- Remote Access Client 3.1.3 - for remote
dial-in server connections
- Speech Recognition 1.5.4 - voice control for
your Mac
- Apple OpenGL 1.0 - 3D libraries for for apps
that use OpenGL
- Disk Copy 6.3.3 - Mount disk images on your
desktop, make exact copies of floppy disks
- ColorSync 2.6.1 - color management system
- Open Transport Extras 2.0.3 - extras that are
included on the 8.6 CD
- AppleScript Extras 1.1 - extras that are
included on the 8.6 CD
- Iomega driver 6.04 - (IomegaWare 1.1.3)
software & driver for Iomega drives: Zip, Jaz,
Buz
- Microsoft IE & Outlook Express 4.5 -
Internet Explorer browser or OE email client
- Netscape Communicator 4.61 - available in
40bit & 128bit versions
- ixMicro ix3D 1.05.102 - for bundled ixMicro
cards (128bit 2D/3D graphics accelerator card)
- ixMicro TwinTurbo 4.0.6 - for 9600s bundled
with the IMS TwinTurbo 128 video card
- PC card 8.5 net patch - may get DOS
Compatibility cards to work, patches "PC Network
Extension"
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- Third party software updates needed for OS 8.6
compatibility
- Commercial:
- AppleShare IP Update 6.2 - now available as a
free update for any 6.x version
- Sonnet Crescendo 1.3.6 - driver for the G3
upgrade cards
- Initio Miles SCSI cards - updated firmware
& drivers for all cards
- Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.5 - now shipping
the font organizer solution
- Vimage Vpower PF 1.1b1 - driver for Vimage G3
cards, fix for 54xx and 64xx Macs
- XLR8 G3 Control 1.3.2 - auto sets optimum
speed for any G3, includes new hardware diagnostics
- Momentum uConnect 3.0 - drivers for the USB to
serial device adapter product
- Conflict Catcher 8.0.5 - fixes for use with OS
8.6 & more
- PowerPrint USB update - allows a USB
connection to most any printer Mac or PC
- Connectix Virtual PC 2.1.3 - fixes for their
Windows emulation software
- FWB Hard Disk ToolKit 3.0.2 - more drive
support and other fixes
- Extension Overload 4 - details info for most
extensions, control panels & error codes
- AppDisk 1.7.4 - ramdisk program that can be
mounted & unmounted without restarting
- BeHierarchic 4.0 - displays submenus for items
located in the Apple Menu Items
- The Unmounter 3.2 - auto unmounts unused
shared disks saving network resources - 516k
- File Buddy 5.1 - excellent utility to find
info or edit attributes on files, folders or desktop
- G3 Cache Control 1.5.2 - auto sets optimum
setting for cache speeds on any G3 equipped Mac
- Snitch 2.6.2 - edit file attributes like file
type & creator codes from the Get Info
window
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Mac OS 8.1 Updates
- Mac OS 8.1 Update - updates Mac OS 8.0 to Mac
OS 8.1. Includes bug fixes and feature enhancements.
- QuickTime 4.0.3 - For viewing, playing,
editing most all types of media. QuickTime 4 features
streaming of live and stored video and audio over the
Internet. Includes an all new QuickTime Player that
offers easy access to QuickTime content, and significant
enhancements to the QuickTime PictureViewer application
and QuickTime Web Browser Plug-in.
- MRJ 2.1.4 - Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ)
2.1.4 is an upgrade to MRJ 2.1.3. It fixes two severe
bugs that affected Java applications, but not applets. In
some Java applications, windows would occasionally
disappear or become non-functional. · Quitting a
Java application would occasionally cause another
application to quit, or a file opened by another
application to close. This would happen only when the
second application had been launched, or the file opened,
after MRJ opened a window.
- Drive Setup 1.7.3 - This version includes
improved reliability for Ultra ATA transfers on G3 Blue
and White machines. Drive Setup installs software (called
a disk driver) that allows your computer to communicate
with the hard disk. Use Drive Setup 1.7.3 to update your
disk driver or to reinitialize a disk. When you
initialize a disk, all of its contents are erased.
IMPORTANT Earlier versions of Drive Setup can reintroduce
issues resolved with Drive Setup 1.7.3.
- AppleShare Client 3.8.3 - Allows you to
connect a Mac to an AppleShare file server.
- Disk Copy 6.3.3 - Mount disk images on your
desktop, make exact copies of floppy disks from a disk
image, convert disk images from one format to another,
create a disk image from a mounted volume or individual
folder, segment a disk image into separate files, create
self-mounting disk images, and create a new blank disk
image. Using DiskScripts, AppleScript, and self mounting
images, it can be used to automate software installations
and disk image manipulation. Version 6.3.3 adds support
for accessing disk images with the Macintosh
Compatibility Application of Mac OS X Server.
- ColorSync 2.6.1 - Color management
architecture for the Mac OS. Includes compatibility fixes
for Adobe Separation Tables, .tmp files, and better
memory management.
- LaserWriter 8.6 - Printer driver for most
laser printers.
- Apple Displays Software 1.7.1 - For use with
any Apple monitor, including Apple Studio Displays,
ColorSync Displays, AppleVision Displays and other
Multiple Scan monitors. Note - any references to
AppleVision Displays also apply to ColorSync
Displays.
- LocalTalk PCI 1.2 - Requires: Power Macintosh
G3-based CPUs (except G3-based PowerBooks) and the
following models of PCI desktop CPUs: 7200, 7300, 7500,
7600, 8200, 8500, 8600, 9500, and 9600. - Apple Workgroup
Server 7250, 7350, 8550, 9650 and Macintosh Server G3. -
For CPU speeds between 100MHz and 180MHz, you must have
L2 cache memory present; for CPU speeds from 200MHz and
greater, L2 cache memory is optional. resolves a problem
where certain LocalTalk printers would not show up in the
Chooser. Resolves a problem where the mouse would respond
erratically when the computer is communicating with
LocalTalk devices. Resolves an issue with AppleShare IP
networking where the server may crash under high
load.
- Apple Video Player 1.7.2 - Apple Video Player
software allows you to view and control video using your
Mac OS computer when used in conjunction with Apple TV/FM
Radio System, Apple Video System, and Apple MPEG Media
System. AVP allows you to assign a description (such as
station name, network affiliation, or type of
programming) to each channel. Supports NTSC, PAL, and
SECAM video standards. Provides one-click operation for
capturing still frames or video clips Supports movie
compression, closed captioning, and Teletex reception
(Europe only). This version corrects a freeze frame
problem with QuickTime 3.
- Disk First Aid 8.2 - For 68040 and
PowerPC-based Macintosh computers using Mac OS 8.1. Disk
First Aid 8.2 has been tested only with the U.S. English
version of Mac OS 8.1. Disk First Aid is a utility that
verifies and repairs some problems that may occur on your
hard disk drive. This version of Disk First Aid repairs
some kinds of damage to a Mac OS Extended volume caused
by disk repair utilities that are not compatible with Mac
OS Extended format. Note that Disk First Aid may not be
able to repair all problems caused by incompatible disk
repair utilites, but it will make the hard disk icon
available on the desktop again, so that the hard disk can
be reformatted and the data restored from backup.
- SerialDMA 2.1 - For Power Macintosh 4400,
Power Macintosh 5500, Power Macintosh 6500, Twentieth
Aniversary Macintosh, Power Macintosh 7220, Power
Macintosh G3, PowerBook 2400, PowerBook 3400, PowerBook
G3, or PowerBook G3 Series. Includes version 2.1 of the
SerialDMA extension, which supplies a replacement serial
driver for a specific set of Mac OS computers. This new
driver fixes an incompatability that prevents certain
serial devices, such as digital cameras, from
establishing an initial connection. If you are using one
of the Mac OS computers listed above, and you are using a
serial device which cannot establish an initial
connection, you should install this update.
- Open Transport 1.3.1 - The OT 1.3 to 1.3.1
Update application may be used with any Mac OS compatible
computer and Mac OS 8.1. Some utility software will
report files in Mac OS 8.1 as damaged or corrupted.
Although these files are not actually damaged, using this
application will upgrade these files so they are no
longer reported as damaged or corrupted. Use of this OT
1.3 to 1.3.1 Update application is optional and is not
required. Use of this application will only correct how
these files are viewed by certain utility software. Use
of this application will not correct any other issues.
There is no functional difference between Open Transport
version 1.3 and version 1.3.1. Open Transport files with
the version number 1.3.1 have simply been resized to
remove the extra bytes of unused data. International
releases of Mac OS 8.1 do not contain the extra
bytes.
- Disk Tools for Mac OS 8.1 - Intended for use
with Mac OS 8.1 and Mac OS Extended file format. It is
provided to you in the event that you need to perform any
troubleshooting and you do not have access to the Mac OS
8.1 CD.
- Language Kit Updater 1.0 - Designed to make
the transition to Mac OS 8 as easy as possible for
Language Kit users. This Language Kit Updater will update
your Apple Language kit for compatibility with Mac OS 8.0
on your Mac OS compatible computer.
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Mac OS System 7.6.x Updates
- Mac OS 7.6.1 Update - This software updates
Mac OS 7.6 to Mac OS 7.6.1. This update is a set of
software enhancements that delivers improvements in
stability for Macintosh and Mac OS-compatible computers
running Mac OS 7.6. Nearly all Type 11 and Type 112
errors are eliminated. CFM-68K Runtime Enabler included
for computers with 68030 and 68040 processors Computers
with 68030 and 68040 processors can now use programs that
require the CFM-68K Runtime Enabler.
- QuickTime 4.0.3 - For viewing, playing,
editing most all types of media. QuickTime 4 features
streaming of live and stored video and audio over the
Internet. Includes an all new QuickTime Player that
offers easy access to QuickTime content, and significant
enhancements to the QuickTime PictureViewer application
and QuickTime Web Browser Plug-in.
- MRJ 2.1.4 - Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ)
2.1.4 is an upgrade to MRJ 2.1.3. It fixes two severe
bugs that affected Java applications, but not applets. In
some Java applications, windows would occasionally
disappear or become non-functional. · Quitting a
Java application would occasionally cause another
application to quit, or a file opened by another
application to close. This would happen only when the
second application had been launched, or the file opened,
after MRJ opened a window.
- Drive Setup 1.7.3 - This version includes
improved reliability for Ultra ATA transfers on G3 Blue
and White machines. Drive Setup installs software (called
a disk driver) that allows your computer to communicate
with the hard disk. Use Drive Setup 1.7.3 to update your
disk driver or to reinitialize a disk. When you
initialize a disk, all of its contents are erased.
IMPORTANT Earlier versions of Drive Setup can reintroduce
issues resolved with Drive Setup 1.7.3.
- AppleShare Client 3.8.3 - allows you to
connect a Mac to an AppleShare file server.
- Disk Copy 6.3.3 - Mount disk images on your
desktop, make exact copies of floppy disks from a disk
image, convert disk images from one format to another,
create a disk image from a mounted volume or individual
folder, segment a disk image into separate files, create
self-mounting disk images, and create a new blank disk
image. Using DiskScripts, AppleScript, and self mounting
images, it can be used to automate software installations
and disk image manipulation. Version 6.3.3 adds support
for accessing disk images with the Macintosh
Compatibility Application of Mac OS X Server.
- LaserWriter 8.6 - Printer driver for most
laser printers.
- ColorSync 2.5.1 - Provides new and enhanced
features regarding Monitor calibration, AppleScript
support, Profile cache file, Profiles folder and
subfolders, Photoshop plug-ins, Multiprocessing, and 16
bit image support.
- Apple Video Player 1.7.2 - Apple Video Player
software allows you to view and control video using your
Mac OS computer when used in conjunction with Apple TV/FM
Radio System, Apple Video System, and Apple MPEG Media
System. AVP allows you to assign a description (such as
station name, network affiliation, or type of
programming) to each channel. Supports NTSC, PAL, and
SECAM video standards. Provides one-click operation for
capturing still frames or video clips Supports movie
compression, closed captioning, and Teletex reception
(Europe only). This version corrects a freeze frame
problem with QuickTime 3.
- SerialDMA 2.1 - For Power Macintosh 4400,
Power Macintosh 5500, Power Macintosh 6500, Twentieth
Aniversary Macintosh, Power Macintosh 7220, Power
Macintosh G3, PowerBook 2400, PowerBook 3400, PowerBook
G3, or PowerBook G3 Series. Includes version 2.1 of the
SerialDMA extension, which supplies a replacement serial
driver for a specific set of Mac OS computers. This new
driver fixes an incompatability that prevents certain
serial devices, such as digital cameras, from
establishing an initial connection. If you are using one
of the Mac OS computers listed above, and you are using a
serial device which cannot establish an initial
connection, you should install this update.
- Apple Displays 1.6 - If you are using a
68040-based Mac use Apple Displays version 1.5.5. The
Apple Displays Software version 1.6 can be used by all
Apple monitors, including ColorSync Displays and other
Multiple Scan monitors. This version adds support for the
Apple Studio Display. Note that the PowerBook 1400,
PowerBook Duo 2300, PowerBook 3400 and PowerBook 5300 are
not compatible with the Apple Studio Display. See your
manual for more information on compatibility. Also note
that the Radius ThunderColor 30/1600 and Apple 24AC video
cards are not compatible with the Apple Studio
Display.
- CD ROM 5.4 - Software that lets you use an
Apple CD-ROM drive with your Macintosh computer.
Previously only available from Mac OS 8.0, this version
includes improved audio CD handling and support for 12x
CD-ROM drives used with a PowerBook 1400.
- Location Manager 2.0.1 - This software is
included on the Mac OS 8.1 CD. It allows you to easily
set and use multiple settings configurations, as in for
home or for work.
- Open Transport 1.1.2 - Networking software
designed to work on Mac OS-compatible computers with a
Motorola 68030 or 68040 family microprocessor, or a
PowerPC microprocessor. Open Transport is supported on
system software versions 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.5
or later. System software version 7.5.3 or later is
recommended.
- Open Transport PPP - Allows you to connect
your computer to remote TCP/IP networks, such as
corporate networks and the Internet, using a modem and
the telephone system. Includes control panels for your
modem and for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) as well as
onscreen help for using these control panels. (better
alternative for PowerMacs than FreePPP or MacPPP)
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System 7.5.x Updates
- Note: Any 7.5.x system can be updated to 7.5.5
however if you are running 7.5.2 or lower it is a two
step process. The first step is to install System 7.5.3
and then you can install the 7.5.5 update.
- System 7.5.3 - Full system, not an update.
Download this if you do not have System 7.5.x in any
form.
- System 7.5.3 Update - Download this update if
you have 7.5, 7.5.1 or 7.5.2
- System 7.5.5 Update - Updates System 7.5.3 to
7.5.5.
- QuickTime 4.0.3 - For viewing, playing,
editing most all types of media. QuickTime 4 features
streaming of live and stored video and audio over the
Internet. Includes an all new QuickTime Player that
offers easy access to QuickTime content, and significant
enhancements to the QuickTime PictureViewer application
and QuickTime Web Browser Plug-in.
- Drive Setup 1.6.1 - Use Drive Setup 1.6.1 to
update your disk driver or to reinitialize a disk. When
you initialize a disk, all of its contents are erased.
Version 1.6.1 fixes a potential data transfer problem on
the PowerBook 5300 and PowerBook 2300 operating in SCSI
Disk Mode. Earlier versions of Drive Setup can
reintroduce issues resolved with Drive Setup 1.6.1.
- Disk Copy 6.3.3 - Mount disk images on your
desktop, make exact copies of floppy disks from a disk
image, convert disk images from one format to another,
create a disk image from a mounted volume or individual
folder, segment a disk image into separate files, create
self-mounting disk images, and create a new blank disk
image. Using DiskScripts, AppleScript, and self mounting
images, it can be used to automate software installations
and disk image manipulation. Version 6.3.3 adds support
for accessing disk images with the Macintosh
Compatibility Application of Mac OS X Server.
- Apple Video Player 1.7.2 - Apple Video Player
software allows you to view and control video using your
Mac OS computer when used in conjunction with Apple TV/FM
Radio System, Apple Video System, and Apple MPEG Media
System. AVP allows you to assign a description (such as
station name, network affiliation, or type of
programming) to each channel. Supports NTSC, PAL, and
SECAM video standards. Provides one-click operation for
capturing still frames or video clips Supports movie
compression, closed captioning, and Teletex reception
(Europe only).
- Apple Displays 1.6 - If you are using a
68040-based Mac use Apple Displays version 1.5.5. The
Apple Displays Software version 1.6 can be used by all
Apple monitors, including ColorSync Displays and other
Multiple Scan monitors. This version adds support for the
Apple Studio Display. Note that the PowerBook 1400,
PowerBook Duo 2300, PowerBook 3400 and PowerBook 5300 are
not compatible with the Apple Studio Display. See your
manual for more information on compatibility. Also note
that the Radius ThunderColor 30/1600 and Apple 24AC video
cards are not compatible with the Apple Studio
Display.
- LaserWriter 8.5.1 - Printer driver for laser
printers. LaserWriter 8.5.1 adds support for IP printing,
for Custom Page Size, for PostScript 3 printers, improved
support for ColorSync, support for Acrobat Save as File
Format, and adds support for Desktop Printer
Utility.
- PowerPC Interrupt Extension 1.0 - Improve
reliability and performance using 7.5.5. You may have
experienced your computer freezing for several seconds
before returning to normal operation, or completely
freezing and requiring a restart. This extension fixes
one source of this problem.
- CD ROM Software 5.4 - Software that lets you
use an Apple CD-ROM drive with your Macintosh computer.
Previously only available from Mac OS 8.0, this version
includes improved audio CD handling and support for 12x
CD-ROM drives used with a PowerBook 1400.
- Mac OS Runtime for Java 1.5.1 - Mac OS Runtime
for Java (MRJ) is Apple's implementation of the Java
runtime environment based on software from Sun
Microsystems, Inc. Mac OS applications adapted to use MRJ
can run Java applets and applications. MRJ 1.5.1 is a
bug-fix update to MRJ 1.5. MRJ 1.5.1 fixes a security
hole that could have been exploited by applets running in
web browsers or the Apple Applet Runner. If you are
running MRJ version 1.5 or earlier, you need to upgrade
to MRJ 1.5.1. MRJ 1.5.1 implements version 1.0.2 of Sun's
Java. MRJ 1.5.1 includes Apple Applet Runner, a
standalone application that runs Java applets, and Apple
Applet Viewer, an OpenDoc viewer you use to put Java
applets into OpenDoc documents.
- Open Transport 1.1.2 - Networking software
designed to work on Mac OS-compatible computers with a
Motorola 68030 or 68040 family microprocessor, or a
PowerPC microprocessor. Open Transport is supported on
system software versions 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.5
or later. System software version 7.5.3 or later is
recommended.
- Open Transport PPP - Allows you to connect
your computer to remote TCP/IP networks, such as
corporate networks and the Internet, using a modem and
the telephone system. Includes control panels for your
modem and for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) as well as
onscreen help for using these control panels. (better
alternative for PowerMacs than FreePPP or MacPPP)
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