Apple Mac OS 8 was another major overhaul of the OS from the earlier Mac OS 7. It added a new Platinum visual theme, a multi threaded Finder, better virtual memory, and many customization options. 8.5 and later require a PPC CPU. It was followed up by Mac OS 9.
Running MacOS 8 requires a supported Motorola 68K or Power PC based Macintosh (see the compatibility matrix), or one of the following emulators:
Basilisk II - Runs MacOS 7.x-8.1, emulates later color Motorola 68k based Macs.
SheepShaver - Runs MacOS 7.5.2-9.0.4, emulates a Power PC based Macintosh.
Other Mac OS Versions:
| 1.x-6.x | 7.x | 8.x | 9.x | MacOS X | All |
This is a Mac OS pre-release that includes some of the features found in MacOS 9.
Apple never released a final "8.7", instead the version number was bumped to 9.0.
To run this, we recommend the SheepShaver emulator.
Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
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Apple Mac OS 8.7 (''Sarah'' 8.7.A6C2 A) (HD Image Mac BIN) | 8.7 (''Sarah'' 8.7.A6C2 A) Prerelease | English | 153MB | 26 |