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 |
Officially MacOS 8.0 and 8.1 required a minimum of a 68040 CPU. However it could be made to run on some 68030 based Macs.
Note: The foreign language versions that were here were corrupt and have been removed. If you have a foreign language version you would like to contribute, please see our contributions page.
Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
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Apple Mac OS 8.0 (3.5 - 1.44mb) | 8.0 | English | 24.09MB | 33 | |
Apple Mac OS 8.0 (ISO) | 8.0 | English | 160.89MB | 34 | |
Apple Mac OS 8.0 [British English] (ISO) | 8.0 | British English | 156.88MB | 0 | |
Apple Mac OS 8.0 [French] (ISO) | 8.0 | French | 170.61MB | 0 | |
Apple Mac OS 8.0 [German] (ISO) | 8.0 | German | 156.73MB | 1 | |
Apple Mac OS 8.0 [Japanese] (ISO) | 8.0 | Japanese | 180.9MB | 3 |