Time-consuming method of dragging fonts to and from the System file, In August 1992, the 7.1 update was released which incorporated theseĬhanges and introduced the Fonts folder. Would lose files and added 'minimum' and 'preferred' memory allotments to an application's Get Info box. A patch called 'System 7 Tune-Up' alsoįollowed, which fixed the 'disappearing files' bug in which the system System 7 was developed for Macs that used the Motorola 680x0 line of processors, but was ported to the PowerPC after Apple adopted the new processor.Soon after the initial release of System 7, the 7.0.1 minor update was Operating system 'Mac OS', a name which had first appeared on Systemħ.5.1's boot screen. With the release of version 7.6 in 1997, Apple officially renamed the 'System 7' is often used generically to refer to all 7.x versions. Features added with the System 7 release included virtual memory, personal file sharing, QuickTime, QuickDraw 3D, and an improved user interface. It succeeded System 6, and was the main Macintosh operating system until it was succeeded by Mac OS 8 in 1997. It was introduced on May 13, 1991, by Apple Computer. System 7 (codenamed 'Big Bang' and sometimes retrospectively called Mac OS 7) is a single-user graphical user interface-based operating system for Macintosh computers and was part of the classic Mac OS line of operating systems. This Internet Archive emulated item contains a 10MB Macintosh formatted disk image with an install of Mac System 7.0.1.

Mac system 7 disk image