How to install System 7.5.5 on a Macintosh SE/30 using floppies?

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I have a Macintosh SE/30 with a formatted Disk. I'd like to install the latest System 7 on it that will run. According to Wikipedia that should be 7.5.5. According to several sources Apple has made it available for free. Where can I find it and how can I get it onto 1.44MB floppies for installation (the mac has a drive that supports them)?

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I have a Macintosh SE/30 with a formatted Disk. I'd like to install the latest System 7 on it that will run. According to Wikipedia that should be 7.5.5. According to several sources Apple has made it available for free. Where can I find it and how can I get it onto 1.44MB floppies for installation (the mac has a drive that supports them)?

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I have a Macintosh SE/30 with a formatted Disk. I'd like to install the latest System 7 on it that will run. According to Wikipedia that should be 7.5.5. According to several sources Apple has made it available for free. Where can I find it and how can I get it onto 1.44MB floppies for installation (the mac has a drive that supports them)?

floppy-disk apple-macintosh mac-os-classic operating-system boot

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I have a Macintosh SE/30 with a formatted Disk. I'd like to install the latest System 7 on it that will run. According to Wikipedia that should be 7.5.5. According to several sources Apple has made it available for free. Where can I find it and how can I get it onto 1.44MB floppies for installation (the mac has a drive that supports them)?

floppy-disk apple-macintosh mac-os-classic operating-system boot

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  Apple used to maintain an FTP full of good old stuff, but they ditched it over a decade ago. A real shame to see it disappear. I've had success just scrounging around the interwebs. For example, you might look at winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems and snoop around...
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  Apple used to maintain an FTP full of good old stuff, but they ditched it over a decade ago. A real shame to see it disappear. I've had success just scrounging around the interwebs. For example, you might look at winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems and snoop around...
  – Geo...
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Apple used to maintain an FTP full of good old stuff, but they ditched it over a decade ago. A real shame to see it disappear. I've had success just scrounging around the interwebs. For example, you might look at winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems and snoop around...
– Geo...
4 hours ago

Apple used to maintain an FTP full of good old stuff, but they ditched it over a decade ago. A real shame to see it disappear. I've had success just scrounging around the interwebs. For example, you might look at winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems and snoop around...
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These used to be available at ftp.download.info.apple.com but that site's been down for ages. Most (possibly all) of the files previously hosted there are available from archive.org either as a 7.4GB zip file or as individual files.

You'll probably need to start with System 7.5.3 then update to 7.5.5¹. Note that these assume you already have System 7 on your Mac though there is a work-around for older OSes². Since you're it sounds like you're dealing with a bare system you'll also need to find a way to write the disk images onto physical floppy disks.

¹ These files can be found, e.g., under the following paths (replace "English-North_American" or "English-International" with the desired language):

• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Full_Installs/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3.part/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/System_7.5.5_Update/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-International/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/

² From one of the readme files:

This software is available as 19 parts of a self-mounting Disk Copy
image. Download all 19 parts to your hard drive and then double-click
on the first part to mount the compressed disk image on your desktop.

Note that self-mounting Disk Images require Mac OS version 7.0.1 or
later. If you are using a version of Mac OS prior to this, you can
download the System 7.5 Network Access floppy disk and boot your
Macintosh from that to use this software.

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These used to be available at ftp.download.info.apple.com but that site's been down for ages. Most (possibly all) of the files previously hosted there are available from archive.org either as a 7.4GB zip file or as individual files.

You'll probably need to start with System 7.5.3 then update to 7.5.5¹. Note that these assume you already have System 7 on your Mac though there is a work-around for older OSes². Since you're it sounds like you're dealing with a bare system you'll also need to find a way to write the disk images onto physical floppy disks.

¹ These files can be found, e.g., under the following paths (replace "English-North_American" or "English-International" with the desired language):

• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Full_Installs/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3.part/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/System_7.5.5_Update/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-International/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/

² From one of the readme files:

This software is available as 19 parts of a self-mounting Disk Copy
image. Download all 19 parts to your hard drive and then double-click
on the first part to mount the compressed disk image on your desktop.

Note that self-mounting Disk Images require Mac OS version 7.0.1 or
later. If you are using a version of Mac OS prior to this, you can
download the System 7.5 Network Access floppy disk and boot your
Macintosh from that to use this software.

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These used to be available at ftp.download.info.apple.com but that site's been down for ages. Most (possibly all) of the files previously hosted there are available from archive.org either as a 7.4GB zip file or as individual files.

You'll probably need to start with System 7.5.3 then update to 7.5.5¹. Note that these assume you already have System 7 on your Mac though there is a work-around for older OSes². Since you're it sounds like you're dealing with a bare system you'll also need to find a way to write the disk images onto physical floppy disks.

¹ These files can be found, e.g., under the following paths (replace "English-North_American" or "English-International" with the desired language):

• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Full_Installs/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3.part/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/System_7.5.5_Update/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-International/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/

² From one of the readme files:

This software is available as 19 parts of a self-mounting Disk Copy
image. Download all 19 parts to your hard drive and then double-click
on the first part to mount the compressed disk image on your desktop.

Note that self-mounting Disk Images require Mac OS version 7.0.1 or
later. If you are using a version of Mac OS prior to this, you can
download the System 7.5 Network Access floppy disk and boot your
Macintosh from that to use this software.

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These used to be available at ftp.download.info.apple.com but that site's been down for ages. Most (possibly all) of the files previously hosted there are available from archive.org either as a 7.4GB zip file or as individual files.

You'll probably need to start with System 7.5.3 then update to 7.5.5¹. Note that these assume you already have System 7 on your Mac though there is a work-around for older OSes². Since you're it sounds like you're dealing with a bare system you'll also need to find a way to write the disk images onto physical floppy disks.

¹ These files can be found, e.g., under the following paths (replace "English-North_American" or "English-International" with the desired language):

• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Full_Installs/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3.part/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/System_7.5.5_Update/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-International/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/

² From one of the readme files:

This software is available as 19 parts of a self-mounting Disk Copy
image. Download all 19 parts to your hard drive and then double-click
on the first part to mount the compressed disk image on your desktop.

Note that self-mounting Disk Images require Mac OS version 7.0.1 or
later. If you are using a version of Mac OS prior to this, you can
download the System 7.5 Network Access floppy disk and boot your
Macintosh from that to use this software.

share|improve this answer

edited 3 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

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These used to be available at ftp.download.info.apple.com but that site's been down for ages. Most (possibly all) of the files previously hosted there are available from archive.org either as a 7.4GB zip file or as individual files.

You'll probably need to start with System 7.5.3 then update to 7.5.5¹. Note that these assume you already have System 7 on your Mac though there is a work-around for older OSes². Since you're it sounds like you're dealing with a bare system you'll also need to find a way to write the disk images onto physical floppy disks.

¹ These files can be found, e.g., under the following paths (replace "English-North_American" or "English-International" with the desired language):

• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Full_Installs/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3.part/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/System_7.5.5_Update/


• download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-International/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/

² From one of the readme files:

This software is available as 19 parts of a self-mounting Disk Copy
image. Download all 19 parts to your hard drive and then double-click
on the first part to mount the compressed disk image on your desktop.

Note that self-mounting Disk Images require Mac OS version 7.0.1 or
later. If you are using a version of Mac OS prior to this, you can
download the System 7.5 Network Access floppy disk and boot your
Macintosh from that to use this software.

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