Mac OS 8

E42813
classic Mac OS operating system

Mac OS 8 is a classic Apple Macintosh operating system released in 1997 that introduced a revamped Platinum interface, improved multitasking, and enhanced Internet and multimedia features for pre-OS X Macs.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Mac OS 8 canonical 42
Mac OS 8.1 9
Mac OS 8.6 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classic Mac OS ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
codename Tempo ⓘ
defaultEmailClient Claris Emailer (in some bundles) ⓘ
defaultWebBrowser Netscape Navigator ⓘ
surface form: Netscape Navigator (bundled in many configurations)
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
distributionMedium CD-ROM ⓘ
historicalSignificance major visual and architectural update to classic Mac OS before Mac OS X ⓘ
includesComponent Appearance Manager ⓘ
Contextual Menus ⓘ
Control Panels ⓘ
surface form: Control Strip

Extensions Manager ⓘ
Finder ⓘ
surface form: Finder 8

Open Transport networking ⓘ
QuickTime ⓘ
Sherlock 2 search tool ⓘ
surface form: Sherlock (in later 8.x versions)
includesFeature enhanced Internet features ⓘ
enhanced multimedia features ⓘ
improved multitasking ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1997-07-26 ⓘ
kernelType classic Mac OS monolithic kernel ⓘ
latestMinorVersion Mac OS 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS 8.6
license proprietary software ⓘ
notableFeature Platinum appearance theme ⓘ
better PowerPC native code support ⓘ
improved virtual memory ⓘ
integrated Internet setup assistant ⓘ
pop-up windows in the Finder ⓘ
spring-loaded folders ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS
platform Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: Apple Macintosh
predecessor System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form: System 7
releaseYear 1997 ⓘ
1999 ⓘ
replacedBy macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X (as primary Mac operating system line)
runsOn PowerPC-based Macintosh computers ⓘ
some 68k Macintosh models (early 8.0/8.1 with limitations) ⓘ
sourceModel closed source ⓘ
successor Mac OS 9 ⓘ
supports OpenGL ⓘ
surface form: OpenGL (via later extensions and drivers)

QuickDraw graphics system ⓘ
surface form: QuickDraw graphics

cooperative multitasking ⓘ
supportsFileSystem HFS ⓘ
HFS Plus ⓘ
surface form: HFS+
supportsNetworkingProtocol AppleTalk ⓘ
TCP/IP ⓘ
targetAudience consumer desktop users ⓘ
creative professionals ⓘ
userInterface Platinum interface ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LC series → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
subject surface form: Macintosh LC series
Quadra series → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
HFS Plus → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
HFS Plus → introducedIn → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
HFS Plus → defaultFileSystemOf → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
PowerBook → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Performa → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
AppleTalk → usedBy → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
SimpleText → includedWith → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Carbon (late transitional API) → introducedWith → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
Carbon (late transitional API) → usedIn → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Mac OS 9 → predecessor → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.6
Mac OS 8 → latestMinorVersion → Mac OS 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.6
Macintosh Quadra → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh series → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Performa 5200CD → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Performa 5200CD → supportsOperatingSystemVersionUpTo → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
iMac G3 → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
Apple Macintosh Performa series → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Macworld New York 1999 → platform → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
System 7 (early versions) → successor → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
subject surface form: System 7
Mac 68k bootloaders → designedForOSFamily → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8 (68k-compatible models)
HFS → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Control Panels → prominentIn → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
subject surface form: Control Panels (classic Mac OS)
Dialog Manager → platform → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Apple Macintosh Centris 650 → supportedOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Sonata → follows → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.6
Mac OS Platinum → usedInOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Mac OS Platinum → usedInOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
Mac OS Platinum → usedInOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.5
Mac OS Platinum → usedInOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.6
Mac OS Platinum → introducedWithVersion → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Tempo → codenameFor → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Tempo → developmentPhaseOf → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Tempo → finalProductName → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Appearance Manager → introducedInVersion → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Open Transport networking → runsOn → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
subject surface form: Open Transport
Extensions Manager → includedWith → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 6100 → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 7100 → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 7100 → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.1
Power Macintosh 7100 → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.6
Power Macintosh 9500 → supportedOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 9600 → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Performa 5300CD → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Performa 6200CD → supportsOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.5.1 (shipped)
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) → compatibleOperatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.5.1
Power Macintosh 5200 series → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics) → operatingSystem → Mac OS 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8.6