Apple Older Software Downloads

[mbaran]

Is anyone else having trouble getting to the page? I just get redirected to the generic support page.

I also found this article http://support.apple.com/kb/TA48312?viewlocale=en_US which makes it seem as they are no longer offering any of those downloads from before? 

 

[techknight]

Yup. Looks like apple finally purged their system. All legacy downloads gone.

 

[mbaran]

The download links are all still good. Should I grab them all while I can and throw them into an ISO? 

For example : http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Modem/Apple_Modem_Updater.smi.bin still works. 

I can run through the page and make a notepad file with every link and just run wget on all of it

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Time to fire off an email to Tim Cook.

 

[mbaran]

I don't think this is against the rules, since these files were all public just a week ago, but here's a few useful things.

Pastebin of each link for each file, these are all still working. Grab them now, they could dissappear whenever. http://pastebin.com/VrBtKkG4

edit: here's a MEGA link to the entire site, I just ripped it about 15 minutes ago. All files were verified to be non zero-byte, so I think I got it all. https://mega.co.nz/#!j5dhEDYL!IjxTCwHqmgkCIN3eUJbFbIt9t52rUouDQdBZNBcC7DQ

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Well, my System 7.5 disks just became a whole lot more valuable. Thankfully I still have the 7.5.3 and 7.5.5 files as well.

 

[bse5150]

Oh my.   Well, this is a troubling development.   Something needs to be done about this.

 

[mbaran]

See a few posts above for an added link to all files. 

 

[Unknown_K]

Nice link, snagging the file at 1.9MB/sec.

 

[bse5150]

I'm downloading it right now.  Thanks.

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Getting it too. I'd actually previously considered downloading everything on that list, just in case.

At any rate, I did send an email to Tim about it. Maybe we can get it back up. They've been purging old Support articles for some time now, but I was hoping that page would be spared.

 

[mbaran]

They should just release everything before 1999. Let us have official images of System .97. 

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

They should just release everything before 1999. Let us have official images of System .97. 

I've considered that, but I'm pretty sure there was a lot of licensed technology in System 7.6 and beyond that prevented them from releasing them for free.

 

[techknight]

it would be nice if Tim would release all the legacy support notes, and software as one big package to download. or maybe legacy.apple.com. But I am dreaming, i know....

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

I actually suggested that. If a response is coming it will probably take a little bit, as he's got to read it, forward it, then wait until he hears back.

 

[SuperToaster]

This was a big resource for us I'm sad to see it go...

 

[max1zzz]

I have a online mirror of apples old server, I downloaded it all in mid 2013 when it was already getting flakey

asa.max1zzz.co.uk

 

[techknight]

did anyone rip all the tech notes, and knowledge base articles for all the legacy stuff? 

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

They've been culling that stuff for years, unfortunately.