. Creators of complete VM solutions and dedicated
to the preservation of older Macintosh abandonware!
Welcome to our site!
Mac-Cosmos is a website dedicated to preservation and the classic Mac user providing a variety of FREE Mac abandonware and/or orphaned works programs and custom Virtual Machine packages (Members only
). The abandonware applications can run in a variety of ways including the original model of Macintosh they were designed for and/or using emulators such as UTM, Sheepshaver, Mini vMac, Basilisk II & more. We carefully evaluate, test & organize the programs to install as they did on the original machines. Using .dsk images as floppy equivalents, .iso as CD equivalents, we even provide an instruction video for each app showing installation to make the process fast and easy. Our custom Virtual Machine packages come in a variety of flavors, we have Mini vMac VM’s, Sheepshaver VM’s and UTM Virtual machines which come LOADED with all of the popular abandonware apps already installed. Our OS9 Launcher program is in it’s 10th year of development first started in 2015 it has grown to include nearly 300 applications, special features and customizations. Everything meticulously organized and tested over countless hours of work. Some bundles are over 20GB in size, so if you are able to donate to the cause of expensive bandwidth and server costs, please donate today and if your donation is over $25, you instantly become a member!..
Disclaimer:
Mac-Cosmos does not claim any rights or priviledges to the software contained on this web site. We are providing only software that has been deemed abandonware based on 3 parameters, #1 The author(s) of the software no longer provides it to the public for sale or support and therefore have abandoned interest in the software. #2 Current hardware requirements for modern computers, no longer run the old software, therefore, emulation programs or the use of obsolete computer hardware must be used
to run the software. #3 Any software approaching 10 years old is considered obsolete, because modern computers can no longer
run it since their hardware requirements changed & newer versions of the software must also change.The term "Abandonware"
can be vague so if you encounter any programs that you consider inappropriate for this site, please click on the "Email" link at the bottom of the page to send us an email requesting it be remove & we will quickly remove it from our servers.
Macintosh
Statement: The Apple Logo, other product names, logos, brands & other trademarks featured
or referred to within Mac-Cosmos.com are the sole property of their respective trademark
holders. Mac-Cosmos only dispays these for reference regarding which operating systems the included software was designed for or was intended to operate on. These companies do not endorse our materials or website.This website is intended for the sole purpose of archiving historical abandonware which is becoming otherwise lost to the permanant record of history.
Preservation Mac-Cosmos,
intends to preserve as much of the quickly vanishing abandoned Macintosh software that was
once prevalent. These archives are preserved in
a manner which tries to closely resemble the original
installer files provided by the software manufacturers.
However, some applications were discovered in
their already installed form and therefore provided as such.
A
little Mac History The
Apple Macintosh was one of the first consumer computers to have
a GUI (Graphical User Interface) which allowed
for the use of software unlike anything previous
released. The Apple Macintosh was also one the first computers
to introduce a mouse to the consumer market! Users were amazed they could
point and click where they wanted to go on the
screen!
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