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| Anyone interested in Apple's old FTP site for vintage systems? | |
| Posted by: leothecomputerguy on 2022-05-09 07:25:56 I copied the site years ago before it disappeared. It's about 8gb zipped. Some examples... Any ideas where I could upload it? | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2022-05-09 08:05:41 I have a feeling this is already archived here https://archive.org/details/Apple_Computer_FTP_Mirror_2018-11 | |
| Posted by: LaPorta on 2022-05-09 08:06:28 I'd take it! | |
Posted by: MacKilRoy on 2022-05-09 08:55:42I have a feeling this is already archived here https://archive.org/details/Apple_Computer_FTP_Mirror_2018-11I checked that file and the contents of @leothecomputerguy 's files are slightly different. It seems there's some stuff missing in both. Any ideas where I could upload it? I'd suggest archive.org | |
| Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-05-09 09:29:33 Archive.org would probably be a good call. | |
| Posted by: The Salami Boss on 2022-05-09 12:35:35 Last I checked, a lot of these files actually still exist on the support website if you know the exact URLs. The site won't give you a directory listing anymore but many ancient direct links actually work fine. I've used archive.org to get the listing and formulate the exact URLs and then retrieved the actual files for some System 7 disks directly from Apple sometime within the past year, fwiw Interesting to note | |
| Posted by: max1zzz on 2022-05-09 13:43:01 I always feel compelled to point out: asa.max1zzz.co.uk whenever I see discussions regarding this As far as I am aware that is pretty much complete barring a few OS 9 updates that required you to accept a EULA before downloading (The EUAL page no longer worked when I made this mirror - If your archive contains them I would happily add them to this mirror) | |
Posted by: mdeverhart on 2022-05-09 17:02:48I always feel compelled to point out: asa.max1zzz.co.uk whenever I see discussions regarding thisOut of curiosity, how big is that archive? Would you be willing to let others clone/mirror it if we could coordinate an appropriate time and method to do so? | |
| Posted by: volvo242gt on 2022-05-09 22:20:41 There's also this version, archived from 1/1998... 
Apple Older Software DownloadsThis page contains links to all of the software released for English North-American versions of Software for Macintosh, Apple II and Newton released prior to Mac OS 8.1 in January 1998. The A.P.P.L.E. User Group makes no claims on the below software and all links are provided only as a service...
www.callapple.org
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Posted by: max1zzz on 2022-05-10 09:48:55Out of curiosity, how big is that archive? Would you be willing to let others clone/mirror it if we could coordinate an appropriate time and method to do so?Uncompressed it's 9.03GB (In OSX, in OS's it would be slightly less) and yes that's absolutely fine What I might also do is download the archive.org mirror and compare it to my one as it would be interesting to see if there are any differences | |
Posted by: MrFahrenheit on 2022-05-10 09:53:11Uncompressed it's 9.03GB (In OSX, in OS's it would be slightly less) and yes that's absolutely fineI looked at yours and the one on archive and also the one @leothecomputerguy has, and there definitely are files in some that aren’t in others. It would be great to combine all 3. | |
| Posted by: leothecomputerguy on 2022-05-18 17:56:22 I have uploaded my 2012 Apple FTP archive to archive.org Here is the link: 
download.info.apple.com.2012.11 : Apple : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveCopy of Apple's old FTP site captured November 2012.Zipped. Most of the interesting stuff is in:Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American
archive.org
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Posted by: MrFahrenheit on 2022-05-18 18:54:13I have uploaded my 2012 Apple FTP archive to archive.org Thank you!!! | |
Posted by: volvo242gt on 2022-05-19 00:52:34I have uploaded my 2012 Apple FTP archive to archive.orgDownloaded it. Thanks! | |
| Posted by: MacKilRoy on 2022-05-19 05:50:29 Thank you for uploading this. I appreciate it. | |
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