For a video tutorial, watch this Youtube clip (credits to Peak66 for creating this tutorial).

Once your installation is completed, refer to my latest article for a list of interesting old Mac applications which you can play with using Mini vMac, Basilisk and SheepShaver.

In particular, one reader commented that since the upgrade disk images for System 7.5.5 downloaded from Apple are in.sea.bin format, there is no way to convert them into a format readable by Mini vMac, as HFVExplorer only supports.smi.bin format and the instructions provided in the download ask him to extract.sea.bin images using DiskCopy 4.2, which apparently requires an actual floppy disk drive.

When I first attempted to install System 7.5.5 and wrote this article, I did not have major issues mounting the installer disk images.

So I guess it was only recently that the disk images provided by the download page were changed to.sea.bin, making it harder to install them using Mini vMac.

A possible way to work with the.sea.bin images provided by Apple now is to use old versions of StuffIt Expander, which I have not attempted due to time constraints.

These images can be mounted directly in Mini vMac for a straight forward installation experience of System 7.0.1, System 7.5.3 and System 7.5.5.

Mini Emulator Zip File And

Extract the zip file and boot Mini vMac with the extracted disk image to run System 7.5.5.

Make sure you only paste the data fork, or else youre going to end up with MacBinary files that you cant boot with.

Mount the empty hard disk image, where System 7.0.1 will be installed to.

When prompted, click on Switch Disk and choose the empty hard disk image to install to.

Use HFVExplorer to extract all 19 SMI files into a new hard disk image.

With Mini VMac boot up with System 7.0.1, mount the hard disk image in step (1).

Double click on the firstpart, choose to skip verification and you will see a the System 7.5.3 Install CD mounted on your desktop.

Repeat what we disk for System 7.5.3 to create a disk image with System 7.5.5 installer.

Mount the hard disk image and start the installation.

When the installation is finished, reboot miniVmac with the hard disk where System 7.5.5 is installed to.

You should see the 7.5.5 screen.

Alternative, try Basilisk, you can run System 7.5.5 with color on it.

Mini Emulator Software Was Different

I think when I attempted this installation back in 2008, the download page for old Apple software was different and the disk images were in.smi.bin format and can be read by HFVExplorer, not in.sea.bin like currently.

So I could install them with no issues.

I just followed your updated steps and upgraded to 7.55 with no issue.

Am I wrong or theres a way to display colors Ive seen screenshots in color.

However there are unofficial releases of Mini vMac that emulate the Macintosh II and above, which can display colors.

When loading directly on my Mac Plus via floppyemu it took FOREVER to load.

This probably took a good 5 minutes to finish loading Macos.

Mac Mini Emulator