Editing System 7 (section)

===Installation===
After initial publication on a set of 15 floppy disks, System 7 became the first Apple operating system to be released on a [[compact disc]]. Unlike earlier systems, System 7 did not come bundled with major software packages. Newly purchased [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] computers had System 7 installed and were often bundled with software such as [[HyperCard]], [[At Ease]] and ''[[Mouse Practice]]''. Later, the [[Macintosh Performa]] family added various [[software bundles]] including [[ClarisWorks]], [[The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia]], [[Microsoft Bookshelf]], ''[[Spectre VR]]'' and ''[[Power Pete]]''. Since System 7 was introduced before the Internet came to popular usage, software such as [[MacTCP]], [[FreePPP]], and [[Netscape]] were not included.  They later became available on disk from [[Internet service provider]]s and bundled with books such as [[Adam C. Engst]]'s Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh. [[Power Macintosh]] machines also included [[NuCalc]], a graphing calculator. System 7 includes [[AppleTalk]] networking and file-sharing software in the form of system extensions and control panels.

The basic utilities installed by default with System 7 include [[TeachText]] (which was replaced by [[SimpleText]] in later versions) for basic text editing tasks and reading [[README|readme]] documents. Also available on the additional "Disk Tools" [[floppy disk]] are [[Disk First Aid]] for disk repair and [[Apple HD SC Setup]] for initializing and partitioning disks.

Later versions of System 7, specifically System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6, come with dedicated "Utilities" and "Apple Extras" folders including: [[AppleScript]], [[Apple Disk Copy|Disk Copy]], [[QuickDraw GX]] Extras and [[QuickTime]] Movie Player. More optional extras and utilities can be manually installed from the System CD.