Editing System 6 (section)

==Reception==
Initial releases of System 6 are unstable; Don Crabb of ''[[BYTE (magazine)|BYTE]]'' described 6.0 as "buggy and unreliable".<ref name="crabb198902">{{Cite magazine |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=February 1989 |title=Hey Apple, I Need a Laptop |url=https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1989-02_OCR/page/n205/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=BYTE |pages=151-154}}</ref> Many [[Third party developer|third-party developers]] did not receive advance copies, resulting in widespread compatibility issues.<ref name="macuser"/> The contemporary versions of many common programs such as [[Microsoft Excel]], [[Microsoft Works]] and [[4th Dimension (software)|4th Dimension]] were not fully compatible with System 6.<ref name="macuser"/> There were also software bugs in the Color Manager, Script Manager, and Sound Manager [[Extension (Mac OS)|extension]] files. Apple announced that 66 bugs were fixed with version 6.0.1 update, in September 1988.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 13, 1988 |title=System 6.0.1 set for distribution |magazine=MacWEEK}}</ref><ref name="saga">{{Cite magazine |last=Perrow |first=Jonathan |date=September 20, 1988 |title=System 6.0 saga not over yet |magazine=MacWEEK |pages=2}}</ref> However, a major bug involving the text-spacing of screen fonts was found, and was fixed in version 6.0.2,<ref name="saga"/> which Crabb described as "a ''huge'' improvement" over 6.0.{{r|crabb198902}} Some customers waited longer until moving to System 6 because of its poor reputation.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 25, 1988 |title=Managers go slow with System 6.0.2 |magazine=MacWEEK |pages=2}}</ref>