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MacWrite

MacWrite, along with MacPaint, originally were packaged along with the Macintosh operating system. This heavily promoted the image that Macs are easy to setup and use--a reputation that Apple still relies upon.

By the end of the 80s, MacWrite was becoming a victim of its own success. It had shown the world that typesetting need not be any more complicated than typing. Software developers scrambled to write applications that could support the growing desktop publishing industry.

Caught between complaints that the software was not evolving, and that it stifled competition by being bundled with the Mac, MacWrite produced a series of maintenance releases that left consumers uninspired.

MacWrite II, published by Apple's software spin-off, Claris, was written from the ground up. For a time, it look poised to take the market lead away from Microsoft Word, but ultimately lost out while waiting for Claris to release their Pro line of applications. MacWrite Pro was released in 1993.

First archive contains: MacWrite 1.0, MacWrite 2.2, MacWrite 4.5, MacWrite 5.0, and MacWrite Pro 1.0.

Second archive contains MacWrite 4.5 and 4.6, scans of packaging in PDF.

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

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