Version 1.1 · macOS 15 · Apple silicon · free

The Apple II, on the Mac.

Cycle-accurate emulation of the Apple II Plus, //e, //c and IIgs.

Download for Mac ApplEm-Native-1.1.dmg · 32.3 MB

macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon.
Signed and notarised.

Apple ][+
Apple //e
Apple //c
Apple IIgs

01

Machines

Apple II Plus

Year: 1979
CPU: 6502
RAM: 48K + 16K

Applesoft BASIC in ROM. 16K language card.

Apple //e Enhanced

Year: 1983
CPU: 65C02
RAM: 128K

80 columns. Double hi-res. Seven expansion slots.

Apple //c

Year: 1984
CPU: 65C02
RAM: 128K

Built-in disk drive, serial ports and mouse port.

Apple IIgs

Year: 1986
CPU: 65C816
RAM: 256K–8M

Super Hi-Res. Ensoniq sound. 3.5" drives. Built-in SmartPort.

02

Features

Display

CRT display

Picture decoded from the machine's video signal
Metal CRT shader with scanlines, curvature and phosphor glow
Six monitor types, including green and amber
Saved display presets
NTSC and PAL

The Display Settings window: six monitor types as thumbnails, Solid Color chosen, with calibration sliders for brightness, contrast and saturation — Display Settings

Storage

Disks and drives

5.25" and 3.5" floppy drives
SmartPort hard drives
.dsk .do .po .woz .2mg .hdv images
Changes written back to the image file
Disk Inspector with sectors, nibbles and flux
Drive sounds
Bundled disk library

The 5.25-inch Drives window with the Disk Inspector open: DOS 3.3 System Master in drive one, its tracks drawn as green rings on a disk, track 5's sixteen sectors listed and sector 0 shown as hex — 5.25" Drives and the Disk Inspector

Hardware

Expansion slots

Seven slots on the //e and II Plus
Mockingboard, Thunderclock, SmartPort, Disk II and Mouse cards
No-Slot Clock
A slot layout for each machine

Audio

Sound

Speaker, Mockingboard and Ensoniq, mixed without clipping
Mockingboard with AY-3-8910 or YM2149F chips
All 32 Ensoniq oscillators
Ten-band equaliser

The Equalizer window: a response graph above ten band sliders from 31 Hz to 16 kHz, a preamp slider and a preset menu — Equalizer

04

Also included

The Memory Viewer, with zero page lit up where the program is changing it — **Memory Viewer**Live memory, with changes highlighted

The Soft Switches window listing the machine's switches and their states — **Soft Switches**Every soft switch and its state

The Console, stopped at a breakpoint, with Monitor-style commands and their output — **Console**Monitor-style command line

The Joystick window with the stick's position and buttons, and the connected game controllers — **Joystick**Game controller support

The Save States window: the autosave and numbered slots — **Save States**Save slots, autosave and resume

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