Mac OS X v10.2
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| Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" | |
|---|---|
| Image:Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar screenshot.jpg A screenshot of Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar". | |
| Development team: | Apple Computer |
| OS family: | BSD |
| Source model: | Closed source (Darwin foundation is open source) |
| Latest stable release: | 10.2.8 / October 3 2003 |
| Kernel type: | XNU (based upon Mach) |
| License: | APSL and Apple EULA |
| Working state: | Supported |
| Website: | http://www.info.apple.com/usen/macosx/ |
Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar" was the third major release of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. It followed Mac OS X v10.1 "Puma" and preceded Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther."
It was released on August 23 2002.
Features
- Increased support for Microsoft Windows networks
- Quartz Extreme for compositing graphics directly on the video card
- An adaptive spam mail filter
- A system-wide repository for contact information in the new Apple Address Book
- Rendezvous (now called Bonjour) networking
- iChat, an Apple-branded, officially-supported third party AOL Instant Messenger client
- A revamped Finder with searching built directly into every window
- Dozens of new Apple Universal Access features
- Sherlock 3: Web services (See Watson)
- Increased speed across the entire system
- Journaled file system (in 10.2.2)
Version history
- Mac OS X v10.2.0 (build 6C115), released August 23 2002 (retail)
- Mac OS X v10.2.1 (build 6D52, codename Jaguar Red), released September 18 2002 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.1 Update)
- Mac OS X v10.2.2 (build 6F21, codename Jaguar Blue or Merlot), released November 11 2002 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.2 Update)
- Mac OS X v10.2.3 (build 6G30, codename Jaguar Green), released December 19 2002 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.3 Update)
- Mac OS X v10.2.4 (build 6I32, codename Jaguar Pink), released February 13 2003 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update)
- Mac OS X v10.2.5 (build 6L29, codename Jaguar Plaid), released April 10 2003 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update)
- Mac OS X v10.2.6 (build 6L60, codename Jaguar Black), released May 6 2003 (Apple Download Page)
- Mac OS X v10.2.8 (build 6R65), released September 22 2003 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update)
- Mac OS X v10.2.8 (build 6R73), released October 3 2003 (Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 (G5) Update; Apple Download Page)
Mac OS X v10.2.7 (codenames Blackrider, Smeagol) was only available to the new Power Mac G5s and aluminum PowerBook G4s released before Mac OS X v10.3. Officially, it was never released to the general public.
Mac OS X v10.2.8 is the last version of Mac OS X supported on the "beige G3" desktop and minitower systems.
Also, the famous Happy Mac that had served Mac users for almost 18 years was replaced with a large grey Apple logo with the introduction of Mac OS X 10.2.
External links
| History of the Macintosh Operating System |
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| Classic Mac OS: System 6 | System 7 | Mac OS 8 | Mac OS 9 |
| Mac OS X: v10.0 (Cheetah) | v10.1 (Puma) | v10.2 "Jaguar" | v10.3 "Panther" | v10.4 "Tiger" | v10.5 "Leopard" |
| Mac OS X Server |
