Mac OS X Jaguar

{{Infobox OS version

| name = Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

| version of = macOS

| logo = Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.png

| logo size = 64px

| screenshot = Jaguar on G4.png

| caption = Screenshot of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

| developer = Apple Computer, Inc.

| family = {{flat list|

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| source_model = Closed, with open source components

| license = Apple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA)

| kernel_type = Hybrid (XNU)

| supported_platforms = PowerPC

| release_version = 10.2.8

| release_date = {{Start date and age|2003|10|3}}{{cite web|url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120245|title=Mac OS X Update 10.2.8 : Information and Download|publisher=Apple Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015194049/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120245|archive-date=October 15, 2007}}

| GA date = {{Start date and age|2002|8|23}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/08/23Jaguar-Unleashed-at-10-20-p-m-Tonight|title=Jaguar "Unleashed" at 10:20 p.m. Tonight|date=August 23, 2002|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133602/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/08/23Jaguar-Unleashed-at-10-20-p-m-Tonight/|url-status=live}}

| preceded_by = Mac OS X 10.1

| succeeded_by = Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

| tagline = Wildly innovative.

| support_status = Historical, unsupported as of January 1, 2007

| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030401082613/http://www.apple.com:80/macosx|date=April 1, 2003|title=Apple - Mac OS X }}

}}

Mac OS X Jaguar (version 10.2) is the third major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It superseded Mac OS X 10.1 and preceded Mac OS X Panther. The operating system was released on August 23, 2002. It was available both for single-computer installations and in a "family pack" that allowed five installations on separate computers in one household.{{cite news|last=Fried|first=Ian|title=Apple gives break to multi-Mac homes|date=August 15, 2002|publisher=CNET|url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/apple-gives-break-to-multi-mac-homes/|access-date=September 16, 2024}} Jaguar was the first Mac OS X release to publicly use its code name in marketing and advertisements.{{cite web|publisher=University of California|url=http://lscr.berkeley.edu/advice/using/mac-os-x/macosx-2-3|title=About Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011031045/http://lscr.berkeley.edu/advice/using/mac-os-x/macosx-2-3|archive-date=October 11, 2013|url-status=dead }}

System requirements

Mac OS X Jaguar requires a PowerPC G3 or G4 CPU and 128 MB of RAM.{{cite web|last1=Knight|first1=Dan|title=Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar|url=http://lowendmac.com/2002/mac-os-x-10-2-jaguar|website=Low End Mac|date=August 24, 2002|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913102425/http://lowendmac.com/2002/mac-os-x-10-2-jaguar/|url-status=live}} Special builds were released for the first PowerPC G5 systems released by Apple.{{cite web|title=Power Macintosh G5 1.6 (PCI) Specifications|url=http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_1.6.html|website=EveryMac.com|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021035903/http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_1.6.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Power Mac G5 Specifications|url=https://support.apple.com/kb/SP96|website=Apple Support|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919180327/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP96?locale=en_US|url-status=live}}

New and changed features

MPEG-4 support is added in QuickTime.{{cite press release|title=Apple Introduces "Jaguar," the Next Major Release of Mac OS X|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/07/17Apple-Introduces-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X|date=July 17, 2002|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919180257/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/07/17Apple-Introduces-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X/|url-status=live}}
Address Book and Inkwell are introduced for handwriting recognition.
New features are introduced, such as Zeroconf and Rendezvous (later renamed to Bonjour), which allows devices on the same network to automatically discover each other and offer available services, such as file sharing, shared scanners, and printers, to the user.
Mac OS X Jaguar Server 10.2.2 added journaling to HFS Plus, the native Macintosh file system, to add increased reliability and data recovery features. This was later added to the standard Mac OS X in version 10.3 Panther.{{cite web|title=Mac OS X: About file system journaling|url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204435|website=Apple Support|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-date=May 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511045537/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204435|url-status=live}}
Jaguar saw the debut of Quartz Extreme, a technology used to composite graphics directly on the video card, without the use of software to composite windows. The technology allotted the task of drawing the 3D surface of windows to the video card, rather than to the CPU, to increase interface responsiveness and performance.
Universal Access was added to allow the Macintosh to be usable by disabled computer users.
The user interface of Jaguar was also updated to add search features to the Finder, powered by Sherlock 3.
Internally, Jaguar added the Common Unix Printing System (also known as CUPS), a modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems, and improved support for Microsoft Windows networks using the open-source Samba as a server for the SMB remote file access protocol and a FreeBSD-derived virtual file system module as a client for SMB.
The Happy Mac startup icon that was introduced with the original Macintosh was replaced with a grey Apple logo.

Marketing

Jaguar was a $129 upgrade for both Mac OS 9 and existing Mac OS X users.{{cite web |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/151063/17jaguar.html |title=Apple Unleashes Jaguar |first=Jason |last=Snell |website=Macworld |date=June 30, 2002 |access-date=September 16, 2024}} In October 2002, Apple offered free copies of Jaguar to all U.S. K-12 teachers as part of the "X For Teachers" program. Teachers who wanted to get a copy had to fill out a form and a packet containing Mac OS X installation discs and manuals was then shipped to the school where they taught.{{cite press release |title=Apple Gives Jaguar Free to All U.S. K-12 Teachers |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/10/17Apple-Gives-Jaguar-Free-to-All-U-S-K-12-Teachers/ |date=October 17, 2002 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |publisher=Apple Inc.}}

Jaguar was the first version of Mac OS X to use its internal codename as the official name of the operating system. To that effect, the retail packaging featured computer-generated jaguar fur designed by animation studio Pixar.{{cite web|title=Jaguar: New Mac operating system a well-stuffed breed {{!}} The Seattle Times|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20020824&slug=ptmacc24|website=archive.seattletimes.com|access-date=July 14, 2022|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714072927/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20020824&slug=ptmacc24|url-status=live}}

Starting with Jaguar, Mac OS X releases were given a feline-related marketing name upon announcement until the introduction of OS X Mavericks in June 2013, at which point releases began to be named after locations in California, where Apple is headquartered. Mac OS X (rebranded as OS X in 2011 and later macOS in 2016) releases are now also referred to by their marketing name, in addition to version numbers.

Release history

class=wikitable
Version !Build !style=width:128px\|Date !style=width:68px\|Darwin version !Notes
style=text-align:center rowspan=2\|10.2 \|6C115 \|rowspan=2\|August 24, 2002 \|rowspan=2\|6.0 \|rowspan=2\|Original retail release
6C115a
style=text-align:center\|10.2.1 \|6D52 \|September 18, 2002 \|6.1 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.1 Update, codename Jaguar Red
style=text-align:center\|10.2.2 \|6F21 \|November 11, 2002 \|6.2 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.2 Update, codename Jaguar Blue or Merlot
style=text-align:center rowspan=3\|10.2.3 \|6G30 \|December 19, 2002 \|rowspan=3\|6.3 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.3 Update, codename Jaguar Green
6G37 \| \|Updated retail release
6G50 \| \|Server edition; retail release
style=text-align:center\|10.2.4 \|6I32 \|February 13, 2003 \|6.4 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update, codename Jaguar Pink
style=text-align:center\|10.2.5 \|6L29 \|April 10, 2003 \|6.5 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update, codename Jaguar Plaid
style=text-align:center\|10.2.6 \|6L60 \|May 6, 2003 \|6.6 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.6 Update, codename Jaguar Black
style=text-align:center\|10.2.7 \|6R65 \|September 22, 2003 \|6.7 \|Removed from distribution due to defects
style=text-align:center rowspan=2\|10.2.8 \|6R73 \|rowspan=2\|October 3, 2003 \|rowspan=2\|6.8 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update; released as 6R50 for one day
6S90 \|About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 (G5) Update

class=wikitable

Version

!Build

!style=width:128px|Date

!style=width:68px|Darwin version

!Notes

style=text-align:center rowspan=2|10.2

|6C115

|rowspan=2|August 24, 2002

|rowspan=2|6.0

|rowspan=2|Original retail release

6C115a

style=text-align:center|10.2.1

|6D52

|September 18, 2002

|6.1

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.1 Update, codename Jaguar Red

style=text-align:center|10.2.2

|6F21

|November 11, 2002

|6.2

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.2 Update, codename Jaguar Blue or Merlot

style=text-align:center rowspan=3|10.2.3

|6G30

|December 19, 2002

|rowspan=3|6.3

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.3 Update, codename Jaguar Green

6G37

|Updated retail release

6G50

|Server edition; retail release

style=text-align:center|10.2.4

|6I32

|February 13, 2003

|6.4

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update, codename Jaguar Pink

style=text-align:center|10.2.5

|6L29

|April 10, 2003

|6.5

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update, codename Jaguar Plaid

style=text-align:center|10.2.6

|6L60

|May 6, 2003

|6.6

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.6 Update, codename Jaguar Black

style=text-align:center|10.2.7

|6R65

|September 22, 2003

|6.7

|Removed from distribution due to defects

style=text-align:center rowspan=2|10.2.8

|6R73

|rowspan=2|October 3, 2003

|rowspan=2|6.8

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update; released as 6R50 for one day

6S90

|About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 (G5) Update

Mac OS X 10.2.7 (codenames Blackrider, Smeagol) was only available to the new Power Mac G5s and aluminum PowerBook G4s released before Mac OS X Panther. It was never officially released to the general public.

Mac OS X 10.2.8 is the last version of Mac OS X officially supported on the "Beige G3" desktop, minitower, and all-in-one systems as well as the PowerBook G3 Series (1998) also known as Wallstreet/PDQ; though later releases can be run on such Macs with the help of unofficial, unlicensed, and unsupported third-party tools such as XPostFacto.

Timeline

References

External links

[https://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2002/09/macosx-10-2.ars Mac OS X 10.2] review at Ars Technica
{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040204192214/http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2053.html|date=February 4, 2004|title=Mac OS X 10.2 - Technical Note TN2053}} at Apple

{{Succession box

|title=Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)

|years=2002

|before=Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma)

|after=Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

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Category:PowerPC operating systems

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