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| Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar | |
|---|---|
| Version of themacOS operating system | |
Screenshot of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar | |
| Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| OS family | |
| Source model | Closed, withopen source components |
| General availability | August 23, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-08-23)[1] |
| Latest release | 10.2.8 / October 3, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-10-03)[2] |
| Supported platforms | PowerPC |
| Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
| License | Apple Public Source License (APSL) and Appleend-user license agreement (EULA) |
| Preceded by | Mac OS X 10.1 |
| Succeeded by | Mac OS X 10.3 Panther |
| Official website | Apple - Mac OS X at theWayback Machine (archived April 1, 2003) |
| Tagline | Wildly innovative. |
| Support status | |
| Historical, unsupported as of January 1, 2007 | |
Mac OS X Jaguar (version 10.2) is the thirdmajor release ofmacOS,Apple's desktop and serveroperating system. It supersededMac OS X 10.1 and precededMac 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.[3] Jaguar was the first Mac OS X release to publicly use itscode name in marketing and advertisements.[4]
Mac OS X Jaguar requires aPowerPC G3 orG4CPU and 128MB ofRAM.[5] Special builds were released for the firstPowerPC G5 systems released by Apple.[5][6][7]
Jaguar was a $129 upgrade for both Mac OS 9 and existing Mac OS X users.[11] 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.[12]
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 featuredcomputer-generated jaguar fur designed by animation studioPixar.[13]
Starting with Jaguar, Mac OS X releases were given afeline-related marketing name upon announcement until the introduction ofOS X Mavericks in June 2013, at which point releases began to be named after locations inCalifornia, 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.
| Version | Build | Date | Darwin version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.2 | 6C115 | August 24, 2002 | 6.0 | Original retail release |
| 6C115a | ||||
| 10.2.1 | 6D52 | September 18, 2002 | 6.1 | |
| 10.2.2 | 6F21 | November 11, 2002 | 6.2 | |
| 10.2.3 | 6G30 | December 19, 2002 | 6.3 | |
| 6G37 | Updated retail release | |||
| 6G50 | Server edition; retail release | |||
| 10.2.4 | 6I32 | February 13, 2003 | 6.4 | |
| 10.2.5 | 6L29 | April 10, 2003 | 6.5 | |
| 10.2.6 | 6L60 | May 6, 2003 | 6.6 | |
| 10.2.7 | 6R65 | September 22, 2003 | 6.7 | Removed from distribution due to defects |
| 10.2.8 | 6R73 | October 3, 2003 | 6.8 | |
| 6S90 | G5 only |
Mac OS X 10.2.7 (codenames Blackrider, Smeagol) was only available to the newPower Mac G5s and aluminumPowerBook 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 thePowerBook 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 asXPostFacto.
| Preceded by | Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) 2002 | Succeeded by |