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Third major release of Mac OS X
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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 It superseded Mac OS X 10.1 and preceded Mac OS X Panther.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.[3] Jaguar was the first Mac OS X release to publicly use its code name in marketing and advertisements.[4]
System requirements[edit]Mac OS X Jaguar requires a PowerPC G3 or G4 CPU and 128 MB of RAM.[5] Special builds were released for the first PowerPC G5 systems released by Apple.[5][6][7]
New and changed features[edit]Jaguar was a $129 upgrade for both Mac OS 9 and existing Mac OS X users.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]
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.
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 About the Mac OS X 10.2.1 Update, codename Jaguar Red 10.2.2 6F21 November 11, 2002 6.2 About the Mac OS X 10.2.2 Update, codename Jaguar Blue or Merlot 10.2.3 6G30 December 19, 2002 6.3 About the Mac OS X 10.2.3 Update, codename Jaguar Green 6G37 Updated retail release 6G50 Server edition; retail release 10.2.4 6I32 February 13, 2003 6.4 About the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update, codename Jaguar Pink 10.2.5 6L29 April 10, 2003 6.5 About the Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update, codename Jaguar Plaid 10.2.6 6L60 May 6, 2003 6.6 About the Mac OS X 10.2.6 Update, codename Jaguar Black 10.2.7 6R65 September 22, 2003 6.7 Removed from distribution due to defects 10.2.8 6R73 October 3, 2003 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) UpdateMac 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.
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