Mac OS X 10.2

Screenshot of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Mac OS X version 10.2 Jaguar, is the third major release of Apple Computer's operating system Mac OS X after Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma) and before Mac OS X 10.3.

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
• Apple Rendezvous 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

Version history

• 18 September 2002: Mac OS X 10.2.1
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.1 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=48551)
• 11 November 2002: Mac OS X 10.2.2
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.2 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=71329)
• 19 December 2002: Mac OS X 10.2.3
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.3 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=78033)
• 13 February 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.4
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.4 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=87397)
• 10 April 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.5
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.5 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=97205)
• 6 May 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.6
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.6 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=103501)
• 23 September 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.8
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.8 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=116953)
• 3 October 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.8 build 6R73
  • VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.8 build 6R73 (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8848&vid=118098)

Note: Mac OS X 10.2.7 was only available to the new Power Mac G5s and aluminum PowerBook G4s released before Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Officially, it was never released to the general public.

External links

• Ars Technica: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar (http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/macosx-10.2/macosx-10.2-1.html)