Mac OS X 10.2

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
 * 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 Universal Access features
 * Sherlock 3: Web services (See Watson)
 * Increased speed across the entire system

Version history

 * September 18, 2002: Mac OS X 10.2.1
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.1
 * November 11, 2002: Mac OS X 10.2.2
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.2
 * December 19, 2002: Mac OS X 10.2.3
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.3
 * February 13, 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.4
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.4
 * April 10, 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.5
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.5
 * May 6, 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.6
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.6
 * September 23, 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.8
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.8
 * October 3, 2003: Mac OS X 10.2.8 build 6R73
 * VersionTracker: Mac OS X 10.2.8 build 6R73

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.