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Jaguar Info & Links

Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" was released on August 24, 2002 and was last updated on October 3, 2003, when the 10.2.8 update was released. There are rumors that 10.2.9 will be released in mid-2009 to address several bugs and vulnerabilities that remain in version 10.2.8.

This was the first version of OS X to support Safari and the last the ship with Internet Explorer as its default browser. Apple's release of Safari was Microsoft's excuse to leave the Mac browser market.

Jaguar improved performance across the board, especially for Classic Mode, and introduced Quartz Extreme, which lets the operating system offload graphics tasks to supported video cards (ATI Radeon and nVidia GeForce 2 AGP and later video with at least 16 MB of VRAM).

OS X 10.2 includes Inkwell, which ports the Newton handwriting recognition technology to the Mac. Inkwell requires an external tablet. Bonjour is Apple's technology that allows Macs to find each other and other Bonjour-aware devices without user configuration. It also improved support for Windows networks. Jaguar includes CUPS, which provides support for a lot more printers than earlier versions of OS X.

Jaguar lost one feature that had been with the Mac since the beginning - the "Happy Mac" startup icon was replaced by a gray Apple logo.

Jaguar requires a PowerPC G3 or G4 CPU, 128 MB of RAM, and is incompatible with the "Kanga" PowerBook G3 - the only G3-based Mac never supported by any version of OS X. While 10.2 can run with 128 MB of RAM, 256 MB is a more realistic minimum for decent performance (the OS itself can use from 96 MB to 200 MB of RAM), and going to 512 MB or beyond will really unleash its potential.

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Recommended Software

These are generally the latest version of these programs that run on Jaguar. Some may require Mac OS X 10.2.8, the final version of Jaguar. Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Browsers

Browsers are listed by how up-to-date they are. We strongly recommend Opera 9.6.x (the only browser for Jaguar still being updated), Firefox 2.0.0.20, and Camino 1.0.6. Keep Internet Explorer handy just in case you find a site that requires it.

Misc. Software

System Preferences

Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar Updates

Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar Updates

Individual Updates

For PowerPC G3 and G4 Processors
Update Description
10.2.1 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.1
10.2.2 Updates Mac OS X 10.2.1 to Mac OS X 10.2.2
10.2.3 Updates Mac OS X 10.2.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.3
10.2.4 Updates Mac OS X 10.2.3 to Mac OS X 10.2.4
10.2.5 Updates Mac OS X 10.2.4 to Mac OS X 10.2.5
10.2.6 Updates Mac OS X 10.2.5 to Mac OS X 10.2.6
10.2.8 Updates Mac OS X 10.2.6 or 10.2.7 to Mac OS X 10.2.8
10.2.8 (6R73) Updates Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update (Build 6R65) to Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R73). [2]

For PowerPC G5 Processors
Update Description
10.2.8 (G5) Updates Mac OS X 10.2.7 to Mac OS X 10.2.8

Combo Updates

For PowerPC G3 and G4 processors only.
Update Description
10.2.2 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.2
10.2.3 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.3
10.2.4 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.4
10.2.5 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.5
10.2.6 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.6
10.2.8 Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.8

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Notes

  1. [1] Descriptions are the same for both the 10.3.4 Individual and Combo updates.
  2. [2] Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R65) was withdrawn almost immediately after release. While this build had several flaws, some installations performed without problems. Installations which had not experienced problems with Build 6R65 could install the 10.2.8 (Build 6R73) Update, which is smaller than the full 10.2.8 Individual Update. No "About this Update" document is available for the 10.2.8 (6R73) Update.

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