Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)

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Released: August 23, 2002

Contents

Features

Quartz Extreme

Quartz Extreme moved window compositing from your processor and RAM to the graphics card and video RAM, increasing graphics performance tenfold.

iChat

iChat was Apple's new chat client, that used the AIM network.

Address Book

The Address Book made its debut in Jaguar, adding a central repository for addresses in the system, allowing better integration of software.

Rendezvous

Rendezvous is Apple's implementation of the zero-conf networking standard, allowing network devices to automatically detect and identify each other without configuring anything.

Updated apps

Mail

Mail was upgraded to add a Bayesian spam filter.

Sherlock 3

Sherlock was updated to add web service, such as looking up addresses or movies.

How to Spot

Pinstripes in menu bar, not Dock

Dock divider is dark

Apple menu is quite shiny

iTunes icon in Dock has two conjoined purple eighth notes

No drop shadow in menu bar


List of Mac OS versions

Classic Mac OS: System 1-5, System 6, System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9

Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah), Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma), Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

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