Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

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Released: October 24, 2003

Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" was the forth major release of the Mac OS X operating system. It was first announced by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 23, 2003. It was later released on October 24, 2003. Apple claimed that Panther had 150 new features (some are listed below). Panther was one of the most successful releases in Apple's history and as of June 6, 2005, Panther represented 49% of all Mac OS X users.

More detailed information for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther can be found here

1 Features
2 How to Spot

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Features

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Exposé

The largest new feature in Panther was Exposé, which lets you press a button to reveal all the open windows side-by-side.

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Fast User Switching

Fast User Switching is the act of logging in as another user without having to log out the currently logged in user.

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FileVault

FileVault is support for an encrypted home folder, meaning that if your computer is stolen, nobody can read its contents without the password.

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Secure Delete

Along with FileVault, Panther added support for Securely deleting files in the Finder, by overwriting them with blank data to make sure they can't be recovered. Disk Utility also added support for wiping the free space on a disk, and wiping whole disks with multiple passes.

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Fax

Built-in support for sending and receiving Faxes was added.

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Updated apps

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Updated Finder

The Finder got a new, brushed metal interface. It also got the "search" toolbar item, and a customizable sidebar. Also added was support for color labels for files (like in the Classic Mac OS).

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