Editing Mac OS X Jaguar (section)

{{Short description|Third major release of Mac OS X}}
{{primary sources|date=December 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox OS version
| name = Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
| version of = [[macOS]]
| logo = Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.png
| logo size = 64px
| screenshot = Jaguar on G4.png<!--Do not change unless you have read "Wikipedia:Software_screenshots"!-->
| caption = Screenshot of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
| developer = [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer, Inc.]]
| family = {{flat list|
* [[Macintosh operating systems|Macintosh]]
* [[Unix-like]]
}}
| source_model = [[Closed source|Closed]], with [[open-source software|open source]] components
| license = [[Apple Public Source License]] (APSL) and Apple [[end-user license agreement]] (EULA)
| kernel_type = [[Hybrid kernel|Hybrid]] ([[XNU]])
| supported_platforms = [[PowerPC]]<!--Only official platforms are listed, not what they played around with and never released-->
| release_version = 10.2.8
| release_date = {{Start date and age|2003|10|3}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120245|title=Mac OS X Update 10.2.8 : Information and Download|publisher=Apple Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015194049/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120245|archive-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref>
| GA date = {{Start date and age|2002|8|23}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/08/23Jaguar-Unleashed-at-10-20-p-m-Tonight|title=Jaguar "Unleashed" at 10:20 p.m. Tonight|date=August 23, 2002|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133602/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/08/23Jaguar-Unleashed-at-10-20-p-m-Tonight/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| preceded_by = [[Mac OS X 10.1]]
| succeeded_by = [[Mac OS X Panther|Mac OS X 10.3 Panther]]
| tagline = Wildly innovative.
| support_status = Historical, unsupported as of January 1, 2007
| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030401082613/http://www.apple.com:80/macosx|date=April 1, 2003|title=Apple - Mac OS X }}
}}
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'''Mac OS X Jaguar''' (version 10.2) is the third [[software versioning|major release]] of [[macOS]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] desktop and server [[operating system]]. It superseded [[Mac OS X 10.1]] and preceded [[Mac OS X Panther]]. The operating system was released on August 23, 2002. It was available both for single-computer installations and in a "family pack" that allowed five installations on separate computers in one household.<ref name="familypack">{{cite news|last=Fried|first=Ian|title=Apple gives break to multi-Mac homes|date=August 15, 2002|publisher=[[CNET]]|url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/apple-gives-break-to-multi-mac-homes/|access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref> Jaguar was the first Mac OS X release to publicly use its [[code name]] in marketing and advertisements.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[University of California]]|url=http://lscr.berkeley.edu/advice/using/mac-os-x/macosx-2-3|title=About Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011031045/http://lscr.berkeley.edu/advice/using/mac-os-x/macosx-2-3|archive-date=October 11, 2013|url-status=dead }}</ref>