Editing Mac OS X Panther (section)

{{Short description|Fourth major release of Mac OS X}}
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{{Infobox OS version
| name = Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
| version of = [[macOS]]
| logo = Mac OS X Panther Logo.png
| logo size = 64px
| screenshot = AM MacOSX Panther.png<!--Do not change unless you have read "Wikipedia:Software_screenshots"!-->
| caption = Screenshot of Mac OS X Panther. Notice how the Finder icon in the Dock has been changed and [[Internet Explorer for Mac OS X|Internet Explorer]] has been replaced by [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]].
| developer = [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer, Inc.]]
| family = {{flat list|
*[[Macintosh operating systems|Macintosh]]
*[[Unix-like]]
}}
| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050111015225/http://www.apple.com/macosx|date=January 11, 2005|title=Apple - Mac OS X}}
| 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 = 10.3.9
| release_date = {{Start date and age|2005|4|15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate1039.html|title=Mac OS X Combined Update 10.3.9|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050419024153/https://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate1039.html|archive-date=April 19, 2005}}</ref>
| GA date = {{Start date and age|2003|10|24}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/10/23-Night-of-the-Panther-Kicks-Off-at-8-00-p-m-Tomorrow|title="Night of the Panther" Kicks Off at 8:00 p.m. Tomorrow|date=October 23, 2003|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=December 4, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204072832/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/10/23-Night-of-the-Panther-Kicks-Off-at-8-00-p-m-Tomorrow/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| preceded_by = [[Mac OS X 10.2|Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar]]
| succeeded_by = [[Mac OS X Tiger|Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger]]
| tagline = The evolution of the species.
| support_status = Historical, unsupported as of March 4, 2007
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'''Mac OS X Panther''' (version 10.3) is the fourth [[software versioning|major release]] of [[macOS]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] desktop and server [[operating system]]. It followed [[Mac OS X Jaguar]] and preceded [[Mac OS X Tiger]]. It was released on October 24, 2003, with the retail price of [[US$]]129<ref name=":1">{{Cite press release |title=Apple Announces Mac OS X "Panther" |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/10/08Apple-Announces-Mac-OS-X-Panther/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=Apple Newsroom |language=en-US |publication-date=October 8, 2003 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504012916/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/10/08Apple-Announces-Mac-OS-X-Panther/ |url-status=live }}</ref> for a single user and [[US$]]199<ref name=":1" /> for a five user, family license.

The main features of Panther included a refined [[Aqua (Mac OS X)|Aqua]] theme, [[Exposé (Mac OS X)|Exposé]], [[Fast user switching]], and a new [[Finder (software)|Finder]]. Panther also included [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] as its default browser, as a change from [[Internet Explorer for Mac|Internet Explorer]] in Jaguar.