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=== Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar === {{Main|Mac OS X Jaguar}} On August 23, 2002,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Jaguar "Unleashed" at 10:20 pm Tonight |date=August 23, 2002 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/08/23Jaguar-Unleashed-at-10-20-p-m-Tonight |access-date=January 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133602/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/08/23Jaguar-Unleashed-at-10-20-p-m-Tonight |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Apple followed up with Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, the first release to use its code name as part of the branding.<ref>The headline of the press release mention "Jaguar", while the codename was not mentioned for earlier versions. See [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/05/06Apple-Previews-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X/ Apple's "Jaguar" press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133442/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/05/06Apple-Previews-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X |date=January 3, 2018 }}, compared to [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/01/09Apples-Mac-OS-X-to-Ship-on-March-24/ their Mac OS X v10.0 press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072845/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/01/09Apples-Mac-OS-X-to-Ship-on-March-24 |date=January 3, 2018 }} and [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/09/25First-Major-Upgrade-to-Mac-OS-X-Hits-Stores-This-Weekend/ their Mac OS X v10.1 press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133324/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/09/25First-Major-Upgrade-to-Mac-OS-X-Hits-Stores-This-Weekend |date=January 3, 2018 }}</ref> It brought significant performance improvements, and an updated version of Aqua's visual design. Jaguar also included over 150<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2002 |title=Mac OS X 10.2 Product Information Page |url=https://www.apple.com/macosx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020829042532/https://www.apple.com/macosx |archive-date=August 29, 2002 |access-date=June 12, 2008 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]}}</ref> new user-facing features, including [[Quartz Compositor|Quartz Extreme]] for compositing graphics directly on an [[ATI Technologies|ATI]] [[Radeon]] or [[Nvidia]] [[GeForce 2 Series|GeForce2]] MX AGP-based video card with at least 16 MB of VRAM, a system-wide repository for contact information in the new [[Address Book (application)|Address Book]], and the [[iChat]] instant messaging client.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Apple Previews "Jaguar," the Next Major Release of Mac OS X |date=May 6, 2002 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/05/06Apple-Previews-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X |access-date=January 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133442/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/05/06Apple-Previews-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Happy Mac]] icon β which had appeared during the Mac OS startup sequence since the [[Original Macintosh 128K|original Macintosh]] β was replaced with a grey Apple logo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Tommy |title=Murder on Macintosh Row: Happy Mac, 1984β2002 |url=https://lowendmac.com/thomas/tt07/0823.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072411/https://lowendmac.com/thomas/tt07/0823.html |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=2017-04-29 |website=lowendmac.com |language=en |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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