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=== Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger === {{Main|Mac OS X Tiger}} [[File:TigerDesk.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of Tiger]] Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was released on April 29, 2005. Apple stated that Tiger contained more than 200 new features.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Apple Unleashes "Tiger" Friday at 6:00 p.m. |date=April 28, 2005 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2005/04/28Apple-Unleashes-Tiger-Friday-at-6-00-p-m |access-date=January 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322214937/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2005/04/28Apple-Unleashes-Tiger-Friday-at-6-00-p-m |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> As with Panther, certain older machines were no longer supported; Tiger requires a Mac with 256 MB and a built-in [[FireWire]] port.<ref name="TigerRequirements" /> Among the new features, Tiger introduced [[Spotlight (software)|Spotlight]], [[Dashboard (Mac OS)|Dashboard]], [[Virtual folder|Smart Folders]], updated Mail program with Smart Mailboxes, [[QuickTime]] 7, [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] 2, [[Automator (software)|Automator]], [[VoiceOver]], [[Core Image]] and [[Core Video]]. The initial release of the [[Apple TV]] used a modified version of Tiger with a different graphical interface and fewer applications and services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mossberg |first=Walter S. |author-link=Walt Mossberg |date=March 21, 2007 |title=From PC to TV β via Apple |url=https://solution.allthingsd.com/20070321/pc-tv-via-apple |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520090501/https://solution.allthingsd.com/20070321/pc-tv-via-apple |archive-date=May 20, 2008 |access-date=May 18, 2008 |website=[[All Things Digital]] |publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> On January 10, 2006, Apple released the first Intel-based Macs along with the 10.4.4 update to Tiger. This operating system functioned identically on the PowerPC-based Macs and the new Intel-based machines, with the exception of the Intel release lacking support for the Classic environment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2006 |title=Apple unveils Intel iMacs |url=https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/01/10/apple_unveils_intel_imacs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113041729/https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/01/10/apple_unveils_intel_imacs.html |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |access-date=December 15, 2008 |publisher=AppleInsider |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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