Release History
| Version | Build | Date | OS name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.2 | 6C115, 6C115a | August 24, 2002 | Darwin 6.0 | Original retail release |
| 10.2.1 | 6D52 | September 18, 2002 | Darwin 6.1 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.1 Update, codename Jaguar Red |
| 10.2.2 | 6F21 | November 11, 2002 | Darwin 6.2 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.2 Update, codename Jaguar Blue or Merlot |
| 10.2.3 | 6G30 | December 19, 2002 | Darwin 6.3 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.3 Update, codename Jaguar Green |
| 6G37 | Updated retail release | |||
| 6G50 | Server edition; retail release | |||
| 10.2.4 | 6I32 | February 13, 2003 | Darwin 6.4 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update, codename Jaguar Pink |
| 10.2.5 | 6L29 | April 10, 2003 | Darwin 6.5 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update, codename Jaguar Plaid |
| 10.2.6 | 6L60 | May 6, 2003 | Darwin 6.6 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.6 Update, codename Jaguar Black |
| 10.2.7 | 6R65 | September 22, 2003 | Darwin 6.7 | Removed from distribution due to defects |
| 10.2.8 | 6R73 | October 3, 2003 | Darwin 6.8 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update; released as 6R50 for one day |
| 6S90 | About the Mac OS X 10.2.8 (G5) Update |
Mac OS X v10.2.7 (codenames Blackrider, Smeagol) was only available to the new Power Mac G5s and aluminum PowerBook G4s released before Mac OS X Panther. Officially, it was never released to the general public.
Mac OS X v10.2.8 is the last version of Mac OS X officially supported on the "beige G3" desktop and minitower systems, as well as the PowerBook G3 Series (1998) also known as Wallstreet/PDQ; though later releases can be run on such Macs with the help of unofficial, unlicensed, and unsupported third-party tools such as XPostFacto.
Also, the famous Happy Mac that had greeted Mac users for almost 18 years during the Macintosh startup sequence was replaced with a large grey Apple logo with the introduction of Mac OS X 10.2.
Read more about this topic: Mac OS X V10.2
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