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=== Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar === On August 23, 2002,<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 | access-date=January 10, 2018 | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | 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> 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.com] {{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=2018-01-03 }}, "Jaguar" press release, compared to [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/01/09Apples-Mac-OS-X-to-Ship-on-March-24/ Mac OS X 10.0 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=2018-01-03 }} and [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/09/25First-Major-Upgrade-to-Mac-OS-X-Hits-Stores-This-Weekend/ Mac OS X 10.1 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=2018-01-03 }}</ref> It brought great raw performance improvements, a sleeker look, and many powerful user-interface enhancements (over 150, according to Apple<ref> {{cite web |title=Apple β Mac OS X |url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/ |access-date=June 12, 2008 |date=August 29, 2002 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020829042532/http://www.apple.com/macosx/ |archive-date=August 29, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ), 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 an instant messaging client named [[iChat]].<ref>{{cite press release | title=Apple Previews "Jaguar," the Next Major Release of Mac OS X | url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/05/06Apple-Previews-Jaguar-the-Next-Major-Release-of-Mac-OS-X/ | access-date=January 10, 2018 | date=May 6, 2002 | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | archive-date=January 3, 2018 | 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/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Happy Mac]] which had appeared during the Mac OS startup sequence for almost 18 years was replaced with a large grey Apple logo with the introduction of Mac OS X 10.2.
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