Mac OS X 10 3 Panther

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Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

( Predecessor: Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) | Successor: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) )

Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X 10.2 and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003.

System requirements

Panther's system requirements are:

PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor (at least 233 MHz)

Built-in USB

At least 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended, minimum of 96 MB supported unofficially)

At least 1.5 GB of available hard disk space

CD drive

Internet access requires a compatible service provider; iDisk requires a .Mac account

Video conferencing requires:

333 MHz or faster PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor

Broadband internet access (100 kbit/s or faster)

Compatible FireWire DV camera or web camera

Since a New World ROM was required for Mac OS X Panther, certain older computers (such as beige Power Mac G3s and 'Wall Street' PowerBook G3s) were unable to run Panther by default. Third-party software (such as XPostFacto) can, however, override checks made during the install process; otherwise, installation or upgrades from Jaguar fails on these older machines.

Panther still fully supported the Classic environment for running older Mac OS 9 applications, but made Classic application windows double-buffered, interfering with some applications written to draw directly to screen.

New and changed features

End-user features

Apple advertised that Mac OS X Panther had over 150 new features, including:

Finder: Updated with a brushed-metal interface, a new live search engine, customizable Sidebar, secure deletion, File labels and Zip support built in. The Finder icon was also changed.

Fast User Switching: Allows a user to remain logged in while another user logs in, and quickly switch among several sessions.

Exposé: Helps the user manage windows by showing them all as thumbnails.

TextEdit: TextEdit now is also compatible with Microsoft Word (.doc) documents.

Xcode developer tools: Faster compile times with gcc 3.3.

Preview: Increased speed of PDF rendering.

QuickTime: Now supports the Pixlet high-definition video codec.

New applications in Panther

Font Book: A font manager which simplifies viewing character maps, and adding new fonts that can be used systemwide. The app also allows the user to organize fonts into collections.

FileVault: On-the-fly encryption and decryption of a user's home folder.

iChat AV: The new version of iChat. Now with built-in audio- and video conferencing.

X11: X11 is built into Panther.

Safari: A new web browser that was developed to replace Internet Explorer for Mac when the contract between Apple and Microsoft ended, although Internet Explorer for Mac was still available. Safari 1.0 was included in an update in Jaguar but was used as the default browser in Panther.

Other

Microsoft Windows interoperability improvements, including out-of-the-box support for Active Directory and SecurID-based VPNs.

Built-in fax support.

Release history

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Version Build Date OS name Notes

10.3 7B85 October 24, 2003 Darwin 7.0 Original retail release set

7B86 Server Edition

10.3.1 7C107 November 10, 2003 Darwin 7.1 Mac OS X Update 10.3.1: Information and Download

10.3.2 7D24 December 17, 2003 Darwin 7.2 Mac OS X: About the Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update

7D28 Updated retail release

10.3.3 7F44 March 15, 2004 Darwin 7.3 Mac OS X: About the Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update (Combo)

10.3.4 7H63 May 26, 2004 Darwin 7.4 About the Mac OS X 10.3.4 Update

10.3.5 7M34 August 9, 2004 Darwin 7.5 About the Mac OS X 10.3.5 Update (Delta); Updated retail release set

10.3.6 7R28 November 5, 2004 Darwin 7.6 About the Mac OS X 10.3.6 Update (Delta)

10.3.7 7S215 December 15, 2004 Darwin 7.7 About the Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update (Delta)

10.3.8 7U16 February 9, 2005 Darwin 7.8 About the Mac OS X 10.3.8 Update (Delta)

10.3.9 7W98 April 15, 2005 Darwin 7.9 About the Mac OS X 10.3.9 Update (Delta)

This article is a modified copy of the Wikipedia article of the same subject. It needs to be rewritten to be more original.

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Sources

Wikipedia - Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

Other sources are needed, and this article needs LOTS of improvement and original work to prevent it from being a copy and paste from Wikipedia.

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