Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system.
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It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003, with the retail price of US$129 for a single user and US$199 for a five user, family license.
Version of the macOS operating system | |
Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
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OS family | |
Source model | Closed, with open source components |
General availability | October 24, 2003 |
Latest release | 10.3.9 / April 15, 2005 |
Platforms | PowerPC |
Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
License | Apple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA) |
Preceded by | Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar |
Succeeded by | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger |
Official website | Apple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2005) |
Tagline | The evolution of the species. |
Support status | |
Historical, unsupported as of March 4, 2007 |
The main features of Panther included a refined Aqua theme, Exposé, Fast user switching, and a new Finder. Panther also included Safari as its default browser, as a change from Internet Explorer in Jaguar.
Panther's system requirements are:
Video conferencing requires:
Because 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.
Apple advertised that Mac OS X Panther had over 150 new features, including:
Panther was Apple's earliest version of Mac OS X that supported WPA and WPA2 security for wireless networks (with the AirPort 4.2 software update).
Version | Build | Date | Darwin version | Notes |
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10.3 | 7B85 | October 24, 2003 | 7.0 | Original retail release set |
7B86 | Server Edition | |||
10.3.1 | 7C107 | November 10, 2003 | 7.1 | Mac OS X Update 10.3.1: Information and Download |
10.3.2 | 7D24 | December 17, 2003 | 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 | 7.3 | Added network volumes available on the finder sidebar and the desktop; updated applications. |
10.3.4 | 7H63 | May 26, 2004 | 7.4 | About the Mac OS X 10.3.4 Update |
10.3.5 | 7M34 | August 9, 2004 | 7.5 | About the Mac OS X 10.3.5 Update (Delta); Updated retail release set |
10.3.6 | 7R28 | November 5, 2004 | 7.6 | About the Mac OS X 10.3.6 Update (Delta) |
10.3.7 | 7S215 | December 15, 2004 | 7.7 | About the Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update (Delta) |
10.3.8 | 7U16 | February 9, 2005 | 7.8 | About the Mac OS X 10.3.8 Update (Delta) |
10.3.9 | 7W98 | April 15, 2005 | 7.9 | About the Mac OS X 10.3.9 Update (Delta) |
Timeline of Mac operating systems |
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