PRESS RELEASE
May 6, 2002
Apple Previews “Jaguar,” the Next Major Release of Mac OS X
Features Major New Technologies and Applications
WWDC 2002, San Jose, California—May 6, 2002—Apple® today previewed the next major version of Mac® OS X, code-named “Jaguar,” to more than 2,500 Macintosh developers at its Worldwide Developers Conference. “Jaguar” will be available to customers in late summer 2002, and will further establish Mac OS X as the most advanced operating system in the world.
“Jaguar is packed with incredible new features that Mac OS X users are going to love, including our iChat instant messaging software,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Jaguar takes the world’s highest-volume UNIX-based operating system to the next level, adding amazing new technologies never before seen in any operating system.”
“Jaguar” includes many innovative new features, such as:
- iChat, Apple’s new AIM-compatible instant messaging software that is built into Mac OS X and integrated with the new Mail and Address Book applications;
- QuickTime® 6, the first complete solution for industry standard MPEG-4 video and AAC audio streaming;
- Rendezvous, Apple’s proposed new industry standard for automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks (i.e., Ethernet, AirPort®);
- Address Book, Apple’s new system-wide database for managing contact information;
- Finder™, now enhanced with spring-loaded folders and new instant searching;
- Sherlock® 3, Apple’s all-new Internet search and services tool;
- Quartz™ Extreme, the hardware accelerated Quartz graphics and compositing engine;
- UNIX Tools, the latest UNIX advancements including FreeBSD 4.4 updates, the new GCC 3 compiler, IPv6 and IPSec; and
- Windows Support, for increased compatibility with Windows networks with SMB browsing and sharing as well as built-in PPTP VPN security.