† Security warning! These applications contain unfixed security holes! Opening files of unknown origin (like off the internet) is dangerous and represents a security hazard!Ī lot of good applications require at least Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther, most updated versions require at least Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger, some even Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard. Video LAN Client (VLC) Media Player 0.8.4a () †.Opera 9.64 () † officially requires Mac OS X 10.3, but it also runs on Jaguar.Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0.3 (not on a G5).Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 1.0.3 ().However, some useful applications do run on Mac OS X 10.2.8: It may be possible to get Tiger installed on officially unsupported Macs using XPostFacto. I highly recommend using Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger on every Power Macintosh that supports it. Well, to be honest, most PowerPC applications require Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Someone at Green Building Concepts made a similar list for Mac OS X 10.2 Server. Since now you have a list what to look for you should be able to find all of these updates at Apple Support by using the search function. I did not link the specified updates to the respective download site, because Apple, as it has done in the past, changes link addresses from time to time and sadly Apple does not provide s. Since this list is for a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (which has an nVidia graphics card installed), ATI specific updates will be missing. Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) Client Update 1.2.4 ().Mac OS X 10.2.8 Security Update 2005-001ĭepending on the specific Mac model these updates may also be applicable:Īdditionally I found these updates, which were not included by Software Update:. Apple’s software update chart doesn’t include all of them other Mac models may include additional (model specific) updates: This list of updates is in the order it was presented in Software Update on a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (original model, 2001). ( Panther users got less than 9 years…) Users of Mac OS X 10.2 are therefor on their own when they want to re-install Jaguar on a supported (by Mac OS X) yet by Apple discontinued (hence unsupported) PowerPC-based Mac.Īccording Apple the required updates will still be available for download on Apples Support site, but to find which updates are applicable is hard work.įor the very few who may want to re-install Mac OS X 10.2.8 Jaguar on a Power Mac (or inside PearPC, which was slow on PCs back in 2004) I wrote down the list of updates an original Mac OS X 10.2 release was receiving using Software Update back in 2011. Ten years later, in the summer of 2012, Apple discontinued Software Update for Mac OS X 10.3 and earlier. Mac OS X 10.2 was released by Apple in 2002.
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