Mac OS X Server 10.2 Jaguar

Mac OS X Server 10.2, Jaguar Server, was announced on July 17, 2002. Apple set availability for August 24: this is an announced Server date, not one inferred from desktop Jaguar. US licences cost $499 for ten clients or $999 for unlimited clients. These are historical prices, not current offers.

Family

Mac OS X Server

Version

10.2

Architectures

PowerPC

Historical US price

US$499 / US$999

Apple · Server 10.2 · 2002-07-17

The focus was managing a mixed network. NetBoot started Macs over the network; Network Install automated operating-system and application installation. Workgroup Manager centralized users, groups and computers through LDAPv3 directories, while Open Directory included a password server. Apple also announced quotas, secure file transfers and NFS resharing through AFP.

Apple · Server 10.2 · 2002-07-17

QuickTime Streaming Server 4 and QuickTime Broadcaster captured and encoded MPEG-4 video for live streaming. Server Status and SNMP were part of remote management. The announcement required 128 MB of RAM and 4 GB free and named Xserve, Macintosh Server G3/G4, Power Macintosh G3, Power Mac G4, G4 Cube and iMac. This is not support for every later Mac or every NetBoot client.

Apple · Server 10.2 · 2002-07-17

Writing in Macworld, Mark H. Anbinder praised remote management and cross-platform services but documented a specific setup issue: enabling Password Server for SMB access prevented that account from connecting from Macs older than OS X 10.2. He also found that Windows services could appear active yet reject connections when Password Server was not running. His criticism of the documentation and upgrade pricing belongs to that review, not to present-day macOS.

Mark H. Anbinder · Macworld · 2002-11-30