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Mac OS X Panther v10.3 gives you everything you need to live in the digital age. The entire system and its applications are designed to work well with each other and suit your individual computing style.

Critically-acclaimed applications let you organize and create digital media with elegant simplicity. A complete suite of Internet software offers you intuitive communications capabilities. Built-in tools let you be productive immediately. Panther provides a luscious, liquid interface, called Aqua, across every application and the utilities you need to control and customize your Mac. Plus, you can easily connect your Mac to any network — whether wired or wireless, Mac-, UNIX- or Windows-based. If you’re a programmer or scripter, Panther gives you world class development tools in the box. Best of all, it just works.

Explore the digital lifestyle

Explore the digital lifestyle

Do fun, creative things with your pictures, music and movies in ways that PC users can only dream about.

Make a movie of baby’s first steps, graduation or wedding.
Share it with the family via email, the web or DVD.
Organize your digital pictures into albums.
Set your desktop to play from an iPhoto album.
Share your iTunes playlist with other Macs in the house with zero configuration Rendezvous.

Share your pictures via email or the web.
Make a mix CD for your new girlfriend.
Download songs from the iTunes Music Store.
Make your own slideshow from iPhoto albums and your iTunes libraries.
Play DVDs on the road or in the living room.
Take advantage of DVDs with expanded web content.

Stay connected ? securely

Stay connected — securely

Mac OS X includes all the applications you need to safely access and use the Internet right away.

Browse the Web with the fastest browser on the Mac, Safari.
Browse any kind of network server, including Windows servers, directly in the Finder.
Access the contents of your iDisk quickly on local hard drive mirror.
Talk with two way audio conferencing over any 56k dialup or better connection.
Video conference in full screen over any broadband Internet connection.
Let Mail ignore more junk mail.
Share your net connection with other computers in your house.
Protect your Mac with a built-in Firewall.
Use your Mac as a wireless AirPort base station.

Publish your own web site from your Mac or your .Mac account.
Let your Powerbook or iBook automatically change network settings based on location.
Connect to Exchange servers for Mail and Address Book syncing.
Use LDAP directories to automatically address your Mail documents.
Connect to the office network with built-in VPN client and support for third-party verification schemes such as RSA SecurID.
Search the Internet more quickly with super-responsive Sherlock channels.
Access your Safari bookmarks using your .Mac account.

Have the best user experience

Have the best user experience

Panther’s simple and elegant design is easy to use and intuitive for new users, with powerful features for professionals.

Navigate open windows quickly with Exposé.
Animate your desktop picture with iPhoto albums.
Use a graphics tablet to input text in English, French or German.
Get quick access to frequent file commands in the new popup Actions menu.
Compress and expand files and folders directly in the Finder.
Search for files with iTunes-like speed and ease.
Assign color labels with customized names to any file or folder.
Switch to another user account without logging out and quitting current applications.
Access help instruction via purple help icons.
Customize keyboard shortcuts for the System and applications.
View active application icons semi-transparently, heads-up style when using Command-Tab.

Install fonts by clicking single button in Font Book.
Use OpenGL-enhanced screen effects when your Mac is idle, then require a password to wake up.
See misspelled words as you type in many applications, including Mail, iChat and TextEdit.
Use Preview, the world’s fastest PDF reader, which renders PDFs three times faster than Windows.
Build automatic PDF indexes from your searches.
Use dozens of high-quality fonts included with Panther.
Wake from sleep instantly, with optional password verification.
Secure the contents of your home directory with powerful AES-128 encryption.
Control which applications your kids can use.
Make your Mac easier to use if you have difficulties. Try iSight and iChat AV for long distance sign language.

Get organized

Get organized

Panther makes it easy to keep your contacts and dates straight at home, work or on the road.

Keep all your contacts in one convenient Address Book.
Sync your Address Book across all your Macs with a .Mac account.
Organize your busy schedule in iCal.
Publish a calendar on the web.
Subscribe to your favorite sports team’s schedule with iCal.
Notify a group of contacts when your contact info changes.

Print labels using different Avery label templates.
Carry your contacts and calendars on your PDA or mobile phone.
Print a copy of your Address Book for use when you are away from your Mac.
Import basic Microsoft Word .DOC documents into TextEdit.
Type words quickly in TextEdit with auto-completion based on the included spelling dictionary.

Use many peripherals

Use many peripherals

Panther lets you use your digital devices with no software installation, configuration or hassle.

Connect dozens of digital cameras with no additional software.
Connect dozens of displays with no additional software.
Connect hundreds of printers with no additional software.
Connect dozens of DV camcorders with no additional software.
Connect dozens of input devices, including Bluetooth keyboards and mice, game controllers and graphics tablets, with no additional software.
Connect many scanners without additional software.
Connect Bluetooth devices such as cell phones and input devices securely with encryption.

Connect audio and MIDI devices over USB or FireWire.
Connect storage devices and optical media with no additional software.
Print directly to Windows shared printers over the SMB protocol.
Send faxes using your built-in modem or Bluetooth cell phone, complete with cover sheet from any application.
Receive faxes using your built-in modem.
Answer incoming voice calls on V.92 modems while connected to the Internet.
Automatically enhance images while scanning with Image Capture.
Share your USB printer with others in the home, even those on Windows-based machines.

Develop the next killer app

Develop the next killer app

Use any of the plethora of development paths to create stunning, breakthrough applications.

Use AppleScript studio to connect Safari, FileMaker Pro and QuarkXPress.
Distribute Xcode builds across Macs on your network for faster compiles.
Run X11-based programs.

Use the best Java implementation on the planet.
Compile Power Mac G5 applications with GCC 3.
Script in Perl, Ruby and Python.

Address Book Many contacts, one book.

AppleScript Powerful, easy-to-learn automation.

Aqua The Mac OS X user experience.

Audio Mac OS X Core Audio delivers the tools.

ColorSync The standard for communicating consistent color.

Darwin An open source core.

DVD Player Get the popcorn.

Exposé Find the window you need. Now.

Fast User Switching Share well with others.

Faxing Send and recieve faxes.

FileVault Safe, secure, and speedy.

Finder Everything you need, just a click away.

Font Book Letter-perfect type management.

Fonts A whole library to choose from.

Graphics and Media Powerful graphic capabilities.

iCal The desktop calendar redefined.

iChat AV Video conferencing for the rest of us.

iDisk Your online hard drive. Available offline.

iMovie Making digital movies is as fun as using your Mac.

iPhoto Picture your digital lifestyle.

iSync More ways to sync your digital life.

iTunes All your music. All in one place.

Image Capture Something to smile about.

Inkwell Write anywhere.

International World-class compatibility.

Internet All the internet technologies you need.

Java Takes Java to the next level.

Mail Follow the thread of any discussion.

Mobility Instant. Automatic. Wireless.

Networking Wide-ranging support for your network.

Preview Tear through PDFs in no time.

Printing Faster than you can say CMYK.

Quartz Never again compromise quality.

Quartz Extreme Faster graphics. Period.

QuickTime The digital media standard.

Rendezvous Create an instant network.

Safari The fastest browser on the Mac.

Security Safe and sound. Mac OS X minds the store.

Sherlock 3 Web services for the rest of us.

Speech No more idle chit-chat.

System Preferences Tailor your Mac for the way you work.

Universal Access Section 508 Accessibility.

UNIX Mac OS X is based on rock-solid UNIX.

Web Sharing Publish web pages or share files on the Internet.

Windows All the features you need in a Windows-centric world.

X11 The ultimate X11 workstation.

Xcode Ground-breaking new approach to developer productivity.

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