Mac OS X Tiger

Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4) is the 5th <a href="/facts/Software_versioning/EP8VXAUU">major release</a> of <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a>'s desktop and <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">server</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> for <a href="/facts/Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Mac</a> computers. Tiger was released to the public on April 29, 2005, for <a href="/facts/United_States_dollar/naEEDUhC">US$</a>129.95 as the successor to <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_10.3_Panther/lDrnzKAe">Mac OS X 10.3 Panther</a>. Included features were a fast searching system called <a href="/facts/Spotlight_(software)/aM5DgwzV">Spotlight</a>, a new version of the <a href="/facts/Safari_(web_browser)/9R8v7tNl">Safari</a> web browser, <a href="/facts/Dashboard_(Mac_OS)/Bewm6sVG">Dashboard</a>, a new 'Unified' <a href="/facts/Theme_(computing)/N08U51pq">theme</a>, and improved support for <a href="/facts/64-bit/AgvkQHkM">64-bit</a> addressing on <a href="/facts/Power_Mac_G5/DfREoJlg">Power Mac G5s</a>. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger also had a number of additional features that <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> had spent <a href="/facts/Development_of_Windows_Vista/ffbcNuR4">several years struggling</a> to add to <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> with acceptable performance, such as fast file search and improved graphics processing.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was included with all new Macs, and was also available as an upgrade for existing Mac OS X users, or users of supported <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_Classic/I5fQq44K">pre-Mac OS X</a> systems. The server edition, <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_Server/KQxtGUEA">Mac OS X Server 10.4</a>, was also available for some Macintosh product lines. Six weeks after the official release, Apple had delivered 2 million copies of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, representing 16% of all Mac OS X users. Apple claimed that Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was the most successful Apple OS release in the company's history. On June 11, 2007, at <a href="/facts/WWDC_2007/hEjVWkoo">WWDC 2007</a>, Apple's CEO, <a href="/facts/Steve_Jobs/fQpja1hx">Steve Jobs</a>, announced that more than 67% of the 22 million Mac OS X users were using Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Apple announced a <a href="/facts/Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors/uJTbuLvM">transition to Intel x86 processors</a> during Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger's lifetime, making it the first Apple operating system to work on <a href="/facts/Apple%25E2%2580%2593Intel_architecture/1GpN0gWz">Apple–Intel architecture</a> machines. The original <a href="/facts/Apple_TV/FHVJqBCw">Apple TV</a>, released in March 2007, shipped with a customized version of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger branded "Apple TV OS" that replaced the usual <a href="/facts/GUI/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a> with an updated version of <a href="/facts/Front_Row_(software)/XGhLA7Hm">Front Row</a>.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was succeeded by <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_10.5_Leopard/UmXw4H5x">Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard</a> on October 26, 2007, after 30 months, making Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger the longest-running version of Mac OS X. The last security update released for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users was the 2009-005 update. The latest supported version of <a href="/facts/QuickTime/rA3GQp2j">QuickTime</a> is 7.6.4. The latest version of <a href="/facts/ITunes/pdXPE33T">iTunes</a> that can run on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is 9.2.1. Safari 4.1.3 is the final version for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Despite not having received security updates since 2009, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger remains popular with Power Mac users and <a href="/facts/Retrocomputing/fHu2QnUo">retrocomputing</a> enthusiasts due to its wide software and hardware compatibility, as it is the last Mac OS X version to support the <a href="/facts/Classic_Environment/7uDAhFUz">Classic Environment</a> – a <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_9/33QM3VqV">Mac OS 9</a> compatibility layer – and <a href="/facts/PowerPC_7xx/SfPRudfh">PowerPC G3 processors</a>.

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Mac OS X Tiger