RealNetworks blamed the Mac release's delay and the absence of theseĪdditional features on the difficulty of writing the OS X-based application from scratch-particularly as the introduction of Mac OS 10.2, the so-called Jaguar release, complicated programming efforts midway through the player's development. These include the RealNetworks Jukebox software for organizing music titles, support for portable devices, and a ripping engine. Mac users of RealOne will also have to wait-perhaps indefinitely-for features that come standard with RealOne for Windows. While Windows customers can pay for a premium service that lets them play back Windows Media Player files and Apple QuickTime files through their RealOne player, Mac users will have to wait for a future release for that cross-platform option. In addition to having waited longer for the release, Mac users will find their options significantly more limited than those of their Windows counterparts.

RealOne for Windows, by contrast, came out in its final, or ' gold,' edition in March, with a follow-up release in September. RealNetworks on Monday launched its RealOne player for Apple Computer's Mac OS X, following test versions of the software that came out in July and August. Macintosh users are finally getting a finished version of RealNetworks' streaming media player, but they will have to wait at least another several months to rip a CD or play QuickTime files through the software like their Windows counterparts.

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