Q: Question about the 2005 iBook G4: What Version of iLife did it Come with?

iLife had to be purchased separately. It did not come pre installed.

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The computer shipped with two grey label original install-restore DVDs with a version of

Tiger 10.4 (depending on date of manufacture, one of two version numbers existed) and

the iLife applications were included for the system; everything was in the software kit.

Mine included two DVDs (single layer) Tiger OS X 10.4.2 (8D37) grey label system discs...

This also has all of the included applications and a few games, per retail status as shipped.

iBook G4 (Mid 2005) last build: (specs according to http://mactracker.ca database app)

Introduced    July 2005

Discontinued    May 2006

Model Identifier    PowerBook6,7

Model Number    A1133 (12.1-inch) A1134 (14.1-inch)

Order Number    M9846LL/A (12.1-inch), M9848LL/A (14.1-inch)

Original OS    Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8D37)

Later OS    Mac OS X 10.4.4 (8G32)

Maximum OS    Mac OS X 10.5.8

Hardware Test    AHT (iBook) 2.5

Bundled Software    iLife ’05 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD(5), GarageBand), Mail.

Dashboard, Spotlight, iChat AV, Safari, Sherlock, QuickTime, iSync, iCal, DVD Player, Address

Book, AppleWorks, iWork (30-day trial), Classic environment, Quicken 2005 for  Macintosh,

2005 World Book Multimedia Reference Suite, Nanosaur 2, Marble Blast Gold, MS Office 2004

for Mac Test Drive, Zinio Reader, XCode Developer Tools & Apple Hardware Test CD.

To upgrade past Tiger 10.4.11, given the need to purchase a retail OS X 10.5 Leopard DVD

and also an iLife and perhaps iWorks; or locate items of interest, or whatever. Those may

still be found online for sale through resellers. For mine I found 10.5.8 did not like the last

iLife version that could run on it, a slightly earlier was better with good features.

On rare occasion, you could pull software off misc install discs without using the official installers.

The method works OK if you know the workaround process and do it correctly. Otherwise, not.

{Pacifist utility - Charlessoft: https://www.charlessoft.com/pacifist_olderversions.html With this,

you can look into old discs and experiment; within limits of original software/hardware spec.

Helpful ^ in a few situations to restore bits that may have been trashed, without having to run

the entire installer; or you could install part of a bundled software package, aside from OS.}

Hopefully you can locate the correct discs for upgrade match set; 10.5.8 OS X, with iWorks,

iLife, and other items. Sometimes you may find the retail bundle of all three together, online.

In any event...

Good luck & happy computing!

The 'bundled software' is that which was included and running in the device when new.

So the list given above would be on the install DVD set of two discs. The first disc is

where the OS X and Classic along with main system applications; second one extras.

{If you have the install disc version that shipped with the iBook G4 Mid 2005, it's possible

to look into there with Pacifist to see what packages are available that would load - if you

were to run the setup and install contents normally - without having to do so. Just don't

boot from the install disc. Pacifist can be used to look into files, to see (& get) contents.}

So perhaps whatever you have in mind, may be able to work. If you have an external

FireWire400/800 HD enclosure w/ Oxford-type chipset, then it would be able to boot an

OS X volume; the external drive enclosure should have its own power supply. Then

the iBook could boot and run 10.4.11 (with classic support) & alternately, 10.5.8. That,

if the internal hard drive is too small capacity for second partition to install both OS X.

Hopefully that works out.

Good luck & happy computing!