2004


 * January 6: Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the 1st-generation iPod mini at the keynote event of Macworld Expo in San Francisco. iLife '04 and iMovie 4 are released. Other announcements include Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.
 * February 1: Apple and Pepsi collaborate to announce a giveaway of 100 million free songs though iTunes in a commercial that is aired during Super Bowl XXXVIII.
 * February 3: TheFacebook is launched at Harvard College.
 * February 20: The 1st-generation iPod mini is released.
 * March 15: Mac OS X 10.3.3 (Panther) is released.
 * March 16: Mac OS X Server 10.3.3 is released. FingaMIDI 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) is also released.
 * April 3: The Beijing Macintosh User Group is temporarily regrouped as the Beijing Macintosh Union.
 * June 28-July 2: The 2004 Worldwide Developers Conference is held at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, California.
 * August 28: Apple Shinsaibashi is opened in Japan.
 * September 4-5: The first Worldwide Newton Conference is held in Paris, France.
 * November 10: WikiMac, the oldest predecessor to the Apple Wiki, is established.