2005


 * January 4: Xsan 1.0 begins shipping.
 * January 5: The ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition graphics card is released.
 * January 11: At the keynote address of the Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco 2005, the first iPod shuffle is introduced. iLife '05 is also released, which includes GarageBand 2, iDVD 5, iMovie HD, iPhoto 5, and iTunes 4.7.1.
 * January 22: The first Mac mini is released.
 * February 23: The 2nd-generation iPod mini with capacity up to 6 GB is released.
 * March 15: The short-lived "Google X" webpage experiment is launched.
 * March 18: The Apple Store St. Johns Town Center is opened.
 * March 20: The Qingdao Apple User Group is established with the support of Sinomac in China
 * April 29: Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" is released.
 * June 6-10: The 2005 Worldwide Developers Conference is held at the Moscone Center West Hall, where CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple will transition Macs to Intel processors, starting in 2006.
 * September 7: The first iPod nano and iTunes 5 are released at a special music event titled "It's Showtime".
 * October 12: The iPod with video is announced.