Restoring old white imac

i'm giving my Mom my old white 'bubble' computer and put in the restore cd's--there were three of them and then put in the OSX install which I remember came with the computer when we bought it in 02--but when everyting was reinstalled there was no iphoto??? anywhere--any suggestions?
thanks
wv

wv:
I am not sure what version software you are running on the "bubble" (what mac is that, exactly?), but you have two options.
1. You can go to iTunes download and download the appropriate version and install it.
2. You can use Pacifist to extract it from the appropriate install disk.
Good luck.
cornelius

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