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At the All things Digital conference, Steve Jobs revealed a surprise for everybody, the Apple TV will stream and play videos directly from youtube starting in June, the reason that we’re waiting is also the best news for us, youtube is converting its videos to h264 just for this purpose, h264 is the next generation video codec embraced by Apple (as all the best new technologies have been (USB, firewire, LED backlight displays).
The Apple TV is now also shipping in a 160Gb model for $399 as well as the 40Gb model at $299, thats a great deal as the Hard drive alone for that model will cost you just under $200, and the Apple TV is actually a fully functioning OS X workstation at it’s heart.

Please, please, folks, please go and read this article, before doing your software updates, We all know it’s a good idea to not run any other programs while Software update is running, but did you know it can make your Mac completely unbootable!?

Here’s the bottom line: Mac Software updates are important and you MUST do these as soon as possible after they are released by Apple as they contain many security fixes as well as system enhancements but remember this rule:

Every single time you install an update to Mac OS X whether it be an iTunes update, a QuickTime update, an update for daylight saving time, a security update, an Airport update, or an actual Mac OS X update, you can be hit by this bug. In order to prevent yourself from being smacked in the face by this bug, follow this simple rule: When “Optimize System Performance” appears during the update process do not touch your computer and definitely do not launch any applications. Just back away from your computer box as if it were a swarm of bees. Yes, it does mean that if you install the Mac OS X 10.4.9 update, you may get hit by the bug.

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