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MacUser reports that there are price discrepancies at the iTunes Store for movies depending on how the movie is purchased. “Bringing up A Bug’s Life yielded (a shock) [...] there seems to be a discrepancy in price. If I go to the iTunes Store page for A Bug’s Life, it lists a $14.99 price. Here’s where it gets strange: click the ‘Browse’ button in the bottom right hand corner of iTunes (the one with the eye), and you’ll get a hierarchical view. Select ‘Movies’ from the first column, and ‘Kids & Family’ from the second. A Bug’s Life is the first movie in the list. And it’s price? $12.99.” More …
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According to Apple,
This update can be used to restore the firmware of an Intel-based iMac (early & mid 2006), Mac mini (early 2006), MacBook Pro (early 2006), Mac Book (early 2006), or Mac Pro (mid 2006) to original factory condition. It can only be used to restore the Firmware after an interrupted or failed update.
It is very important to download this disk image file and burn it to a blank CD as a critical safety measure. This CD and the proper procedure of powering on by holding the power button until the Mac’s LED shows a successive series of blinks (3 quick, 3 slow, 3 quick), releasing the power button and inserting the CD allows one to reinstall the factory firmware so the Mac will run again.
Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, has spilt the beans on iTV. And it looks like the device not only streams, but has a ’small’ hard drive in it, iPod Observer reports.
According to the article, Iger said, “It can also stream it live through the box to the TV or it has a small hard drive on it so they can download what you put on the device on your computer, on your iTunes, through the television set.” More …
Mac Pro SMC Firmware Update–The SMC Firmware Update adjusts fan behavior in the Mac Pro. After this update has completed successfully, the SMC Version will be: 1.7f8.
Mac Pro (mid 2006) EFI Firmware Update 1.0–This EFI Firmware Update fixes several Boot Camp and start up issues on Mac Pro computers. After this update has completed successfully, your Boot ROM Version will be: MP11.005C.B01.
MacInTouch readers are reporting difficulty installing the updates