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Apple TV Hacks calls for help to polish the USB drive hack
Two days after Apple TV Hacks published the much sought-after USB hard drive hack for the Apple TV, the site is making a call for help to polish the modification. For now, the hack isn't for the faint of heart - it requires some mucking around at the command line, not to mention an Intel Mac to apply the patch (i.e. - PowerPC Mac and Windows owners seem to be out of luck for now). It also appears that the hack is confirmed to not work on Apple TVs that have had their software updated to the 1.1 YouTube edition. Specifically, Apple TV Hacks is looking for help to simplify the hack's process and, ideally, bundle it in a GUI to make it a lot easier for all users to apply. Compatibility with the 1.1 Apple TV software is also on the todo list, since reverting one's Apple TV back to the original software and losing all the new features isn't the first thing most users want to do.
If you have any skills with helping out on hacks or bundling them into a GUI, or if you know a developer who might, send them over to the Apple TV Hacks post to see if they can lend a hand.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ed said 3:44PM on 7-29-2007
Maybe I'm being stupid, but what are these voodoo:// links? Black magic?
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Mo said 4:14PM on 7-29-2007
voodoo:// links are VoodooPad internal links. Presumably the post was written in VoodooPad and then copied & pasted.
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blinkcowz182 said 4:23PM on 7-29-2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_Chat
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David Chartier said 4:26PM on 7-29-2007
Sorry that was my bad. I wrote this up in VoodooPad cuz I'm testing it for my blogging efforts and thought I linked those words properly. They should be fixed now.
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andy said 6:10AM on 7-30-2007
apple wont want to do this, it goes against the main function of the device, streaming, apple sometimes forces consumers into doing things they are not sure about because the public are stupid slow adopters (us geeks not included of course). this also increases the devices relience on itunes, apples current biggest asset and potential for growth
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DrWho said 9:04AM on 7-30-2007
I still prefer to sync unwatched shows and watch them or stream from my imac, I prefer to keep all my media in one place.
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seth said 3:59PM on 7-30-2007
um, turbo has already improved upon (and first made) the usb hack over at awkwardtv, not only can you plug an external drive to the ATV, but you can hook up a usb hub to it for bluetooth dongles, external hdd, keyboard, mouse, whatever. i know the atvhacks folks credit turbo for his "testing" but he released his own, much cleaner hack days earlier. anyway, just wanted to give credit where i felt it was due.
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