[youtube]5U91sMhhHlU[/youtube] After some very severe performance issues on an 8-Core Mac Pro with 18GB of RAM, I did some research and found out that Spotlight was hogging a substantial portion of my system resources for its indexing purposes. Here’s how to disable it.

I sent this message to Steve Jobs today: Greetings Mr. Jobs, I was excited to see the announcements you made today, but was left hanging when there was no announcement of an updated Final Cut Studio. I hope you and others at Apple will remember that your foundation was built on the backs of professional new media producers and scientists who have loved your professional computers and software for years. When will you release an updated...

[youtube]zRqSs8T8x04[/youtube] A quick video tutorial on how to rip a DVD so it can be imported into iTunes and thus be viewed on the Apple TV.

I’m actually not terribly excited about the new features they’ve added. The Netflix streaming and AirPlay are both great new features, as well as the ability to rent TV shows. However, the main reason I’m throwing down the cash for this piece of hardware is the features that are sure to come in the...