" The Apple TV it was just for the and a whole community of hackers developers have been hard at work parent apart like it's hard drive upgrade to complete a second thought. Do it yourself for -- wintry. To update and attacked some of the laws stated that -- I'm Daniel welcome back."

" Welcome to the secret system laboratory here -- Living room somewhere in the outer sunset in San Francisco California. Next to me. Not just a man and if you're a legend of Guinness world record holder -- should win a world record for. I've built the world's largest -- controller. The world's largest city has controller yes how large are we talking about eight foot wide. He from life the way a little over her pounds it was massive so he dropped it on Mario he's caught. Yet we should put that this ladies and gentlemen by the way as the students and even Randolph. Who's gonna be power and a lot of the more technical tricks you can be seen on system coming up today though. -- was saying we're gonna give you an idea what's going on with hacking the Apple T beasts. Probably the most popular Mac after the Apple TV and their whole bunch of stacked up like -- told him. Is upgrading the size of the hard drive now mr. Randolph gonna show us how to do that."

" Essay about it but if he really haven't seen any of the facts of the figures on this. Come over and our -- our what the guys over on overdone digital has done a review for an episode fifty got it. To check that out. But yeah it's kind of find ways to do with a forty gig drive why. I think you're being cheap I mean the Apple they're used for their very expensive hardware and everything surrounding it. But I think it's -- don't have hard drive and kind of thought. Nobody won forty gigs their iPods -- you know thirty gigs right by the -- likely -- you could it matter as it because of network device because they want you to buy an Apple TV 2.0 next year the 200 gigabyte hard drive. You know you're probably right and probably more along the lines -- they want to buy the next one or they'll come out with their own storage at on the -- have to pay for. You know 300 bucks a pop that in wilders a semi useless USB port accurate -- useless what woman will take advantage of that night all right what's the use -- it's actually easier to get this case open -- you know Mac -- case a by far by far. One the funny things is is that kind of I've been reading all the articles everyone's got out there it. And everybody recommended you know using the putty knife and jammed it in there and all that stuff. And -- work for me it seemed harder than it should be. What I found work that's just -- you know suppliers. Can get it and literally all you have to do is just kind of put underneath the heads. And just kind of pop that up. Trying to get that done I. Putty knife underneath it just doesn't work and you literally just peel it back with sheer brute force but. That's Roberts very elastic there's a lot of cool. They did a solid sheet of -- across the whole thing. Obviously they didn't want this symbolism but not that badly -- now that they think put it together and kind of expects you to through this way ever breaks. Not as fidelity. So that one's U 34 -- drivers and force more -- Spitzer there that's practices and -- intend to work there. You look this is we need to get ourselves. A little adapter would USB two mighty. He CM and alt text shops. Be careful make sure it supports two and a half inch notebook drives yes if you actually go out there you'll find some that have an adapter which have to have an external power supply. Attached to it. I like this one because it actually has a sat on it it has two point five. Support on there but it also provides the power off US be okay so let me guess you're take all the hard drive you're -- images in and drop and on the new hard drive that's larger. Oaxley but there's a problem for the cash a cash on an Apple product. They they hit us secret -- partition on -- recovery partition. So that they can restore it. And it doesn't mountains not a normal style partitions of carbon next copy anything like that not gonna see -- they're not gonna -- can't really. Image the drive from disk utility but I."

" Anything but this I'm sure -- first thing everybody tried out there. But some nice period -- use in dvd command for the prompt actually able. Do it just fine for -- nice so I mean it's real simple command the thing -- you first thing to do is. Figure out what the disk ideas of a hard drive slacking hook up to the computer and you see it now. You'll actually see it has a partition OS boot and media those are the two partitions that actually do map. On your -- there's a third secret -- 13 secret hidden partition. And that which you can do is you can do it when it two ways and I'll admit I'm more clicker and I am hyper that's okay so if you if you bring up this cute who lost mad nerd points to -- the at that but it's safer to tell people they can click on the type that I promise it. Also begun cutting and pasting large like 300 you know character strings absolutely no question. But you gonna disk utility here and you click on the drive. And then you just get information on action. It'll show you right there will say this to say you know which one it is nice and it's usually this one just to just -- this fortified depends on what ever Mac you're using okay. But on this kind of showing up -- this -- for me. Since you are hyper there isn't easy way to do this. You just bring it to prompt and type much content -- you tilt space lists. And what had to -- list every single drive Korea. And that'll actually show you slashed slashed its two and then show you everything and you notice there's actually one tightening here this completely blank this that the secret little partition this is to restore from. Or they try to any height and all from well it's I mean it supposed to be an appliance right disposed to be relatively bringing this -- be hard to damage people who want to relate you're gonna have to reinstall the operating system when you view just mr. Norton. It that is true but they could've made it easier for full well but he's okay that's part of the fun I think. But obviously we know it's just to attack now via the command is it's real simple command we have the links for you and all that stuff. And we found this one over at the Apple TV hacks dot net web sites and awesome awesome collection and actually Apple TV if you're not aware of it go check it out like. What right after them of this and you download a couple more episodes. And they -- by far one of the better jobs announced com and it's literally just DD space. If equals slash death of slash. Boot disk name we came up with -- group which was just he says DI escaped to. And then space we're just gonna say one more time don't automatically choose dissed you especially if you have more than one hard drive in the -- copy this. Having more painful in a recent one of your existing partitions you absolutely make sure you find out what you're just his first. And then on the news like its its base of equals slashed and I equipment user's directory it's whatever has been going out there so. Users slash. Slash animal caught Apple TV dot I NG space. BS equals ten point four K this is gonna make an Apple T -- image for me it's it's not just a bit for bit bit for bit the entire drive. I highly recommend doing this if we go to bed down because it's gonna take depend on your speed it can take 812 hours in some cases it's a long time. Burns at twelve hours later we back it off on your hard drive. Now what well now we gotta get onto the new drive. You can tell isn't it you know twelve hours aren't yet yes you can pick going to protect. Now the catch is that the command is pretty much just the reverse of what we just did it I'm gonna plug the new drive then. Source -- new hard drive on there then we'll go back and -- utility. Find out what the disk ideas of the new drive. Or we can drop in the terminal and type disk utilities -- a list. Either way it works is Tom and then we'll find out the disparity and and we will type it and -- it will be DD. Space. For it if equals slash. Users. Slash. Apple TV dot ING now you don't -- ran off because that's not your name that's just my user directory on my. We'll know who cares so whatever yours is that's which use. And then space of equals slash. Of slash. SK. You know 23 whatever in the number worked out to -- And then space. BS equals ten point four K. I found that threatens kind of everyone agrees on that and."

" All forms of all the different places. They created that -- the fastest setting is the safest setting. And I've tested with all the drives and I found that work with every different sized drive to a problem -- is a good place to stop if -- been doing this along with us. And may be your parents are criminals your spouse is on the excellence he used the Apple TV. How long is it gonna take that back that drive off on your system. Twelve hours about twelve hours twelve our case and don't even on the got a three hour window does it not the project to start now this is the right before you go to bed. And in a certain extent that's usually -- before you go to work or school whatever fire up return."

" All there you go that's troubles. So now we gotta wait twelve hours but ruled upon. Our. Yeah. To twelve hours later the images on try to get to double -- basically you have you know when it's done is it easy until it's done. Actually here's the most annoying part but it doesn't have hooked up progress bar doesn't tell you working it doesn't do anything it just doesn't give your prof. And it seems -- your problems no -- were reported Dennis Dunn who is a good time really not be touching your machine for twelve hours right don't make no mistake I did actually shut in the lid on your MacBook. Put the drive -- how many -- drive and you've been through. I don't know I've probably got six straight drives around her try to -- and I've probably done this at least three or four times each one house. And that -- The main reason why it's taken so much is because we just cloned it onto we call -- a forty gig drive onto this hundred gig drive. It's made that media drives with 31 point 72 gigabytes. And left all the other basis for. So a complete waste of space there we have to resize the partition. And if he used disk utility in the Mac you know if you resize partitions. You have to wipe out the drive and that would defeat the whole purpose of this. There's a lot of utilities out there there are so there's a lot of tutorials out there that actually will tell you type in this command and typed in this command and you'll get it absolutely re partition. I've tried a mall so -- and successful some of -- happens. Actually found that the want to work with all the drives all the sizes and I've never had a problem with. Which was the very first. Version they came out I would try to find a free way to do it and none of them really work 100%. -- across all drives so if you want to be say spend 44 bucks and by the application applications called I partition. And you can actually buy it from these guys they're over they're called a core -- list system seal our oh now I asked. And done you can buy from them and that's a real simple -- you literally you just go in there -- launcher application. And it will show you -- home all the disk attached to your system. Over there on the side. And give a signal from up here and there's the disk. And then click on partitions. And will do is we keep this nice spinning wheels on the screen. And archive this little wheel here and if you click on media you see there's this little dot over here. You are just mean that all the way around to decide if and then you'll hits. Commit. And re partition for -- don't take. Five that's your basic classic nondestructive partitioning tool for the Mac nondestructive partitioning tool very simple -- I use it for other stuff as well so let's not waste money it's a good. And then you -- commit five minutes later you have partition as in the science months and that is literally it. And now we clone the drive we have over on the new drive and we've actually up size of the partition. Now we can pop back into via Apple TV booted up and we're good to get nice."

" Now you could put this back inside and your hundred gigabyte upgrade and be -- it would get a better idea for David says. Put -- the states on it basically secure sockets. Secure sockets is it gives way to communicate with the box and we'll be able to add stuff to without taken apart and look at all back up again plug -- plug ends. Copying media over to that unsupported video formats. All sorts X and RSS feeds -- RSS feeds file viewers everything. Back to the machine."

" A -- now the fun part enabling SSH. Corrected. I've I went to all live web sites the and yet is the Apple TV hacks dot net. Awesome collection -- by the way by far the best I'm gonna have the biggest collection. But I think what happened this is that while they -- all of these tutorials and everything. They were working with. Previously modified your eyes and they weren't really set it all up and so there could been no different parameters and circumstances that. It worked for them that one time. I've tried this on every drive -- and all the procedures all the different resize and everything like that. And it's worked for me every time I do it this way. -- so that's what built this -- up this way. The first we have to do is copy the SS HD from. Our actual Intel Mac you have to have an Intel Mac if you don't. There are web sites out there you can download the Intel Mac SS HD but I got one so it's copied over from. And the good thing is is that. Active but the hard drive on here and it mounted onto the desktop and all that stuff the matter was gonna be the same command. So we'll do is we'll type."

" And pseudo. Space CPC. You don't make me a sandwich -- exactly. US far then that's been. Then. SS HD. Then space slash. Volumes slash. OO that's. Boot slash USR. Slash. S bin slash. It and there. First Manson now we got SS HD over on the actual Apple TB hard drive. Now we've gotta make sure that it's executable you know it's copy of it is not recognized by the system -- computer right. So we're just doing this just to be safe. And we'll be there is running a pseudo CH embodied -- McCain mind. And then space. Plus. X space slash. Volumes. Slash OS. Boot slash user. Slash. Fest and then slash SS HD. He had -- now we know we can excuse -- can run the application now. The next that you don't really have to do but I think it's a good protection and engadget recommended it and it doesn't hurt us just want action camera back up. The actual keyless for the SS HD which is you know basically what it uses to. To launch with -- things like that so. Wrote back that up first. So we're ended up back up the original Pacific. CP command slash. Volume slash OS boot slashed. System. Slash. Library. Slash. You know launched Damon's. Slash. SS age dot key list. In and then space Tilda. So very you know. Just moved back it up even to those who sent to the home directory it's not just an Apple TV act but it's an introduction your basic commands and any new clinics. Didn't you environments it's it's. Rates start. In on there's a lot of copy and there's a lot of pseudo command -- she's not -- the lot of good stuff in here. So after we've copied impact that we need to copy the new one over. Apple TV hacks dot net guide and again it's even got on their website. We can download the modified one that works with the Apple TV if configure all of sockets and everything like that so it's good to go. Actually copied it over and we downloaded it what we're gonna do is. Copied over to the right volume. And I've actually put my director Dallas director my home directory. So very simple CP slash users slash -- Randolph. Slashed down moods. And then you know slash SS states cut key lists. Space slash. Volumes slash OS boot slash. System homes lives. Library slash. Belongs. Damon's there you go home you know last last. Slash yes if there's flash is everywhere that you see why -- Packard kind of I'll -- dragon by double check before you execute always a good thing always good thing makes -- you've got everything properly set up and you know where everything has before you can run through this. Now the next thing is is that on. And get to recommend this I really haven't found the problem where those -- that but it's good practice -- spotlight how does this search is smaller stuff. And it has stores little -- we'll metadata file on your drive to yank the metadata file with the speed you'll pull that off just just because we can't. So mobile news you know pseudo space to remove RR RM Slashdot are slash. Volume slash OS boots Slashdot. Spot. Lies to dash V 100. Data remove everything from ROS boot drive and now we get spotlight off the media drive the other driver was -- on the desktop. So. Pseudo space. The volumes slash media Slashdot. Spotlight. Dash Z 100. -- Now we remove them -- there. You can check form but one at that Ayers and you know it's not there doesn't there than you know was there who might want to tighten the screws until and a few major networks -- to make everything works now after we've done all of this. We are actually ready to go com -- states is done it's installed it'll work -- plugin and that goes to the hard drive back in the box. Started up it'll be there will -- before and from our computer tool."

" Now's the time when system. When we type. And type we will because that's about all we're gonna be doing for the next half hour. On Thursday its knowledge that says we've opened up terminal window -- is actually -- to open up terminal window over the wireless network from your machine. Into the Apple TV. Right the easiest way to kind of just get in there. Is -- been you know SS stage space dash one itself older form that's estates. Silhouette that I know works for the amputees and people claim it gotten used to work all that junk. That one works for mean -- calling me so and then space. Front row all lower case. Then pack -- Apple TV dot local. -- Hit -- assume you want like one of these connected you're gonna time doing this one of these if you don't have it yet more than one yet he's the IP address. So be front row at 1916 they won not by now 500 what whatever you want to. Whenever the IP addresses listen to -- for. Then it prompts you for password -- has set a password. Some guys they actually figured out the password was that it's extremely complicated. It was -- So username Ferraro password is from grow at least until the second generation at least to the second generation were some rumors out there that Apple actually. Sent -- an update to change that password. They didn't do so and it was all pullback of kind of funny. But that now we're -- you have -- bash prompt here so we're in the box kind. The first thing we need to do is we need to now we're connected to over the network we'd go ahead in -- the disk make sure we can write to the disk in and we'll start copy stuff over. In fact I read about the Stanley cut. And yeah. We'll what we'll see we'll tell -- works here 'cause what we have this the just now command which was fun which is. Pseudo space amount staff proposed space. Re amount mama are gonna view -- and I know isn't going to last slash. Disc zero. S three. Now. Here's the thing the zero S three. Slash do you think you. There's an important that's why there's a lower third on the screen hopefully right now that's got this -- command printed at a picnic but. From the zero that's free that's that disk identifier. Com and if you figure out quite a TV correctly. It will be zero S three. If he did it incorrectly you probably should type in this he kills base list. From the bash prompt and that will go ahead and show you what the right ID is in that case the attack. Then we'll hit -- on that too. And it will actually prompt you for the password again and that passwords are not the front row password that's your actual local password. You're you're you're actually CO local. Passwords than -- your normal password is your system correct. I'm a bad boy minds nothing he. But this just test box so it's not really out there so don't try. Next thing I noticed is that. While I command supposed to trying to actually mount the drive has rewrite of bullets the Kama RW what I found for some reason it wasn't always work but. So I actually found another command out there can run which is the pseudo space mount -- UW shouldn't automatically run this after we -- the disk I've run it anyway -- it doesn't hurt anything. And then in -- space slash slash. Disc zero S three no slash at the end. And tank. And then hit you know enter password again. And now we know we have right commission so this once is open we can use to stand in any of these particular and so we want to. Right now we can actually start copy stuff over the network so we don't have to open up that Apple TV anymore for things uses. Com. And there's a wonderful act out there which is called food -- at UGU food the food do engadget reference did it all that stuff. They actually. Also you know gave you all the commands to copy everything over like I said I'm click tracker and we can -- a lot of typing stuff so. Was -- to do here. And then connect to do and multi pin you know Apple TV dot. Local. And type in the correct username which is front row. And then click on the advanced options for me to force that SSH one connection. And well connected but is kind of running with an ftp program Cochran ftp it's just it's secure copy Mo better. And then it prompts you for the password so front row again. And there's our user directory. And you can actually see we can navigate all the way around and all the way out -- route everything like that really nice simple way to get stuff over to it. Well we're gonna do is go back to. The user directory which we have and which -- front row. And we're gonna copy some stuff over your current install this stuff intact. And this is all coming from and yet this article that data on that. There is an 852 codec. Then there's the ATV files like in this with. Lets you play any files. That's on that the Apple TV not in the iTunes directory. And we can in the deck that's can be -- our next fun part to do. And so go ahead and just really click and drag. The 852 codec component over. But that copy. Now that's over there. And then there is this -- so. Kodak's."

" So we'll do is we'll go ahead and click and drag that over and all this is going into or user front row directory. Now once it's all over there in that directory. We've put it into our home directory we need to move them into the right places I sense the trip back to the command line and fortunately. So the first thing we're gonna do is go back to our command line make -- restore at a bash prompt. And we're gonna go ahead and type been pseudo space and AT and files. Dot FR. Appliance. Flash. Space slash. System slashed. Libraries slash core. Services. Slash. Finder dot APPs. Slashed. Contents. Flash. -- against. -- and there. Now we've copy over the ATV appliance to the right place which isn't core services finder content plug. Now we're gonna appearing component over pseudo to go again dislikes it's. -- next -- TV so pseudo space MD's space. -- and dot. Components. Slash. Space slash. Libraries slash. Quicktime slash. Center. Now parents over. Navigated by two codec over -- And -- once again. Pseudo space. And means space -- five to you. Kodak dot components. Slash day slash. The library slash audio. Slash. Ploy against. Slash. Components. Slash. Hit enter. Now. Although the X that movie who put on a box. Those -- gonna directory users. Front row. Movies so I can't drag and drop those over to the Apple -- itself Wendy's food it's exactly if you bring up food -- you can actually see it drops in your home directory and you can click on the movies directory. And inside there would every drop in there Tbilisi from this."

" New plugin that we've put in. Sort of the next step for this Bob -- abilities and browse the network -- that -- you know. Server somebody else's box and has experience. That are available for you look I think -- the next day that I wouldn't be surprised if that's not far off from coming somebody else there's gonna bill that."

" Com Apple -- dot -- Apple TV hacks dot net. Actually has a bounty -- right now for people to view external USB storage on the box for the 8000 dollar penalty. And I wouldn't be surprised at the same people figure that out could figure out how to deal like him amount to something like that. And have network resources out there for so not far off. And now we're rate actually dollar experts stuff went to a few more out on this thing first and then we'll actually show off well as movies. It's just yeah."

" The next thing we're gonna do here is it's an RSS reader. This is actually done you know kind of cool guy out there and he did all that and down. Its -- same procedure we're gonna copy the appliance over. And -- basically open up the director of the RSS. Drag the appliance over drop them and then we'll drop over the RSS feeds which is basically config file you open it up you'll notice that has the RSS feeds. And all that just dissident and a player to modify it make it work. Act you have over -- home director and an Apple TV. Go back to the command prompt here. And once again we're done through go back to pseudo pseudo space NV's. Based RSS. Appliance. Got death are. Appliances. Slash space slash. System's flash. Library slash core service. Slash. -- not a PP slash. Content slashed. Plug -- I really hope that our -- sped through all of this and just let people read the stuff at the bottom screen. 'cause the you know I'm just and this is just very procedural very nice. Tom the next thing we have to do is now we got movie are the RSS -- feeds that one -- last suit. For this part one last and those pseudo space in the space RSS thought. Feeds space slash. Users slash France. Broke. There we go now follow over we RSS that we RSS Fed. Now we can have to do that last command by the way but I just do this procedure in case you put it and we are directories. If you follow everything properly it was already in that directory -- just in case this is just in case you guys were somewhere else. It's a good thing the tipping its coverage I'm really trying to make all these things so that even if you're lost you're still found. --"

" He's gonna type -- exit to close out the SSA twin though we're gonna restart the machine and the British -- you everything we tacked onto it so far."

" now for the fun part. So what's usual first the hard drive back we showed up hard drive how big it is now."

" Right settings. Ballots. And check -- capacity. Any point 73 gigabytes not that put the router would go on a magical partition and secret recovery partitions on -- home. The RSS -- actually pretty fun. And basically gives you a big old selection. So these are actually with the configuration file picks the RSS feeds you subscribe to."

" Writes -- type amenities are actually the -- to come by the RSS he was actually done by you know guy called him a 208. And now we have his link to his website he's one actually worked with all the details -- on that's."

" And pretty which is really the basic summary on it. Can't really click through or anything like that they haven't gotten that far along."

" So basically like you go Oregon what's and you immediately run your machine and launch could pick a -- okay. Excludes a little more exciting. Movies that's actually files confirm that we have to that special plug in. It so this is that ATV."

" Files that and I've already put a little you know movie there it's one of our own old episodes. But you know we're working on bringing it back and -- ago. And this is actually the highly compressed one which is not a -- you think about on HDTV. You know this is -- 45 megs download there's a higher resolutions even available so it's pretty good and actually plays really well. This. That's everything that had to this box right now. What's next step. The next step is when it's very limited the you know interface and operating system on that so we're gonna start over for the whole dual Athlon. Ice. Extent -- gonna start from scratch -- wipe the drive install OS-X."

" It working get a keyboard on this thing. That's gonna be in addition of sub system. -- That would be that. Now the idea of cracking open the Apple TV doesn't terrify him but the command line stuff does terrified. We've got a review of a deal TV episode 165 we he's upgrade kit for the Apple TV. Two -- fifty bucks 160 gigabyte drive you know if you could plug in play you're good. It can pre configured for you or for 549. Dollars even Apple TV that already has 160 might upgrade for."

" It'd be nice. I really hope -- people are willing to take comic talents like partition software's about fifty bucks an hour sixty gig drive -- of about a 150. So you -- say fifty bucks but I really hope there's some people there it have a sense of adventure and like it shall get your command line are. You've got another challenge for people yes com and up at 750 you might challenge tonight that idea. We tried for quite some time to get 750 gigabyte three and a happened strive to work inside the Apple TV. We couldn't get it done we try to bunch of different ways -- challenge for you is is that. If you can get a seven hour fifty gigabyte for an happens drive working in off the Apple TV not using USB. We just might fly out here and had to be your own -- system. Or -- plus the many out there to videotape you doing what where the other he definitely wants to know how he did yes. Patrick Norton I'm David Randolph and this is system."

" An Apple TV only has one here processor it took six meg ram and a forty gig hard drive. But a lot and still be done with. If it -- it can be -- and Curtis went never did get other places system dot war until next and it."

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" The Apple TV it was just for the and a whole community of hackers developers have been hard at work parent apart like it's hard drive upgrade to complete a second thought. Do it yourself for -- wintry. To update and attacked some of the laws stated that -- I'm Daniel welcome back."

" Welcome to the secret system laboratory here -- Living room somewhere in the outer sunset in San Francisco California. Next to me. Not just a man and if you're a legend of Guinness world record holder -- should win a world record for. I've built the world's largest -- controller. The world's largest city has controller yes how large are we talking about eight foot wide. He from life the way a little over her pounds it was massive so he dropped it on Mario he's caught. Yet we should put that this ladies and gentlemen by the way as the students and even Randolph. Who's gonna be power and a lot of the more technical tricks you can be seen on system coming up today though. -- was saying we're gonna give you an idea what's going on with hacking the Apple T beasts. Probably the most popular Mac after the Apple TV and their whole bunch of stacked up like -- told him. Is upgrading the size of the hard drive now mr. Randolph gonna show us how to do that."

" Essay about it but if he really haven't seen any of the facts of the figures on this. Come over and our -- our what the guys over on overdone digital has done a review for an episode fifty got it. To check that out. But yeah it's kind of find ways to do with a forty gig drive why. I think you're being cheap I mean the Apple they're used for their very expensive hardware and everything surrounding it. But I think it's -- don't have hard drive and kind of thought. Nobody won forty gigs their iPods -- you know thirty gigs right by the -- likely -- you could it matter as it because of network device because they want you to buy an Apple TV 2.0 next year the 200 gigabyte hard drive. You know you're probably right and probably more along the lines -- they want to buy the next one or they'll come out with their own storage at on the -- have to pay for. You know 300 bucks a pop that in wilders a semi useless USB port accurate -- useless what woman will take advantage of that night all right what's the use -- it's actually easier to get this case open -- you know Mac -- case a by far by far. One the funny things is is that kind of I've been reading all the articles everyone's got out there it. And everybody recommended you know using the putty knife and jammed it in there and all that stuff. And -- work for me it seemed harder than it should be. What I found work that's just -- you know suppliers. Can get it and literally all you have to do is just kind of put underneath the heads. And just kind of pop that up. Trying to get that done I. Putty knife underneath it just doesn't work and you literally just peel it back with sheer brute force but. That's Roberts very elastic there's a lot of cool. They did a solid sheet of -- across the whole thing. Obviously they didn't want this symbolism but not that badly -- now that they think put it together and kind of expects you to through this way ever breaks. Not as fidelity. So that one's U 34 -- drivers and force more -- Spitzer there that's practices and -- intend to work there. You look this is we need to get ourselves. A little adapter would USB two mighty. He CM and alt text shops. Be careful make sure it supports two and a half inch notebook drives yes if you actually go out there you'll find some that have an adapter which have to have an external power supply. Attached to it. I like this one because it actually has a sat on it it has two point five. Support on there but it also provides the power off US be okay so let me guess you're take all the hard drive you're -- images in and drop and on the new hard drive that's larger. Oaxley but there's a problem for the cash a cash on an Apple product. They they hit us secret -- partition on -- recovery partition. So that they can restore it. And it doesn't mountains not a normal style partitions of carbon next copy anything like that not gonna see -- they're not gonna -- can't really. Image the drive from disk utility but I."

" Anything but this I'm sure -- first thing everybody tried out there. But some nice period -- use in dvd command for the prompt actually able. Do it just fine for -- nice so I mean it's real simple command the thing -- you first thing to do is. Figure out what the disk ideas of a hard drive slacking hook up to the computer and you see it now. You'll actually see it has a partition OS boot and media those are the two partitions that actually do map. On your -- there's a third secret -- 13 secret hidden partition. And that which you can do is you can do it when it two ways and I'll admit I'm more clicker and I am hyper that's okay so if you if you bring up this cute who lost mad nerd points to -- the at that but it's safer to tell people they can click on the type that I promise it. Also begun cutting and pasting large like 300 you know character strings absolutely no question. But you gonna disk utility here and you click on the drive. And then you just get information on action. It'll show you right there will say this to say you know which one it is nice and it's usually this one just to just -- this fortified depends on what ever Mac you're using okay. But on this kind of showing up -- this -- for me. Since you are hyper there isn't easy way to do this. You just bring it to prompt and type much content -- you tilt space lists. And what had to -- list every single drive Korea. And that'll actually show you slashed slashed its two and then show you everything and you notice there's actually one tightening here this completely blank this that the secret little partition this is to restore from. Or they try to any height and all from well it's I mean it supposed to be an appliance right disposed to be relatively bringing this -- be hard to damage people who want to relate you're gonna have to reinstall the operating system when you view just mr. Norton. It that is true but they could've made it easier for full well but he's okay that's part of the fun I think. But obviously we know it's just to attack now via the command is it's real simple command we have the links for you and all that stuff. And we found this one over at the Apple TV hacks dot net web sites and awesome awesome collection and actually Apple TV if you're not aware of it go check it out like. What right after them of this and you download a couple more episodes. And they -- by far one of the better jobs announced com and it's literally just DD space. If equals slash death of slash. Boot disk name we came up with -- group which was just he says DI escaped to. And then space we're just gonna say one more time don't automatically choose dissed you especially if you have more than one hard drive in the -- copy this. Having more painful in a recent one of your existing partitions you absolutely make sure you find out what you're just his first. And then on the news like its its base of equals slashed and I equipment user's directory it's whatever has been going out there so. Users slash. Slash animal caught Apple TV dot I NG space. BS equals ten point four K this is gonna make an Apple T -- image for me it's it's not just a bit for bit bit for bit the entire drive. I highly recommend doing this if we go to bed down because it's gonna take depend on your speed it can take 812 hours in some cases it's a long time. Burns at twelve hours later we back it off on your hard drive. Now what well now we gotta get onto the new drive. You can tell isn't it you know twelve hours aren't yet yes you can pick going to protect. Now the catch is that the command is pretty much just the reverse of what we just did it I'm gonna plug the new drive then. Source -- new hard drive on there then we'll go back and -- utility. Find out what the disk ideas of the new drive. Or we can drop in the terminal and type disk utilities -- a list. Either way it works is Tom and then we'll find out the disparity and and we will type it and -- it will be DD. Space. For it if equals slash. Users. Slash. Apple TV dot ING now you don't -- ran off because that's not your name that's just my user directory on my. We'll know who cares so whatever yours is that's which use. And then space of equals slash. Of slash. SK. You know 23 whatever in the number worked out to -- And then space. BS equals ten point four K. I found that threatens kind of everyone agrees on that and."

" All forms of all the different places. They created that -- the fastest setting is the safest setting. And I've tested with all the drives and I found that work with every different sized drive to a problem -- is a good place to stop if -- been doing this along with us. And may be your parents are criminals your spouse is on the excellence he used the Apple TV. How long is it gonna take that back that drive off on your system. Twelve hours about twelve hours twelve our case and don't even on the got a three hour window does it not the project to start now this is the right before you go to bed. And in a certain extent that's usually -- before you go to work or school whatever fire up return."

" All there you go that's troubles. So now we gotta wait twelve hours but ruled upon. Our. Yeah. To twelve hours later the images on try to get to double -- basically you have you know when it's done is it easy until it's done. Actually here's the most annoying part but it doesn't have hooked up progress bar doesn't tell you working it doesn't do anything it just doesn't give your prof. And it seems -- your problems no -- were reported Dennis Dunn who is a good time really not be touching your machine for twelve hours right don't make no mistake I did actually shut in the lid on your MacBook. Put the drive -- how many -- drive and you've been through. I don't know I've probably got six straight drives around her try to -- and I've probably done this at least three or four times each one house. And that -- The main reason why it's taken so much is because we just cloned it onto we call -- a forty gig drive onto this hundred gig drive. It's made that media drives with 31 point 72 gigabytes. And left all the other basis for. So a complete waste of space there we have to resize the partition. And if he used disk utility in the Mac you know if you resize partitions. You have to wipe out the drive and that would defeat the whole purpose of this. There's a lot of utilities out there there are so there's a lot of tutorials out there that actually will tell you type in this command and typed in this command and you'll get it absolutely re partition. I've tried a mall so -- and successful some of -- happens. Actually found that the want to work with all the drives all the sizes and I've never had a problem with. Which was the very first. Version they came out I would try to find a free way to do it and none of them really work 100%. -- across all drives so if you want to be say spend 44 bucks and by the application applications called I partition. And you can actually buy it from these guys they're over they're called a core -- list system seal our oh now I asked. And done you can buy from them and that's a real simple -- you literally you just go in there -- launcher application. And it will show you -- home all the disk attached to your system. Over there on the side. And give a signal from up here and there's the disk. And then click on partitions. And will do is we keep this nice spinning wheels on the screen. And archive this little wheel here and if you click on media you see there's this little dot over here. You are just mean that all the way around to decide if and then you'll hits. Commit. And re partition for -- don't take. Five that's your basic classic nondestructive partitioning tool for the Mac nondestructive partitioning tool very simple -- I use it for other stuff as well so let's not waste money it's a good. And then you -- commit five minutes later you have partition as in the science months and that is literally it. And now we clone the drive we have over on the new drive and we've actually up size of the partition. Now we can pop back into via Apple TV booted up and we're good to get nice."

" Now you could put this back inside and your hundred gigabyte upgrade and be -- it would get a better idea for David says. Put -- the states on it basically secure sockets. Secure sockets is it gives way to communicate with the box and we'll be able to add stuff to without taken apart and look at all back up again plug -- plug ends. Copying media over to that unsupported video formats. All sorts X and RSS feeds -- RSS feeds file viewers everything. Back to the machine."

" A -- now the fun part enabling SSH. Corrected. I've I went to all live web sites the and yet is the Apple TV hacks dot net. Awesome collection -- by the way by far the best I'm gonna have the biggest collection. But I think what happened this is that while they -- all of these tutorials and everything. They were working with. Previously modified your eyes and they weren't really set it all up and so there could been no different parameters and circumstances that. It worked for them that one time. I've tried this on every drive -- and all the procedures all the different resize and everything like that. And it's worked for me every time I do it this way. -- so that's what built this -- up this way. The first we have to do is copy the SS HD from. Our actual Intel Mac you have to have an Intel Mac if you don't. There are web sites out there you can download the Intel Mac SS HD but I got one so it's copied over from. And the good thing is is that. Active but the hard drive on here and it mounted onto the desktop and all that stuff the matter was gonna be the same command. So we'll do is we'll type."

" And pseudo. Space CPC. You don't make me a sandwich -- exactly. US far then that's been. Then. SS HD. Then space slash. Volumes slash. OO that's. Boot slash USR. Slash. S bin slash. It and there. First Manson now we got SS HD over on the actual Apple TB hard drive. Now we've gotta make sure that it's executable you know it's copy of it is not recognized by the system -- computer right. So we're just doing this just to be safe. And we'll be there is running a pseudo CH embodied -- McCain mind. And then space. Plus. X space slash. Volumes. Slash OS. Boot slash user. Slash. Fest and then slash SS HD. He had -- now we know we can excuse -- can run the application now. The next that you don't really have to do but I think it's a good protection and engadget recommended it and it doesn't hurt us just want action camera back up. The actual keyless for the SS HD which is you know basically what it uses to. To launch with -- things like that so. Wrote back that up first. So we're ended up back up the original Pacific. CP command slash. Volume slash OS boot slashed. System. Slash. Library. Slash. You know launched Damon's. Slash. SS age dot key list. In and then space Tilda. So very you know. Just moved back it up even to those who sent to the home directory it's not just an Apple TV act but it's an introduction your basic commands and any new clinics. Didn't you environments it's it's. Rates start. In on there's a lot of copy and there's a lot of pseudo command -- she's not -- the lot of good stuff in here. So after we've copied impact that we need to copy the new one over. Apple TV hacks dot net guide and again it's even got on their website. We can download the modified one that works with the Apple TV if configure all of sockets and everything like that so it's good to go. Actually copied it over and we downloaded it what we're gonna do is. Copied over to the right volume. And I've actually put my director Dallas director my home directory. So very simple CP slash users slash -- Randolph. Slashed down moods. And then you know slash SS states cut key lists. Space slash. Volumes slash OS boot slash. System homes lives. Library slash. Belongs. Damon's there you go home you know last last. Slash yes if there's flash is everywhere that you see why -- Packard kind of I'll -- dragon by double check before you execute always a good thing always good thing makes -- you've got everything properly set up and you know where everything has before you can run through this. Now the next thing is is that on. And get to recommend this I really haven't found the problem where those -- that but it's good practice -- spotlight how does this search is smaller stuff. And it has stores little -- we'll metadata file on your drive to yank the metadata file with the speed you'll pull that off just just because we can't. So mobile news you know pseudo space to remove RR RM Slashdot are slash. Volume slash OS boots Slashdot. Spot. Lies to dash V 100. Data remove everything from ROS boot drive and now we get spotlight off the media drive the other driver was -- on the desktop. So. Pseudo space. The volumes slash media Slashdot. Spotlight. Dash Z 100. -- Now we remove them -- there. You can check form but one at that Ayers and you know it's not there doesn't there than you know was there who might want to tighten the screws until and a few major networks -- to make everything works now after we've done all of this. We are actually ready to go com -- states is done it's installed it'll work -- plugin and that goes to the hard drive back in the box. Started up it'll be there will -- before and from our computer tool."

" Now's the time when system. When we type. And type we will because that's about all we're gonna be doing for the next half hour. On Thursday its knowledge that says we've opened up terminal window -- is actually -- to open up terminal window over the wireless network from your machine. Into the Apple TV. Right the easiest way to kind of just get in there. Is -- been you know SS stage space dash one itself older form that's estates. Silhouette that I know works for the amputees and people claim it gotten used to work all that junk. That one works for mean -- calling me so and then space. Front row all lower case. Then pack -- Apple TV dot local. -- Hit -- assume you want like one of these connected you're gonna time doing this one of these if you don't have it yet more than one yet he's the IP address. So be front row at 1916 they won not by now 500 what whatever you want to. Whenever the IP addresses listen to -- for. Then it prompts you for password -- has set a password. Some guys they actually figured out the password was that it's extremely complicated. It was -- So username Ferraro password is from grow at least until the second generation at least to the second generation were some rumors out there that Apple actually. Sent -- an update to change that password. They didn't do so and it was all pullback of kind of funny. But that now we're -- you have -- bash prompt here so we're in the box kind. The first thing we need to do is we need to now we're connected to over the network we'd go ahead in -- the disk make sure we can write to the disk in and we'll start copy stuff over. In fact I read about the Stanley cut. And yeah. We'll what we'll see we'll tell -- works here 'cause what we have this the just now command which was fun which is. Pseudo space amount staff proposed space. Re amount mama are gonna view -- and I know isn't going to last slash. Disc zero. S three. Now. Here's the thing the zero S three. Slash do you think you. There's an important that's why there's a lower third on the screen hopefully right now that's got this -- command printed at a picnic but. From the zero that's free that's that disk identifier. Com and if you figure out quite a TV correctly. It will be zero S three. If he did it incorrectly you probably should type in this he kills base list. From the bash prompt and that will go ahead and show you what the right ID is in that case the attack. Then we'll hit -- on that too. And it will actually prompt you for the password again and that passwords are not the front row password that's your actual local password. You're you're you're actually CO local. Passwords than -- your normal password is your system correct. I'm a bad boy minds nothing he. But this just test box so it's not really out there so don't try. Next thing I noticed is that. While I command supposed to trying to actually mount the drive has rewrite of bullets the Kama RW what I found for some reason it wasn't always work but. So I actually found another command out there can run which is the pseudo space mount -- UW shouldn't automatically run this after we -- the disk I've run it anyway -- it doesn't hurt anything. And then in -- space slash slash. Disc zero S three no slash at the end. And tank. And then hit you know enter password again. And now we know we have right commission so this once is open we can use to stand in any of these particular and so we want to. Right now we can actually start copy stuff over the network so we don't have to open up that Apple TV anymore for things uses. Com. And there's a wonderful act out there which is called food -- at UGU food the food do engadget reference did it all that stuff. They actually. Also you know gave you all the commands to copy everything over like I said I'm click tracker and we can -- a lot of typing stuff so. Was -- to do here. And then connect to do and multi pin you know Apple TV dot. Local. And type in the correct username which is front row. And then click on the advanced options for me to force that SSH one connection. And well connected but is kind of running with an ftp program Cochran ftp it's just it's secure copy Mo better. And then it prompts you for the password so front row again. And there's our user directory. And you can actually see we can navigate all the way around and all the way out -- route everything like that really nice simple way to get stuff over to it. Well we're gonna do is go back to. The user directory which we have and which -- front row. And we're gonna copy some stuff over your current install this stuff intact. And this is all coming from and yet this article that data on that. There is an 852 codec. Then there's the ATV files like in this with. Lets you play any files. That's on that the Apple TV not in the iTunes directory. And we can in the deck that's can be -- our next fun part to do. And so go ahead and just really click and drag. The 852 codec component over. But that copy. Now that's over there. And then there is this -- so. Kodak's."

" So we'll do is we'll go ahead and click and drag that over and all this is going into or user front row directory. Now once it's all over there in that directory. We've put it into our home directory we need to move them into the right places I sense the trip back to the command line and fortunately. So the first thing we're gonna do is go back to our command line make -- restore at a bash prompt. And we're gonna go ahead and type been pseudo space and AT and files. Dot FR. Appliance. Flash. Space slash. System slashed. Libraries slash core. Services. Slash. Finder dot APPs. Slashed. Contents. Flash. -- against. -- and there. Now we've copy over the ATV appliance to the right place which isn't core services finder content plug. Now we're gonna appearing component over pseudo to go again dislikes it's. -- next -- TV so pseudo space MD's space. -- and dot. Components. Slash. Space slash. Libraries slash. Quicktime slash. Center. Now parents over. Navigated by two codec over -- And -- once again. Pseudo space. And means space -- five to you. Kodak dot components. Slash day slash. The library slash audio. Slash. Ploy against. Slash. Components. Slash. Hit enter. Now. Although the X that movie who put on a box. Those -- gonna directory users. Front row. Movies so I can't drag and drop those over to the Apple -- itself Wendy's food it's exactly if you bring up food -- you can actually see it drops in your home directory and you can click on the movies directory. And inside there would every drop in there Tbilisi from this."

" New plugin that we've put in. Sort of the next step for this Bob -- abilities and browse the network -- that -- you know. Server somebody else's box and has experience. That are available for you look I think -- the next day that I wouldn't be surprised if that's not far off from coming somebody else there's gonna bill that."

" Com Apple -- dot -- Apple TV hacks dot net. Actually has a bounty -- right now for people to view external USB storage on the box for the 8000 dollar penalty. And I wouldn't be surprised at the same people figure that out could figure out how to deal like him amount to something like that. And have network resources out there for so not far off. And now we're rate actually dollar experts stuff went to a few more out on this thing first and then we'll actually show off well as movies. It's just yeah."

" The next thing we're gonna do here is it's an RSS reader. This is actually done you know kind of cool guy out there and he did all that and down. Its -- same procedure we're gonna copy the appliance over. And -- basically open up the director of the RSS. Drag the appliance over drop them and then we'll drop over the RSS feeds which is basically config file you open it up you'll notice that has the RSS feeds. And all that just dissident and a player to modify it make it work. Act you have over -- home director and an Apple TV. Go back to the command prompt here. And once again we're done through go back to pseudo pseudo space NV's. Based RSS. Appliance. Got death are. Appliances. Slash space slash. System's flash. Library slash core service. Slash. -- not a PP slash. Content slashed. Plug -- I really hope that our -- sped through all of this and just let people read the stuff at the bottom screen. 'cause the you know I'm just and this is just very procedural very nice. Tom the next thing we have to do is now we got movie are the RSS -- feeds that one -- last suit. For this part one last and those pseudo space in the space RSS thought. Feeds space slash. Users slash France. Broke. There we go now follow over we RSS that we RSS Fed. Now we can have to do that last command by the way but I just do this procedure in case you put it and we are directories. If you follow everything properly it was already in that directory -- just in case this is just in case you guys were somewhere else. It's a good thing the tipping its coverage I'm really trying to make all these things so that even if you're lost you're still found. --"

" He's gonna type -- exit to close out the SSA twin though we're gonna restart the machine and the British -- you everything we tacked onto it so far."

" now for the fun part. So what's usual first the hard drive back we showed up hard drive how big it is now."

" Right settings. Ballots. And check -- capacity. Any point 73 gigabytes not that put the router would go on a magical partition and secret recovery partitions on -- home. The RSS -- actually pretty fun. And basically gives you a big old selection. So these are actually with the configuration file picks the RSS feeds you subscribe to."

" Writes -- type amenities are actually the -- to come by the RSS he was actually done by you know guy called him a 208. And now we have his link to his website he's one actually worked with all the details -- on that's."

" And pretty which is really the basic summary on it. Can't really click through or anything like that they haven't gotten that far along."

" So basically like you go Oregon what's and you immediately run your machine and launch could pick a -- okay. Excludes a little more exciting. Movies that's actually files confirm that we have to that special plug in. It so this is that ATV."

" Files that and I've already put a little you know movie there it's one of our own old episodes. But you know we're working on bringing it back and -- ago. And this is actually the highly compressed one which is not a -- you think about on HDTV. You know this is -- 45 megs download there's a higher resolutions even available so it's pretty good and actually plays really well. This. That's everything that had to this box right now. What's next step. The next step is when it's very limited the you know interface and operating system on that so we're gonna start over for the whole dual Athlon. Ice. Extent -- gonna start from scratch -- wipe the drive install OS-X."

" It working get a keyboard on this thing. That's gonna be in addition of sub system. -- That would be that. Now the idea of cracking open the Apple TV doesn't terrify him but the command line stuff does terrified. We've got a review of a deal TV episode 165 we he's upgrade kit for the Apple TV. Two -- fifty bucks 160 gigabyte drive you know if you could plug in play you're good. It can pre configured for you or for 549. Dollars even Apple TV that already has 160 might upgrade for."

" It'd be nice. I really hope -- people are willing to take comic talents like partition software's about fifty bucks an hour sixty gig drive -- of about a 150. So you -- say fifty bucks but I really hope there's some people there it have a sense of adventure and like it shall get your command line are. You've got another challenge for people yes com and up at 750 you might challenge tonight that idea. We tried for quite some time to get 750 gigabyte three and a happened strive to work inside the Apple TV. We couldn't get it done we try to bunch of different ways -- challenge for you is is that. If you can get a seven hour fifty gigabyte for an happens drive working in off the Apple TV not using USB. We just might fly out here and had to be your own -- system. Or -- plus the many out there to videotape you doing what where the other he definitely wants to know how he did yes. Patrick Norton I'm David Randolph and this is system."

" An Apple TV only has one here processor it took six meg ram and a forty gig hard drive. But a lot and still be done with. If it -- it can be -- and Curtis went never did get other places system dot war until next and it."

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