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If you purchased a MacBook in 2006 or 2007:

Apple has determined that a very small percentage of hard drives that were used in MacBook systems, sold between approximately May 2006 and December 2007, may fail under certain conditions. If your MacBook was purchased in the date range listed above and shows a flashing question mark on the screen, please take it to Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider and they will examine the hard drive to confirm if it is eligible for a replacement, free of charge, under this program.

More details here:

• MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues

Just a reminder that on January 27th, 2010 Apple will once again change the world-as-we-know-it forever! Or at least so says the rumor mill.

Given the flood of tablet reports from virtual every source imaginable, and the total lack of effort on Apple’s part to contradict them in any way despite the fact that at this point not announcing a tablet on the 27th would probably put a major financial hit on their stock price, it seems a safe bet that Apple will announce some sort of tablet on Wednesday. Maybe. Unless they don’t. It might be called the iSlate, iBook or Canvas. Or it might not.

Details about what is and isn’t announced will be posted on this site. In the meantime here are some random links that might or might not prepare you:

• ars techica – Days before iTablet-palooza, the rumor hits keep comin
• Gizmodo – The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This
• Engadget – Apple rumor roundup: future of media edition
• Wired – What to Expect From Apple’s Tablet Unveiling
• Flurry – Apple Tablet: The Second Stage Media Booster Rocket
• DailyFinance – Hot Apple Rumor: AT&T to Lose Its iPhone Exclusive This Week

Coverage of the event:

• engadget – Live from the Apple ‘latest creation’ event
• MacRumors – January 2010 Media Event Spoiler Free Keynote Stream

But no guarantees.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 is now available in Software Update in the Apple menu and via direct download:

• About the Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update
• Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo) Direct Download

Weighing in at almost 500MB, this is a significant update that’s been in the works for months. Here are the highlights according to Apple:

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With minimal hoopla Apple has updated their iMac, Mac mini and MacBook lines and replaced the Mighty Mouse with the new multi-touch enabled Magic Mouse.

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Well that was fast. Snow Leopard owners can run Software Update now to get the first update to the new OS:

• About the Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update
• Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update Download
• TidBITS’s Semi-whimsical Take on 10.6.1 (Haiku Included)

Looks like it’s a handful of fixes including an updated version of Adobe’s Flash plug-in and a possibly significant fix to sending messages in Mail.