Using AirPlay With A First Generation Apple TV

This might be old news for many of you but since I hadn't mentioned it earlier on my blog, I had to make sure this precious info reached all of you! So, yes finally it is possible to use AirPlay with a first generation Apple TV. For those of you who don't know what AirPlay is, it is an audio & video sharing feature that lets you send media from a computer or iDevice to an Apple TV. It was initially only available with the Apple TV Take 2 (first generation Apple TVs had the ability to receive audio only through AirTunes) but thanks to RemoteHD hack, you'll be able to enjoy it on your old Apple TV. Keep in mind you'll have to purchase RemoteHD in order to activate the hack and of course it will only work on a jailbroken first generation Apple TV!

Here's the complete tutorial:

RemoteHD brings AirPlay to your old AppleTV

Enjoy it!

Hack Of The Day: Replace A Monitor With LogMeIn

LogMeIn is a great piece of code that lets you access your internet-connected computer from any computer on the planet. It can come in handy in many occasions. One use of it that most people hardly ever think of is to literally replace a computer screen. As a matter of fact, should your monitor or graphics card ever stop working, you will still be able to access your computer from another computer at home or from anywhere else in the world, even from your iPhone or iPad. This can be very practical should you need to grab some files off your broken down computer without going through the hassle of moving monitors around. It can even help you diagnose what's wrong with it. And of course, in case you are using a computer as a media server at home, you can just leave it on a shelf without worrying about hooking it up to a monitor as any other computer in the house can be used to access it.