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"Apple on Wednesday afternoon issued a number of updates, addressing high processor usage and other glitches in its 27-inch iMac, as well as various security updates for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard."

Not only did Apple release updates yesterday for the 27-inch iMac and for their Server Admin Tools, they also issued a patch to fix a security vulnerability that was identified by Charlie Miller in the annual Pwn2Own contest. The 27-inch iMac "EFI FW Update 1.0" update "resolves an issue that sometimes caused high processor utilization while playing audio through the headphone output mini-jack, and resolves an issue that prevented the display backlight from turning on after powering on the iMac." You can find more information about the security updates from Apple's support page.

"In case you're itching to use that new 27" iMac as a big display for a MacBook, DVD player, or some other device -- and assuming your new unit isn't one of the ones that has shown up DOA or with a cracked screen corner -- Apple has released a knowledge base article gives you the scoop on how to do it all."

This is a pretty easy process, as outlined in the knowledge base article, so give it a read if you are thinking about it. Glad they added this feature, long overdue.