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It looks like Boxee has released the full, easy to install fix ready for Apple TV 2.3. You can download the updated patchstick creator software to install Boxee on your Apple TV.
After a frenetic few days work, developers Scott Davilla and Stephan Diederich last night posted a full and slick fix to enable easy installation [...]

The new Boxee update is out and should fix any problems people have been having running Boxee after the Apple TV 2.3 update. However, it’s a geeky solution so you might still want to wait for Boxee to release a plug-n-play type solution.
if you have Apple TV running the 2.3 firmware, want to run boxee [...]

Just a heads up for anybody who might not have updated their Apple TVs yet. Don’t do it until the new patch from Boxee is out. The Apple TV 2.3 update breaks Boxee and you won’t be able to use Boxee on your Apple TV if you update it to 2.3.
There’s a thread about this [...]

I got this message earlier today:
Error 2: share not available
Turns out I didn’t have SMB sharing on. I fixed that and restarted my iMac.
I still couldn’t get Boxee to see my shares though until I exited out of Boxee, went into XBMC for a moment and then back into Boxee.
I have no idea why this [...]

Boxee was very easy to install on my Apple TV. I wrote a column for ExtremeTech about it.
It’s working well and it’s making me wish that Apple TV would incorporate a lot of its features. Seriously. Apple needs to open up Apple TV to other developers or something. I suspect we’d see a lot more [...]

Here are some instructions on how to upgrade your Apple TV by installing Boxee. I have not done this yet but I think I got an email from Boxee inviting me to their alpha so I may try it at some point.
This is a guide that, if followed, will unchain your Apple TV from its [...]

Good news for Mac Mini fans.
I don’t own one but I may get one at some point for use as sort of a PVR. I was not happy with the idea that Apple wasn’t going to keep making them but apparently that rumor isn’t true as per below.
Apple appears to be taking its policing of [...]