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The writing is on the wall my friends. Apple is going to announce a sleek and beautiful new iPhone in September, only instead of using the traditional 30-pin connector, it’s going to use something a lot smaller. Like, “maybe only 9-pins” smaller. Apple might sell an adaptor so your old iPod speaker docks can play nice with the new connector, but will that satisfy you?

Does the news make you sad or angry? Or maybe you’re like, “Smaller dock connector? Hells yeah! Now all my iDevices are going to be slimmer and cooler.” I dunno. You tell me. We want to hear how you feel about the smaller dock connector and whether or not you’re worried it will ruin all of your Apple accessories.

Click here to tell us your thoughts on the smaller dock connector in the Cult of Mac forums

When the iPhone first came out I remember using the YouTube app almost everyday for the first couple of months. It was amazing to be able to stream videos anywhere I had service, even if it took forever for them to buffer. It was magic. I couldn’t get enough. And then I stopped using it.

Now the YouTube app feels like a clunky old dinasaur. I get annoyed when a link opens a YouTube video up in the app rather than the web browser, and I hide the app in my “Apps I Wish I Could Just Delete” folder, along with Stocks, NewStand, and a few others.

Do you ever use the YouTube app? Why or why not?

Click here to go to the Cult of Mac forums and tell us what you think of the YouTube app.

Ever since Apple debuted their new Mac ad campaign during the Olympic Opening Ceremonies last week the internet has been buzzing like crazy with some people saying they’re good while many others think they’re terrible. Even Apple’s former ad-man Ken Segall came out yesterday and bashed the ads.

Apple’s definitely made some bad ads in the past, but are these the worst? What do you think about the ads? Do they make Mac users look like a bunch of Genius-dependent boneheads? Or do the ads appeal to people who might be afraid to use technology? We want to talk about it with you guys in the forums, so head on over and let us know what you think.

Click here to tell us what you think about the new Mac ads in the Cult of Mac Forums 

With every new major release of OS X, there are, unfortunately, a lot of people who end up having problems. The big news this morning is that many new Mac owners who are eligible for a free Mountain Lion update can’t redeem their codes for the update, but these poor sods aren’t likely to be the only ones with problems, as millions of Macs across the world do their darnedest to trip up the attack of Apple’s latest cat.

Tech support issues can be annoying, and it can help to bellyache and gripe with other people. So if you’re having issues with installing or even downloading Mountain Lion, why not jump into our open thread and tell us what’s going on. Maybe we or one of our many great Cult of Mac forums users can help! At the very least, we can commisserate, and that’s always nice too.

CLICK HERE TO TALK ABOUT MOUNTAIN LION TECH ISSUES IN OUR FORUMS