Incase you hadn't been reading MacTalk all that long, you may have missed that we'd already covered this a while back. Today, the web seems to be going off to fairfax's new image (as compared to the old image) of the planned Sydney Apple Store's shop front.

Not much has changed, apart from what looks like refinements made to make the entrance match the look of the other stores around the world.

The company handling the store's construction, Kell & Rigby, has now been granted permission from the City of Sydney Council to perform a full road closure of George Street between King Street and Market Street on various evenings in January and February next year.

The dates suggest it is unlikely the store will open before the middle of next year, but Apple has already taken out advertisements seeking staff to work there.

"The proposed closure is required to stand a 90-tonne mobile crane in the street to help install a glass facade to the premises at 77 King Street," the council documents stated.

You can read the Fairfax rehash here.