Linked Resources for Mac Users
Apple
http://www.apple.com
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/
Apple AntiVirus (Recommended)
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/05/hands-on-with-five-antivirus-apps-for-the-mac/
App Cleaner
http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
App Compatability Table
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table (Lion)
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ (Snow Leopard)
http://www.macupdate.com
AppleJack
http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack/
Apple ID
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
AppleScript
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/applescript/conceptual/applescriptx/Concepts/work_with_as.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=applescript+tutorial
http://www.macinstruct.com/search/node/applescript
Apple Security
http://www.apple.com/support/security/guides/ (Recommended)
http://www.apple.com/support/security/
http://www.apple.com/macosx/security/
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets/macosx_10_6_hardeningtips.pdf
http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.php?title=Hardening_Mac_OS_X
http://www.securemac.com/ (Mac OS X Security)
Apple Security Updates
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
http://validator.w3.org/ (checks the markup validity of documents in HTML, etc.)
Apple Manuals
http://support.apple.com/manuals
AppleNews (check daily)
Apple Software & Support, etc.
http://www.apple.com/contact/
https://supportprofile.apple.com/
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/tools/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 (Boot Options)
http://support.apple.com/manuals
http://www.apple.com/downloads/
http://www.apple.com/macosx/security/
http://www.apple.com/sitemap/
http://www.apple.com/support/
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
http://www.apple.com/support/find/
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/
Apple Support from third party sources
http://www.ifixit.com/
http://www.macinstruct.com/
Audacity for Mac
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac
Check for Plugin Updates (Very Important)
https://browsercheck.qualys.com/ (Best)
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/help-keep-threats-at-bay-with-click-to-play/
Command Line Commands & Resources
Type in Terminal "man"
Type in Terminal "sw_vers"
Type in Terminal "system_profiler"
http://ss64.com/osx/
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5435/terminal-tips-and-tricks-for-mac-os-x
http://www.leftcolumn.net/2009/02/15/40-useful-mac-os-x-shell-scripts-and-terminal-commands/
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
http://www.commandlinefu.com
DiskWarrior, etc.
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10422139-263.html?tag=mncol;title
Fax Documents (online)
http://faxzero.com/
GIMP (Open Source similar to PhotoShop®)
http://gimp.org/
http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/28/gimp-free-photoshop-alternative-mac-os-x/
Iowa State Mac OS X Issues
http://tech.its.iastate.edu/macosx/macosx-10.6.shtml
http://tech.its.iastate.edu/macosx/macosx-10.7.shtml
http://tech.its.iastate.edu/macosx/os-x-10.8.issues.shtml
iPad/iPhone/iPod Apps (Reviews)
http://www.appstoreapps.com/most-popular-apps/
Java (Disable)
http://www.macworld.com/article/2028900/how-to-disable-java-on-your-mac.html
Keyboard and Character Viewer (turn on in System Preferences)
Keyboard and Character Viewer
LibreOffice (alternative Open-source Office Suite)
http://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
Little Snitch (Outbound Firewall)
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
In a nutshell, an "outbound firewall" monitors all the traffic and
requests leaving your computer, allowing you to ensure that nothing
malicious is happening and that no sensitive data is being sent
without your approval.
Mac Ads
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/apples-get-mac-complete-campaign-130552
http://movies.apple.com/ca/getamac/ads/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_a_Mac
http://pastie.org/602001.txt
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/get-a-mac-the-complete-campaign.html
Mac Confguration Tips
http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/pages/MacOSX_configuration_tips.html
Mac Maintanence
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/04/mac-maintenance-tips/
Mac Manuals
http://support.apple.com/manuals/
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macos
Mac Software
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/
http://www.macupdate.com/
http://www.pure-mac.com/
MacUpdate
http://www.macupdate.com/
http://www.macupdate.com/about/
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (alternative brower and alternative mail client)
http://www.mozilla.org/products/
OpenOffice (alternative Open-source Office Suite)
http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/support/
Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility (Recommended)
http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
Parallels (virtualization software - multiple operating systems, if you must)
http://www.parallels.com/en/
Ramjet (Mac Memory)
http://www.ramjet.com/
http://ramjet.com/imacflat.asp
Reset NVRAM and PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Should I Change My Password
https://shouldichangemypassword.com/
Simple Help
http://www.simplehelp.net/
Snow Leopard
Sticking with Snow Leopard
Software Conpatibility with Lion and Mountain Lion
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Software Sources
http://code.google.com/p/rudix/downloads/list
http://www.macupdate.com/
Speeding up your Mac
http://www.macworld.com/article/1156418/speedier_mac.html
System Requirements
http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html for Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8)
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP629 for Lion (OS X 10.7)
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575 for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3759 for Leopard (OS X 10.5)
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP517 for Leopard (OS X 10.5)
Text (send text messages online)
http://www.textem.net/index.php
TNEF's Enough (extracting contents of winmail.dat attachments)
http://joshjacob.com/mac-development/tnef.php
Unix Tools (DMGs, Pkgs, etc.)
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Darwin/RN-Unix03Conformance/
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/intro/intro.html
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Command_Line_Admin_v10.5.pdf
http://www.macports.org/
http://guide.macports.org/
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.3.1
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26593/xquartz
http://www.shelldorado.com/shelltips/
http://opensource.apple.com
Video (and Audio) Tools
Windows Media® Components for QuickTime: Flip4Mac
VLC media player for Mac OS X
Audacity for Mac
http://clipgrab.de/en (Grabbing Video)
http://osxdaily.com/2006/11/28/instant-handbrake-a-quick-and-easy-dvd-to-ipod-conversion-utility/ (DVD to Mac/iPod conversion utility)
XV is a powerful image viewer/editor widely used in the Unix world
http://homepage.mac.com/eric.lee/xv/