Linked Resources for Mac Users
App Cleaner http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ App Compatability Table http://roaringapps.com/apps:table (Lion) http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ (Snow Leopard) Apple http://www.apple.com http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/ Apple AntiVirus http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/05/hands-on-with-five-antivirus-apps-for-the-mac/ http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx Apple Security (Important) http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/07/tips-secure-mac-from-virus-trojan/ http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/05/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x/ http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_i.shtml http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57410096-263/how-to-remove-the-flashback-malware-from-os-x/?tag=txt;title 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) http://edu-observatory.org/hcs/index.html (Home Computer Security) http://free.avg.com/download-file-ins-afg-free. Free AVG for PCs http://validator.w3.org/ (checks the markup validity of documents in HTML, etc.) 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 AppleJack http://www.macupdate.com/download.php/15667/AppleJack-1.6.dmg AppleNews (check daily) Apple Software & Support, etc. http://developer.apple.com/opensource/tools/ http://developer.apple.com/opensource/tools/runningx11.html http://osxhelp.com/ http://safari.oreilly.com/0596006063/macpantherian-CHP-10-SECT-5 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 (Boot Options) http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&locale=en_US&q= http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/ http://support.apple.com/manuals http://www.ifixit.com/ http://web.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/mactips/MacOSX_configuration_tips.html http://www.apple.com/downloads/ http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ http://www.apple.com/macbook/the-new-macbook/watch.html#large http://www.apple.com/macosx/security/ http://www.apple.com/sitemap/ http://www.apple.com/support/ http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ http://www.apple.com/support/find/ http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/ http://www.apple.com/support/snowleopard/ http://www.macinstruct.com/ http://www.macupdate.com/ http://www.macworld.com/ http://www.macworld.com/search.html?cx=003198751674731024891%3Aovffo1orlum&q=maintenance&sa=search&client=idg-cse&cof=FORID%3A11 http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/single-user.html Audacity for Mac http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac Check for Plugin Updates (Important) https://browsercheck.qualys.com/ (Best) http://secbrowsing.appspot.com/ https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ (Firefox Users) Command Line Commands & Resources Type in Terminal "man" Type in Terminal "sw_vers" Type in Terminal "system_profiler" Type in Terminal "system_profiler SPPowerDataType" Type in Terminal "open -a Software\ Update.app" http://ss64.com/osx/ http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/ http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5435/terminal-tips-and-tricks-for-mac-os-x http://www.commandlinefu.com http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?I=tip.today (Unix Tip of the Day) http://www.mactricks.net/tips-tricks/os-x-command-line/ more https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx 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/ 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 iPad/iPhone/iPod Apps (Reviews) http://www.appstoreapps.com/most-popular-apps/ 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 Should I Change My Password https://shouldichangemypassword.com/ Show My PC (Remote Access) http://showmypc.com/ Simple Help http://www.simplehelp.net/ Snow Leopard Sticking with Snow Leopard System Requirements http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3759 for Leopard (OS X 10.5) http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575 for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html for Lion (OS X 10.7) 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.) 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/ 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/ http://ss64.com/osx/kickstart.html