Adobe Reader http://www.adobe.com Antivirus/Antispyware for Macs (perhaps necessary someday down the road...) Mac OS X anti-virus software: More trouble than it's worth? http://edu-observatory.org/olli/hcs/index.html (Home Computer Security) http://www.securemac.com/ (Macintosh security and Mac OS X Security) http://macscan.securemac.com/ (antispyware) http://free.avg.com/download-file-ins-afg-free. Free AVG for PCs Apple http://www.apple.com AppleJack http://www.macupdate.com/download.php/15667/AppleJack-1.6.dmg AppleNews Apple AppleInsider MacFixIt MacOSX_Hints MacObserver MacRumors MacWorld OSXdaily SlashDot_Apple ars technia 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://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/macbook/the-new-macbook/watch.html#large 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.dsg.port.ac.uk/~eme/mac.html Astrophysics Stuff 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.osxfaq.com http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/ http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/single-user.html Command Line http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/ http://www.commandlinefu.com http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/ http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/tools.html (old) http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week104/wednesday.ws sw_vers system_profiler http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week18/wednesday.ws softwareupdate DiskWarrior, etc. http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/ http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10422139-263.html?tag=mncol;title GIMP (Open Source similar to PhotoShop®) http://gimp.org/ Iowa State http://tech.its.iastate.edu/macosx/macosx-10.6.shtml iPad/iPhone/iPod Apps (Reviews) http://www.appstoreapps.com/most-popular-apps/ Mac Ads 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 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/ http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/mozillafirefox.html Open Office (Open Source version of office suite) http://www.openoffice.org/ http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/wordprocessing.html Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ Opera (alternative brouser) http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=mac Parallels (virtualization software - multiple operating systems) http://www.parallels.com/en/ Ramjet (Mac Memory) http://www.ramjet.com/ http://ramjet.com/imacflat.asp RealPlayer (Media Player) http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/realplayer.html Show My PC (Remote Access) http://showmypc.com/ Simple Help http://www.simplehelp.net/ Unix Tools (DMGs, Pkgs, etc.) http://sial.org/howto/shell/ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=146701 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.cs.cmu.edu/~benhdj/Mac/unix.html http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/index.ws http://moab.eecs.wsu.edu/~schneidj/mac-os-x-10.3.html Windows Media Player (Media Player) http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/windowsmediaplayerformacosx.html WireTap Pro/Studio (If you can hear it... you can record it) http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/ XV is a powerful image viewer/editor widely used in the Unix world http://homepage.mac.com/eric.lee/xv/