Mac Places on the Web -- There's Tons of 'em

Favorites places I frequently visit.

Information and News

Resources

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 STAYING CURRENT--NEWS
Apple
AppleLinks
AppleSurf
MacFixit
MacNN
MacObserver
MacSurfer
MacResource
MacCentral
Macintouch
MacWorld
SecureMac
TidBits
 
 SOFTWARE UPDATES
Apple's Software Updates
MacUpdate
VersionTracker
VersionMaster
 
 MAC OS X INFO
Apple: Mac OS X
OS X at MacNN
OS X Icons
MacOSX.org
About.com: MacOS X Tips
OS X Links [huge!]
X Appeal
Mac OS X Hints
Mac OS X Apps
Mac OS X Security
 
 TECH SUPPORT & FORUMS
Apple Tech Exchange
Apple TIL
Apple Knowledgebase
Low End Mac
MacFixit Forums
MacNN Forums
MacWorld Forums
MacWindows
MacToolbox
 
 APPLE TECH TRAINING
Apple Technician Training
iServices Training
Become an ASE
Apple's Learn & Earn
Mac Seminars

Great Freeware and Shareware products

Native for both OS 9 and OS X.

  • Tex-Edit -- Gotta be the best general-purpose text editor out there ($15).
    Barebones Software has released TextWrangler, a free text editor program -- powerful but technical. OS X only.
  • GraphicConverter -- Opens and edits almost any graphic file and has a great slideshow and image browser ($30)
  • URL Manager Pro -- A very handy program for managing your bookmarks. Lots of features. ($25). They also sell Web Confidental, a nifty program for storing all your passwords
  • FinderPop -- It's the most incredible enhancement I've ever added to my Mac. Bazillions of features. (Pintware). There's finally an OS X version (beta).

OS X Only

  • Apple's iLife is a collection of cool programs. It's $80, although it comes free with new Macs. iTunes is still free.
  • Safari, free from Apple, is my favorite browser. It's fast. Also try Camino and Firefox
  • Pixture.com - a nice collection of free contextual menu items for managing images and media
  • Some free, cool OS X utilities for techies at http://free.abracode.com
  • SilverKeeper (free) is the backup and synchronization program I use.
  • Carbon Copy Cloner is a donation-ware program to backup (clone) a bootable copy of Mac OS X. I clone a copy to an external Firewire drive in case my system goes south.

OS 8-9 only - they're disappearing fast

  • Coaster 1.1.3 This is an incredible, free audio recording program.
    Audio Recorder 1.2 is a free audio recorder for OS X. It's limited, but it does support saving as MP3.


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