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58 Essential Resources For Every Mac Geek

Apple products power my business. Using a Mac has enabled me to streamline my workflow and i spend less time on computer maintenance and more time doing what i love – designing.

I appreciate the beauty and efficiency of both my iMac and Macbook, although being a recent switcher (just two years), there is a wealth of Mac related tips, tricks, shortcuts and resources which i have yet to learn and discover. With a growing number of designers and developers on Twitter who use a Mac, it’s with no surprise that all things Apple Mac was chosen as this week’s Theme Thursday theme.

With 58 resources to discover and bookmark, from improving performance, to time saving shortcuts, these are essential reading for every mac geek.

Applications

• Top 100 Essential Mac Applications
• 30+ Amazing Mac Apps for Developers
• 10 of the Best Mac Apps for Bloggers
• 23 Essential Tools For Web Development on a Mac
• 8 Essential Twitter Apps for Mac Users
• 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps
• 28 Excellent Free Mac Apps for Graphic and Web designers
• 10 Necessary Mac Apps for the College Student
• 100 Free Useful Mac Applications (Part I)
• 100 Free Useful Mac Applications (Part II)
• 25 free Mac Apps for freelancers
• Free Alternatives to 10 Popular Commercial Mac Applications
• The 30 Best Mac Apps You’ve Never Heard Of
• 6 Great Mac Apps For Writers
• Top 15 Free Mac Apps for Graphic Designers
• 21 Free Apps For Mac OS X That Are Useful and Productive
• 5 Useful And Free Photo Viewers For Your Mac OS X
• 15 Useful Apps To Capture Design Inspiration On A Mac
• 100 Portable Apps for your USB Stick (for Mac and Win)
• 12 must-have Dashboard widgets for the average Mac user

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Terminal

• Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Mac OS X Settings
• 25 Terminal Tips Every Mac User Should Know
• Top 50 Terminal Commands

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Performance

• Five Quick Tips to Speed Up Your Mac
• 100 tips and tricks to speed up OS X
• 99 Speed Tips For A Fast Performing Mac

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Shortcuts

• 30 Fascinating Mac Shortcuts & Tips
• 20 Tips Shortcuts and timesavers for OS X
• Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
• 56 Useful Mac Shortcuts
• 40 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Finder
• 45 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Firefox

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Tip & Tricks

• How to Control Your Mac Via Twitter
• 10 tips for new Mac users, switching from Windows
• Top 50 Most Popular Mac OS X Mail Tips, Tricks and Secrets
• How to Survive the 17 Worst Mac Disasters
• 100+ Must Know Quick Leopard Tips
• 11 Tips To Use Spotlight More Efficiently
• 22 ways to save time and keystrokes in Microsoft Office, iWork & More
• How to show hidden files on a Mac with the help of Automator
• 10 Handy Mac Preview Application Tricks as Image Editor
• 20 Helpful iLife ‘09 Tips and Tricks
• How To Create a Simple RSS Dashboard Widget
• Essential tips to make your Mac the king of User Friendliness

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Productivity

• 5 Amazing Mac Apps for Getting Things Done
• How to Instantly Increase Productivity on Your Mac (Part 1)
• How To Instantly Increase Productivity on your Mac (Part 2)
• Complete List of Mac Productivity Apps
• A Beginner’s Guide to Quicksilver
• Top 10 Quicksilver Plug-ins

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Security

• Basic Mac OS X Security
• 103 Free Security Apps for Mac, Windows and Linux
• 15 easy fixes for Mac security risks

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Mac Office Set-Ups

• 25 Of The Best Home & Office Mac Setups
• Stunning Mac Setups

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Misc

• Best 200 Icons For Mac lovers
• 40+ Eye-Catching Mac Screensavers
• Fun Link Of The Day: Mac With 150 Apps Running

Well that’s my weekend gone! This weeks Theme Thursday was really enjoyable, i know i will be giving each of these great links a closer inspection.

Were there any of your favourite Mac related resources that didn’t make the list? Then leave a comment with a link so we can check them out.

See you at the next Theme Thursday on 11th June.

Photo by Ricardoalvarez

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Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.