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Hidden Settings is an easy to use and free OS X preference pane that installs into the System Preferences application on your Mac. The purpose of the Hidden Settings preference pane is to provide users an easy way to access some hidden features in the operating system and some applications that ship with it. No Tags Visit the developer's website

Mac OS X features its own firewall, which resides in System Preferences. While it is effective, it does not manage all connections to and from a Mac. Read the rest here: Free Giveaway! Little Snitch, a companion to Mac OS X’s firewall

Autodesk Maya 2009 Unlimited http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=7635018andsiteID=123112 Everything installs and works fine. Crack is included, and a separate download is available. ALTERNATE INSTRUCTION 1. Open “System Preferences >> Network >> Ethernet >> Advanced” in OS X, and find out your ETHERNET MAC ADDRESS (*NOT* the wireless or AIRPORT MAC address!) It looks like this—> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 2. Open “AW.DAT” in TextMate or TextEdit *ON THE MAC –

Here’s a list of 11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance from LowEndMac.com

1. Clean out Startup Items
2. Turn off Universal Access, Bluetooth, Speech Recognition, and Internet Sharing if You Don’t Use Them
3. Clean Out ‘Other’ System Preferences
4. Check Out What ‘Build’ Your Software Is
5. Clean Out Unnecessary Code
6. Get Rid of Languages and Translations You Won’t Use
7. Cool Off
8. Evaluate Your Widgets
9. Keep an Eye on Activity Monitor
10. Clean Off Your Hard Drive
11. Run OnyX

Find out more: LowEndMac.com

Everyone should backup, else it would be very painful to lose all the data on your system. I managed to stumble upon this software, and thought I must as well feature it here, Cheers.

iBackup is a simple to use backup/restore utility.
iBackup supports scheduled backups of files, folders and applications. Further, it uses plugins to backup your settings like the dock, deskop picture, time, firewall, bluetooth and other system preferences. It is also able to backup Application Settings
You can add, delete and edit these plugins.

http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/