Utilities

Tools for repairing, controlling and optimizing your Mac

Applejack - Freeware

AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use.

by: The Apotek
http://applejack.sourceforge.net/

Chicken of the VNC - Freeware

Chicken of the VNC is a fast, lightweight VNC client for Mac OS X. A VNC client allows one to display and interact with a remote computer screen. In other words, you can use Chicken of the VNC to interact with a remote computer as though it's right next to you.

by: Geekspiff
http://www.geekspiff.com/software/cotvnc/

smcFanControl - Freeware

smcFanControl... Control the MacBook or MacBook Pro fans to make it run cooler.

smcFanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans. So you can increase your minimum fan speed to make your MacBook run cooler. However in order not to damage your machines smcFanControl doesn't let you set a minimum speed to a value below Apple's defaults. To change fan speeds you need to authenticate with valid credentials of an user account with admin privileges.

by: Hendrik Holtmann
http://81.169.182.62/~eidac/software/page5/page5.html

SuperDuper! - Shareware

SuperDuper is an advanced, yet easy to use disk copying program. It can, of course, make a straight copy, or "clone" -- useful when you want to move all your data from one machine to another, or do a simple backup. In moments, you can completely duplicate your boot drive to another drive, partition, or image file.

by: Shirt Pocket
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/