Mac Migration Assistant

The Mac's Migration Assistant, found at /Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant, can transfer your software, settings and data from one Mac to another. You can actually transfer from another Mac, another volume on your Mac or from a Time Machine backup.

Mac OS X installation DVD

Following methods can be used to start your Mac from the Mac OS X install DVD:
1. Put in the DVD while your Mac is running, then select it as the startup destination
2. Turn on your Mac while holding the C key with the DVD inserted
3. Turn on your Mac while holding down the Option key while the DVD is inserted. It will fire up the Startup Manager.

With the Installation DVD, you can also reset password, set the firmware Password, check out your System Profiler and restore your entire system through a Time Machine backup.

Netflix App on iPad

Netflix's app for the iPad is amazing. The picture quality is excellent and there are SO MANY movies that you can view for free. I have a 10 Mbit connection with Comcast so the streaming is amazing. Every once in a while I switch out my one movie that comes in the mail but I mostly use it for the free movies online.

LogMeIn

www.logmein.com is a wonderful website. It allows you to download free software onto your computer which allows you to take over that computer (Mac or PC) from any browser. There are even apps for your iPhone and iPad called LogMeIn Ignition to take over your remote computer. You control it remotely as if you were right in front of it. Excellent!

There are corporate editions of LogMeIn Pro that you can remote control or do remote support for all the computers in your workplace. It isn't free but works great. They even have LogMeIn Rescue that with cooperation from the user on the remote computer, you can remotely control their computer without first downloading the software. But LogMeIn Rescue is about $1000.