Mac OS Forensics Links - Tools for Mac OS X

Mac Sites

The Mac community are a funny lot. We like our machines and we love the technology that Apple Inc produces. We don't like to think of our Mac OS X computers as being "just like any other computer" so we have our own blogs, our own search engines, and our own social interaction sites.

This can become a problem for the law enforcement community - so SubRosaSoft has created this page to give you some valuable entry points into the mind of a mac user.

As with all of our resource pages... if you have some ideas on what you would like to see added then please share with the rest of the community by contacting us on info@subrosasoft.com.

Warmest regards - the SubRosaSoft team.

Rotsky

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	VersionTracker.com This is the most comprehensive list of software for Mac OS X software. Updated fulltime, all the time. Highly recommended. Click here to visit this site to find current versions for most OS X software titles. VersionTracker has recently become a CNet site. Quoted from the versiontracker site. ...
	Take it Apart This site is dedicated to taking electronic equipment apart and rebuilding it. Herein, is an excellent reference for taking apart a MacBookPro.
	Stuffit Expander In earlier days - the Mac OS stored compressed files using a program called 'Stuffit', you may have seen these files around with a suffix of .sit or .sitx. Since OS X version 10.3, zip compression has been built in but there are still a lot of legacy files around using this format. The...
	SiteLink.net SiteLink.net is another news aggregator for the mac world.
	SecureMac.com SecureMac was historically one of the best sites for information on mac security topics. It has slowed down it's updates in the past 2 years but seems to be speeding up again. Definitely a recommended read. Quoted from the SecureMac.com site Welcome to SecureMac.com, a site devoted to Apple...
	Quick Links - for Mac This page is a full list of the links contained in this section. You can learn more about each of the pages with or without visiting them by looking at the summary page found by clicking here. Please note that MacForensicsLab is not necessarily affiliated with any of the sites listed below....
	OS X Zone OS X Zone - a live news feed for all things Mac
	OS X FAQ OS X FAQ - Technical News and Support for Mac OS X Quoted from the OS X FAQ website The OSXFAQ home page contains the most recent news and information of the day.
	OS X Factor OS X Factor - News, Information and Resources for Mac OS X users. Quoted from the OS X Factor website OS X Factor began life as Mac OS X Centric (macosxcentric.com) in the spring of 2001. It’s original purpose was to catalog the news of the new operating system. In spring of 2002, we re-launched...
	MacUpdate.com MacUpdate appears to be an aggregator site for updates to mac software. Quoted from the MacUpdate site. About MacUpdate - #1 on Google when searching for "macintosh software." Note: This is a direct quote, the only thing we have changed is to italicize the quote to ensure it is understood we have...
	MacSurfer.com www.MacSurfer.com is a news aggregator site for Mac OS X news sites. A handy site to find links to all things happening in the mac world.
	MacSlash MacSlash - a daily dose of Macintosh news and discussion. A collection of blogs on mac news.
	MacOSXApps MacOSXApps provides live news on new software releases for Mac OS X.
	MacMinute.com MacMinute.com - up to the minute news and MacForensicsLab's favorite mac news website Some personal bias is involved here (but no payment, its just a preference thing)... this is our favorite source for mac news. Some sites have a hard time living up to their names this one does not. Up to the...
	MacInTouch MacInTouch is an independent journal about Macintosh computing,
	MacForensicsLab for Mac OS X Click here to visit a page on this site about MacForensicsLab for Mac OS X. The software is a complete forensics suite that is fully cross platform and available on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, as well as Linux. This product is owned and produced by the owners of this website and the page you will...
	MacFixIt MacFitIt - Updated daily by an expert staff, the site provides the latest workarounds and solutions to technical roadblocks and frustrating barriers. MacFixIt visitors fervently consider themselves the most technically informed users worldwide.
	Mac Speed Zone Mac Speed Zone - Mac OS X News and Information Page. How fast do you want to go ? Quoted from the MacSpeedZone page a list of links relating to OS X that have been culled from around the Net.. Like our other 'Hub' pages , the Mac OS X InfoZone is intended as a one stop launching point, in this...
	Mac OS X Hints The Mac OS X Hints site gives handy tips and tricks for all things Apple. Quoted from the MacOSXHints website I should first say that OS X public beta was my first real exposure to UNIX, and that's probably one of the bigger reasons for this site -- a good friend of mine is a UNIX wizard, and I'm...
	Mac OS X Forensics Mac OS X Forensics is a website by Ryan R. Kubasiak that offers helpful information about forensic investigation of the Mac OS X operating system. It has many useful resources and links.
	GraphicConverter Perhaps the most powerful tool for working with graphic formats. This program can open almost every graphic format ever made, and is well known for it's ability to handle "less than perfect" files. Available under a shareware license. We recommend this product to all mac users.
	Digital Creativity Free Mac Software List Digital Creativity In The Classroom provides links to many great free software programs for the Mac. Included in this list are utilities that may be helpful to an investigator.
	Apple Security Updates An official source for security updates on Mac OS X. Users of Mac OS X can also get all their updates by selecting 'Software update...' from the Apple menu on the top left corner of the screen, or simply by waiting for the process to be performed automatically. Quoted from the Apple site This...
	Apple Product Specifications An official and comprehensive list of specifciations for all Apple products. Use this list to get details on past and present features for iPods, Mac computers, iPhones, and much more.
	Apple Links AppleLinks.com is a venerable news agent for stories in the Mac OS World. Many of the aggregator sites get their information from this site.