Utilities

• Dropbox (free):  For downloading files fromwww.dropbox.com to the iPad.  Also available is the desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux, which make uploading/downloading files to www.dropbox.com very easy (desktop app is free at: https://www.dropbox.com/install.  Allows only 2 GB of space.  Many iPad apps allow you to download/upload to your dropbox account.  This is a faster way of transferring files from your computer to your iPad than syncing with iTunes and having to wait for iTunes to first do a backup before you can transfer files.
• MobileMe iDisk (free):  For downloading files to the iPad from iDisk (if you have a MobileMe account, $99.00/year); allows 20 GB of space.  Again, a faster way of transferring files from your computer to your iPad than syncing with iTunes.
• Pastebolt ($2.99, iPhone version):  Clipboard manager that is very useful for sharing copied information between Mac and iPad and storing frequently used information for pasting (e.g., URLs, logins, etc.), can organize into folders.